Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 5 March 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Bi-annual Review 2013: Financial Services Ombudsman

3:40 pm

Mr. William Prasifka:

The High Court in Ireland has ruled on that point and has defined gross negligence as being "very negligent" or "highly negligent". What does that mean? It means that the burden is on the institution to demonstrate just that and we have to decide each case.