Cormac Devlin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I thank Mr. Deering and Ms Hanrahan for their presentation. I am sorry I was not here for the full meeting. I had another meeting that conflicted with it. I appreciate them taking time to appear today. The report is extremely interesting. I commend the Ombudsman and his office on the work they do. There are some very interesting cases in the annual report, particularly in regard to passports. That will create great sympathy in this House because during the height of the backlog in the Passport Office and the period of catch-up post Covid, a huge amount of work was done by the Ombudsman's office in providing assistance. One of the cases is specifically mentioned in the report. Congratulations to the Ombudsman and his team on all the work they are doing and have done in the recent past.

On nursing homes, which were discussed earlier, how successful has the Office of the Ombudsman been in the past year in upholding the Ombudsman Act 1980, which states that the providers have an obligation to respond to requests demanding transparency in relation to nursing homes?