Mary Upton (Dublin South Central, Labour)
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Question 224: To ask the Minister for Finance if he will examine the possibility of extending the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman to include the Law Society and the Honourable Society of King's Inns. [3047/05]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Having regard to the current orientation of the Ombudsman's remit to governmental and public sector bodies and my intention to publish legislation which will develop the institution further along existing lines, I do not think it appropriate to extend its remit to the two non-governmental bodies the Deputy has mentioned.