Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This provides for the amendments to the Ombudsman for Children's Act, as I indicated previously. It substitutes the definition of public body to provide that the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman for Children will automatically follow any changes in the jurisdiction of the Ombudsman. As entities are made reviewable or exempt, in whole or in part, the changes will apply to both the Ombudsman and the Ombudsman for Children.

The provision also makes some consequential technical amendments to the Ombudsman for Children Act, including a repeal of the schedule attached to the Act. Acceptance of the amendment involves the deletion, as the Acting Chairman has said, of section 18. This is on foot of the specific request of the Ombudsman for Children.