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

Mr. Ger Deering:

At present, sadly, it is too late if it is outside of the six-year rule. There are some exceptions to it, but generally speaking if it is outside the six-year rule when the product was sold we are unable to deal with it. This is why the conversation that happened earlier, and the proposal to extend the six-year rule, is so important. As the Chairman rightly outlined, it is often too late and beyond six years before people realise what they thought they bought was not what they bought. We must differentiate sometimes between non-performing and mis-selling. They are quite complex sometimes.