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

Mr. Jimmy Martin:

No, I am not saying we will not do the reviews. What I am saying is we cannot do the reviews until we have clarification as to the scope of the scheme. We still have this difference in perspective. The Ombudsman's view is that civil servants can decide to include these things. We are saying that civil servants cannot do that, so doing a review is not going to change things. What we have to do is review the number of people involved and the implications and then seek a Government decision on the matter.