# Ombudsman

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Students were "put through the mill" by SUSI

The Ombudsman is dealing with more than 50 complaints from third level students about the new grant-allocating body SUSI.

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Sep 26th 2013, 6:30 AM

Evening Wrap

The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock…

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Sep 25th 2013, 4:58 PM

# Student Grants

SUSI 'working closely' with the Ombudsman on student grant complaints

A total of 55 cases of complaints against the grant system were accepted by the Ombudsman with 34 of them still open.

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Sep 25th 2013, 2:30 PM

# Ombudsman

Woman who died in hospital was unattended for 7 hours before her death

The case was one of 3,412 complaints made to the Ombudsman last year about certain public bodies.

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Sep 25th 2013, 2:07 PM

# News Fix

Here’s What Happened Today: Tuesday

Everyone’s talking about the government asking Facebook for users’ information and intervention in Syria.

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Aug 27th 2013, 11:00 PM

# public airing

Banks will be 'named and shamed' over complaints from now on

Financial service providers who have at least three complaints against them substantiated will be named by the Financial Sevices Ombudsman.

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Aug 27th 2013, 3:43 PM

# Ombudsman

Boy who would have "been in a wheelchair until he's dead" to have costs paid by HSE

The Office of the Ombudsman for children heard that the HSE had withdrawn funding for a boy born with severe limb abnormalities to travel abroad for treatment.

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Aug 22nd 2013, 10:22 AM

# The Banks

Howlin: It's very worrying that banks aren't taking the Ombudsman seriously

Brendan Howlin was responding to the criticism of the banks by the Financial Ombudsman yesterday.

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Aug 22nd 2013, 6:15 AM

# Successor

Want to be the next Ombudsman? Search to replace Emily O'Reilly begins

With O’Reilly taking up her new role as European Ombudsman in the autumn, the government is now considering who to replace her and seeking expressions of interest.

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Aug 4th 2013, 7:45 AM

# Gardaí

169 gardaí found in breach of discipline last year

Over €62,000 in monetary penalties were imposed on gardaí found to be in breach last year.

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Jul 31st 2013, 4:45 PM

# Investigation

Ombudsman investigates death of young man in Dungarvan Garda station

The man in his early 20s was found dead in the station shortly before 11am this morning.

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Jul 30th 2013, 4:53 PM

# Freedom of Information

Brendan Howlin "had to fight a battle" for new Freedom of Information law

NAMA, the Central Bank and An Garda Siochána will all be subject to Freedom of Information laws for the first time – but it took some doing.

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Jul 25th 2013, 7:48 AM

# Student Grants

Students can complain to the Ombudsman over grant problems

Some 400 application appeals are still outstanding, but the body handling grant applications says that it is ‘confident’ that mistakes won’t be repeated.

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Jul 18th 2013, 9:36 AM

# Investigation

Garda Ombudsman fines off-duty garda over collision

An investigation by the Garda Ombudsman heard that the garda left the scene of the collision and returned later in a different vehicle.

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Jul 17th 2013, 9:35 PM

# Asylum Seekers

Ombudsman: Our treatment of asylum seekers is unacceptable

Over a third of people in Direct Provision refuges have been there for more than five years.

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Jul 9th 2013, 8:17 PM

# Winning

Next stop Strasbourg: Emily O'Reilly wins vote to become new EU Ombudsman

Emily O’Reilly was declared the new EU Ombudsman after a close election battle.

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Jul 3rd 2013, 11:18 AM

# Ombudsman

Ireland's Ombudsman may be on track to take over as European Ombudsman

After the first round of voting yesterday, Emily O’Reilly was tied at the top with Dutch politician Ria Oomen-Ruijten.

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Jul 3rd 2013, 6:15 AM

# Ombudsman

HSE had 'no proper basis' to refuse payment for woman and suicidal daughter

Kileni, who fled South Africa after the murder of her husband and suffered Post Traumatic Stress Syndrome, waited over a year for the payment awarded to her.

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Jun 12th 2013, 2:41 PM

# Ombudsman

Callinan: Informants are "difficult to handle"

The Garda Commissioner made the comments after a Garda Ombudsman probe into alleged collusion of members of the force with a known drug dealer.

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May 16th 2013, 6:30 PM

# need to know

The Evening Fix... now with added terrible (and expensive) rooms for rent

Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.

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May 9th 2013, 7:50 PM

# Alleged Collusion

Gardaí 'delayed' giving evidence in informant collusion probe

Minister Alan Shatter wants to convene a meeting with the Ombudsman and the Commissioner following an investigation into accusations of collusion between a member of the force and a convicted drug dealer.

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May 9th 2013, 5:58 PM

# Ombudsman

Children in care more likely to be 'suspended, excluded and leave school early'

“Given that there are currently 6,300 children in the care of the State – a relatively small number”, Emily Logan believes more should be done to support them.

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May 7th 2013, 11:37 AM

# Ombudsman

Children's Ombudsman gains power to oversee 180 new state bodies

Legislation taking effect today gives Emily Logan the power to investigate the treatment of children by a slew of new agencies.

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Apr 30th 2013, 11:25 AM

# mobility allowance

Oireachtas committee 'concerned at difficulties between Health Dept and Ombudsman'

They have now called on a member of the Department of Health to address their concerns about

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Feb 27th 2013, 8:03 PM

# Health

'Every other option was illegal' - Minister defends disability payments cut

Junior health minister Kathleen Lynch could provide no guarantees as to what will happen to the payments to those in receipt of the Mobility Allowance when it is axed in four months time.

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Feb 27th 2013, 9:32 AM

# mobility allowance

'A sick bureaucratic monster' - Department slammed after disability payments axed

The government confirmed last night that it will axe the Mobility Allowance and the Motorised Transport Grant because it would be too costly to widen the schemes to ensure compliance with equality laws.

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Feb 27th 2013, 8:00 AM

# Disability

Ombudsman: Department of Health is disregarding the law

Emily O’Reilly was speaking about the department’s decision not to remove age limits on allowances for people with severe disability.

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Dec 7th 2012, 2:46 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here’s what you need to know as you kick off your Friday.

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Dec 7th 2012, 8:47 AM

# Roads

Garda Ombudsman appeals for witnesses to Dublin road accident

A man has been hospitalised after he was hit by a car being driven by an off-duty garda on Sunday evening.

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Nov 13th 2012, 7:25 AM

# Drogheda

Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission investigate death in Drogheda

It is seeking witnesses to the incident, which occurred at North Strand this morning.

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Nov 2nd 2012, 1:15 PM

# mobility allowance

Reilly may be called before Oireachtas committee over mobility allowance

Meanwhile, ALONE and the Disability Federation of Ireland have criticised the government for the ‘illegal’ age limit on the mobility allowance.

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Oct 26th 2012, 11:05 AM

# Equality

Department of Health 'illegally' put age limit on disability allowance

The Ombudsman found that the 66-year age limit on Mobililty Allowance Scheme for people with a severe disability has been illegal – and the department has known this for the past four years.

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Oct 25th 2012, 8:07 AM