Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 20 January 2022
Committee on Public Petitions
Annual Reports from 2017 to 2020 and Related Matters: Ombudsman for the Defence Forces
Mr. Justice Alan Mahon:
I do not know and do not have the names of people in the organisation called Women of Honour. I have dealt with only a couple of instances where the sort of complaints that it has highlighted might have been included in the referral to me. I have had very few cases, certainly in my time over the last three or so years, which would fall under the headings of bullying, harassment, sexual harassment or gender issues. I have had just a handful of cases. What has arisen in relation to the Women of Honour and what has come out there are, broadly, matters which I have not had much experience of.
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