Noel Harrington (Cork South West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is not an issue.

I wish to focus on military prisons, specifically the fact that the ombudsman is precluded from looking at cases relating to them. They are the most severe cases, concerning citizens who have joined the Defence Forces, are in service, and have had their liberty denied. Is there a reason the Ombudsman for Defence cannot investigate this area? Would he have a concern about that?