Frank Fahey (Galway West, Fianna Fail)

The DLCG prefers the appeals officer mechanism because it gives the right to appeal to the Circuit Court on a point of law for a notice to enforce the determination of the appeals officer. That does not apply in the case of the Ombudsman, whose views are final. the Office of the Ombudsman has been one of the great developments of public service provision because no Department in its right mind would oppose the Ombudsman's moral authority.