Seán Ó Fearghaíl (Kildare South, Fianna Fail)
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154. To ask the Minister for Defence if the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces has published an annual report for 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11014/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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The office of Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (ODF) was established as an independent statutory office, under the Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004. The ODF has full independence and autonomy in the discharge of his statutory functions.

I am advised by the ODF that due to particular circumstances, relating to High Court proceedings arising during 2013, the Annual Report for 2012 of the ODF was not published. I am further advised that the ODF expects to publish the said report in the first half of this year.