Mr. Justice Alan Mahon:

The vast majority of individuals who bring complaints to my office have gone through the internal Defence Forces investigation process, so they are clearly not afraid to do that. Taking the further step of coming to my office would not be a big thing for them because they have been through the process. I am aware the vast majority of cases that go into the internal Defence Forces investigation system are resolved before they would come to me. I am obviously not quite certain how they are resolved and would not have that information, but most of those cases are sorted out within the Defence Forces. It is only a small minority of cases that go through the process, and because an individual does not like the outcome, a case then comes to my office. I am not aware of any reluctance to take that final step, if that answers the Deputy's question.