Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Tuesday, 30 January 2024
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade, and Defence
General Scheme of the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2023: Discussion
David Stanton (Cork East, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source
Okay. I have one final question on the role of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces. Head 41 talks about people who would be deemed ineligible for appointment as Ombudsman and that is fair enough but is the opportunity being taken to look at the overall role and function of the Ombudsman and possibly update or change it, given that we are bringing through primary legislation anyway and the office is mentioned therein? Is that outside the scope of what we are discussing today?
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