Eamon Gilmore (Dún Laoghaire, Labour)

This is the second time within a short period that the Government has sought to undermine the independence of the Office of the Ombudsman, the purpose of which is to stand up for individual citizens and those who have a complaint to make against a public authority. The Government is a serial offender as far as dealing with the bodies that are supposed to stand for people, including the Ombudsman, is concerned.

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