# ombudsman - Wednesday 7 July, 2021
# Ombudsman
# Ombudsman
DCU’s Dr Vicky Conway looks at the development of GSOC since its creation, ahead of a new study of complainants’ experiences with the body.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 5 May, 2021
# Ombudsman
# Ombudsman
The Ombudsman investigated the placement of younger people in nursing homes.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 4 May, 2021
# Bullying
# Bullying
Dr Niall Muldoon said his office has received more than 400 reports of bullying in schools since 2018.
# ombudsman - Thursday 25 March, 2021
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
Only 61 complaints were received by the Office of the Ombudsman in 2020, dropping from 168 in 2019.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# Complaints
# Complaints
The financial services ombudsman has released his decisions from the second half of last year.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 1 December, 2020
# Children's Rights
# Children's Rights
Over 6,000 children are currently overdue an assessment of their needs.
# ombudsman - Friday 7 August, 2020
# Political Football
From The42
# Political Football
The Independent Football Ombudsman has also advised the Premier League to release a statement.
# ombudsman - Friday 12 June, 2020
# Ombudsman
# Ombudsman
The Children’s Ombudsman has written a letter to the three party leaders involved in government formation talks.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 20 May, 2020
# Annual Report
# Annual Report
The Ombudsman received more than 3,600 complaints about public services last year.
# ombudsman - Thursday 23 April, 2020
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
The Ombudsman today published his annual commentary on Direct Provision complaints.
# ombudsman - Thursday 10 October, 2019
# Divine Intervention
# Divine Intervention
The sisters’ payments stopped after they returned from Portugal to live in Ireland.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 25 September, 2019
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
Peter Tyndall called for more powers for the Ombudsman ’s office.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
# Overpayments
# Overpayments
Some overpayments have not been recovered because of a litany of mistakes by the Department of Employment and Social Protection.
# ombudsman - Thursday 13 June, 2019
# Losing Out
# Losing Out
Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon said anecdotal evidence shows some children suffer disproportionately from “reduced timetables”.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 28 May, 2019
# Annual Report
# Annual Report
The Ombudsman received more than 3,300 complaints about public services last year.
# ombudsman - Monday 8 April, 2019
# Ombudsman
# Ombudsman
The collaboration between the HSE and Tusla is still of concern, the ombudsman said.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 26 March, 2019
# Cookstown
# Cookstown
The PSNI has said the first officers at the scene “withdrew to await further police support”.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 13 March, 2019
# Asylum Seekers
# Asylum Seekers
Complaints from residents were about food, lack of cooking facilities and the availability of transport.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 14 November, 2018
# Complaints
# Complaints
Just 10 of 36 recommendations in a 2015 report have been fully implemented.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 20 June, 2018
# Ombudsman
# Ombudsman
The woman’s allowances were reduced significantly when her two children turned 18, despite them both having intellectual disabilities.
# ombudsman - Saturday 2 June, 2018
# At Last
# At Last
Previously, women who had worked in laundries not covered by the Magdalene Restorative Justice scheme had been denied compensation.
# ombudsman - Thursday 29 March, 2018
# Ombudsman
# Ombudsman
The case was mediated on by the Financial Services Ombudsman , and the man’s family were awarded €8,000.
# ombudsman - Thursday 23 November, 2017
# Opportunity Lost
# Opportunity Lost
The Ombudsman has been harshly critical of the Department of Justice in his report published this morning.
# ombudsman - Saturday 21 October, 2017
# Complaints
# Complaints
The case is included in the Defence Forces Ombudsman annual report for 2016.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 10 October, 2017
# Disclosures Tribunal
# Disclosures Tribunal
The complaint against Garda Keith Harrison was made under section 102 of the Garda Siochana Act, relating to gardaí causing serious harm or death.
# ombudsman - Saturday 23 September, 2017
# Gsoc
# Gsoc
Gardaí have confirmed that the matter has been referred to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 8 August, 2017
# Having Her Say
# Having Her Say
The woman, whose records were lost by the HSE/Tusla for over three years, says she feels the latest ombudsman report into Tusla’s complaints procedures won’t change anything.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 19 July, 2017
# Tusla
# Tusla
A new report from the Ombudsman highlighted case studies where Tusla failed to adequately investigate abuse allegations.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 18 July, 2017
# Taking Stock
# Taking Stock
The Ombudsman was critical of Tusla’s procedures for dealing with abuse allegations.
# ombudsman - Thursday 1 June, 2017
# Discharge Summary
# Discharge Summary
After suffering from bleeding and ongoing pain, the woman was not contacted by the hospital and eventually had to go to A&E.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 31 May, 2017
# Welfare
# Welfare
The incident was included as a case study in the Office of the Ombudsman ’s annual report for 2016.
# ombudsman - Friday 21 April, 2017
# Siobhán Phillips
# Siobhán Phillips
An RTÉ Investigates programme broadcast last night called into question whether the man who shot Garda Golden and Siobhán Phillips was in fact a Garda informer.
# ombudsman - Monday 6 March, 2017
# Mistake Upon Mistake
# Mistake Upon Mistake
The HSE’s child and family services, the precursor to Tusla, also repeatedly sent details of the case to a series of incorrect addresses.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 20 December, 2016
# Not Happy
# Not Happy
Cases under review by the Ombudsman for Defence Forces rose 15% in 2015.
# ombudsman - Thursday 6 October, 2016
# Investigation
# Investigation
A GSOC report found that there had been no wrongdoing by gardaí in the incident.
# ombudsman - Thursday 22 September, 2016
# Gsoc
# Gsoc
Judge Mary Ellen Ring said they are taking up the slack for other agencies.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 10 June, 2015
# Welfare Charges
# Welfare Charges
The woman’s mother, who suffered from mental health problems, passed away in 2012.
# ombudsman - Wednesday 25 February, 2015
# Satisfied Customers?
# Satisfied Customers?
Mortgage issues continue to be the highest drivers of complaints.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 3 February, 2015
# New Job
# New Job
Dr Niall Muldoon has been working in child protection for 20 years.
# ombudsman - Tuesday 18 November, 2014
# Water Protest
# Water Protest
No one present when the incident occurred has come forward to the Ombudsman .
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