Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 6 December 2012

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Ombudsman Special Reports: Discussion with Ombudsman

1:25 pm

Photo of Peadar TóibínPeadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I wanted this meeting to happen before Christmas. I am cognisant that if it is too broad, it will not be possible to deal with some of these issues before Christmas. It has been suggested that we should bring in the Minister, the Secretary General, the HSE and the legal team of the Houses of the Oireachtas before Christmas to discuss this case, as outlined by Senator O'Keeffe. I think we should take that opportunity to analyse in the presence of the legal team the responsibility of all the Departments with regard to this matter. We can also look at other individual Departments after Christmas. I agree fully with what the Senator is saying. We have been in operation for a short period of time. We already have a long list of situations that have occurred, not all of them in this specific Department. I believe we have an opportunity to do that. Is that agreed? Agreed.

Ba mhaith liom míle buíochas a ghabháil leo siúd a thug an cur i láthair cruinn dúinn inniu. It was very interesting. We commend the work that has been done. We look forward to communicating with those involved the next time we meet. Go raibh míle maith agaibh. I remind members that we will need to be as flexible as possible with regard to dates in order to facilitate those we have asked to come in. Obviously, we will have to try to line up all of those individuals.

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