Pearse Doherty (Donegal, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I thank the Minister of State for the response. As I said, I have no issue with the parts in this section. However, the clarification and answer the Minister of State gave me was that it always was this way and, therefore, it shall ever be. Without delaying this process, will the Department officials send me a note on why it should always be this way? I am not advocating that it should change but I just want to know the rationale behind the Department’s thinking that may have been this way. We amalgamated the financial services and pensions ombudsmen in legislation a number of years ago. Is there any rethink in the Department as to whether a levy should be imposed on all activities or should it just be maintained for financial services, which is what is provided for here?

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