Mr. Peter Tyndall:

As Ombudsman, the normal intention is to put a person in the situation in which he or she would have been had the injustice not occurred. On that basis, if the injustice had not occurred, the women in question would have been able to access their pensions from retirement, which is the contention of Mr. Justice Quirke, with which I am in agreement, and backdating does, therefore, seem appropriate.