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:

No. It would depend on the case that was made to the other forum. As a general rule, I produce the report based on the information that I have. Another forum perhaps with more extensive powers, including more extensive powers of investigation, might reach a different outcome, in the same way as courts in different jurisdictions can often arrive at different outcomes. As a general rule, I would not amend a report because a different forum arrived at a different outcome. I would not necessarily know what case was made to that other forum, even though the individual concerned might be the same.

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