Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 27 October 2016

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

General Scheme of Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2016 and Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion

9:30 am

Photo of Rose Conway WalshRose Conway Walsh (Sinn Fein)
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On Second Stage, the Minister of State, Deputy Murphy, stated that the Financial Services Ombudsman would be precluded from acting as anything more than a notice party in an appeal in a Circuit Court. Is there a constitutional issue here or is there something that could be changed through legislation?