Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

Another issue was that the ombudsman explained that members might re-examine the exclusions in the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act. Have such exclusions caused problems for the ombudsman's office or is it that they have caused problems for complainants in trying to get access? As a consequence, if the exclusions are causing difficulties, are those the cases that end up bypassing the ombudsman in some ways - because they cannot get there - and which end up with this committee or in the legal route of going directly to court, if those concerned believe they cannot get recourse through the ombudsman?