Michelle Mulherin (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I welcome Mr. Tyndall to his first attendance at this committee and wish him well. His job is very onerous and instrumental in creating confidence among the general public in the public institutions of our democracy and in providing that accountability and transparency and allowing the ordinary man or woman access to due process and having that sense of justice and the possibility of being listened to without the expense of going to court. It is a very important part of a modern democracy to have an ombudsman. It is no harm, when an Ombudsman begins his or her tenure, to consider the value of the office. I wish Mr. Tyndall well and no doubt we will have interesting interactions on issues as they arise. How would the types of cases Mr. Tyndall might encounter here in Ireland compare with cases in Wales? What differences might there be and why?