Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 29 June 2023

Committee on Public Petitions

Ombudsman for the Defence Forces Annual Report 2021: Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces

Photo of Martin BrowneMartin Browne (Tipperary, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I have another question about the Women of Honour. I do not know if you will be able to answer us, but does your office have any issue with the inclusion of interactions between the ODF and members of the Defence Forces relating to complaints of abuse? In their statement which accompanied their suggested terms of reference, they concluded by saying that the Defence Forces need to be overhauled but that needs to happen in an informed and structured way. These are underlying issues that need to be addressed permanently rather than being adjudicated on a case-by-case basis by the ODF. Will you give us your view on that?

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