Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 1 October 2014

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions

Role and Functions: Office of the Ombudsman

4:10 pm

Photo of Pádraig Mac LochlainnPádraig Mac Lochlainn (Donegal North East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

The range of public bodies under the Ombudsman's jurisdiction was extended significantly in recent times. The office has probably already done this, but is there a way of examining those bodies' standard rejection letters and suggesting what should be included in same, for example, signposting people directly to the Ombudsman? Every citizen who is refused something should have a right to take the route to the Ombudsman.

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