Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 29 June 2017
Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Bill 2017: Committee Stage
10:00 am
Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source
The section proposed to amend the powers of regulations. It will give the Minister the power to introduce regulations. This previously lay with the ombudsman council. I am curious about why the Minister is taking on these powers. Deputy McGrath tabled an amendment to previous legislation regarding one of the powers in respect of the maximum award to a complainant. Where do the powers rest when the section is enacted?