Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein)

I thank the ombudsman for his statement today. It would be remiss of me not to draw attention to the following from the opening statement:

A possible explanation is some decrease in confidence that the internal section 114 process is yielding satisfactory outcomes for complainants. Additionally, the IRG report over 12 months ago did little to create confidence in the internal investigation process.

The ombudsman went on to mention the Women of Honour and I think that it frightened the living daylights out of people when they found out what was happening.