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Annual Report of the Ombudsman 2004

Chapter 4 - Notices issued under Section 7 of the Ombudsman Act, 1980

Notices issued under Section 7 of the Ombudsman Act, 1980

In cases where there is a significant delay on the part of a public body in responding to my Office in the course of the examination of a complaint a statutory Section 7 notice is issued seeking the required information. A breakdown of the number of notices issued was first published in my Office’s 1998 Annual Report. The annual pattern of such notices issued since then has been as follows:

Year

No. of Section 7 Notices Issued

1998

45

1999

27

2000

14

2001

19

2002

16

2003

12

The following is a breakdown of the Section 7 notices issued in 2004.

Body

No. of Section 7 Notices Issued

Civil Service

Department of Communications, Marine and Natural Resources

1

Department of Transport

1

Health Boards

Northern Area Health Board

1

Local Authorities

Galway County Council

1

Limerick City Council

1

Mayo County Council

1

Total

6

I very much welcome the fact that that the number of Section 7 notices issued in 2004 is by far the lowest recorded since my Office began publishing the figures.

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