Brian Hayes (Fine Gael)

That is something I have learned today. I thank the Acting Chairman. There is a solid argument for recruits to be included, those who applied to the Defence Forces. I am not suggesting that because one was not selected as part of the officer group for 2005 one should immediately complain to the ombudsman but there may be circumstances in which people felt they had been dealt with unfairly in their dialogue with the Defence Forces. We include the category of recruits or former recruits and applicants. In the Canadian model there is a much wider definition of complainants than in this section. I will be interested to hear the Minister's response to that.