Séamus Brennan (Dublin South, Fianna Fail)

These insurance policies are essentially private arrangements entered into between employer and employee. I will examine whether the ombudsman can play a role with regard to the existing stock, but I doubt we can make much progress in that area because retrospection is difficult when establishing new responsibilities. That said, it may be open to me to ask the ombudsman, when he takes responsibility for the area, to examine what occurred and suggest how we can assist.

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