Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 23 September 2025

Committee on Public Petitions and the Ombudsmen

Engagement with the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces

2:00 am

Mr. Justice Alan Mahon:

I had one case where the numbers for a course were determined by the accommodation for male and female personnel because they were staying in the barracks for a week. As the section for women personnel was used less frequently because there were very few women personnel engaged in this particular course, they had rooms that were free. I think there was a complaint about the fact some male contenders for this course were deprived of the opportunity because there was no overnight accommodation for men. That is the closest we have had. That was not a complaint about the accommodation; that was a complaint about the fact more could have been done to divide up the accommodation so more male personnel could have participated on the course. A lot of these courses would have a ceiling of -----

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