Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

Seanad amendment No. 24 provides for an amendment to the Ombudsman for Children Act. The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs and the Ombudsman for Children asked me to make this amendment. In essence, it substitutes the definition of "public body" to provide that the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman for Children will automatically follow any changes to the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman as entities are made reviewable or exempt in whole or in part. It also makes some consequential technical amendments to the Ombudsman for Children Act 2002, including repeating the Schedule to that Act. In essence, the Ombudsman for Children asked for the same extensions as the Ombudsman and that is what I am providing for.

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