Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 31 January 2018

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality

Administration of Magdalen Restorative Justice Scheme: Report of Ombudsman

9:00 am

Photo of Clare DalyClare Daly (Dublin Fingal, Independent)
Link to this: Individually | In context | Oireachtas source

Obviously we will want to ask the Department many more questions. I do not know if the Ombudsman is in a hurry but is there a possibility of him being able to return given that the Department does not accept his recommendations? Is there a facility to call people back or have the people there at the same time? The problem is that, based on responses to parliamentary questions I have received and what the Ombudsman has said, the Department has not really accepted the recommendations of the Ombudsman. It has said that it will look at them but it has not indicated it will accept them.