Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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88. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence further to Parliamentary Question No. 171 of 1 October 2020, if a response will issue to the number of redress of wrongs for which a decision is outstanding; the date of submission of each; when a decision will be made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32144/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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While it was not possible to provide the information requested by the Deputy at the time within the given timeframe, I am now in a position to do so.  

I am advised by the Military Authorities that as of 20 October, there are currently 22 Redress of Wrongs (ROW) cases active within the Defence Forces as the table below illustrates:

The following tables provide a breakdown of the status of the 22 active cases listed above within each of their current locations.

Of the 22 cases currently active, I understand that 4 reside with the Chief of Staff (COS).

The military authorities have additionally advised that the internal Redress of Wrongs (ROW) process continues to be a dynamic one, in that a complaint submitted, can be investigated and a decision is made at Brigade (BDE)/Formation (Fmn) level. However, the internal process also provides that the complainant can re-enter the process subsequent to this first decision and may request for the complaint to be forwarded to the next higher authority for consideration.

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A complaint made under the ROW system that cannot be resolved internally may then be sent to the Office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces (ODF) for independent investigation.