Mr. Peter Tyndall:

The Senator asked about the role of the petitions committee. Earlier, we discussed how some complaints are related to legislation and are not in my remit. In other words, it is not that a person has suffered an injustice because a Department or council has done something wrong but rather it arises from legislation. The committee could be very useful in dealing with those through petitions in what would be a complementary process. We have not seen any problems with overlapping. In general, the committee is good at signposting to us if an issue is relevant to the Ombudsman.