I am delighted to have been invited to speak to you today as part of the National Patient Safety Conference. We all have a shared commitment to improving the services that patients receive in our Health Service and to put patient safety and the patient experience at the forefront of service delivery.
Read MoreOmbudsman Peter Tyndall had to contact his Portuguese counterpart when the Portuguese State pension authorities stopped paying three Irish nuns their pensions. The nuns had returned to Ireland after spending decades in Portugal providing education and care to disadvantaged people. The nuns had been without pension payments for over six months when they complained to the Ombudsman. The Ombudsman used the European Ombudsman Network to eventually restore the payments to the nuns.
Read MoreDear Members, I welcome this opportunity to talk to you about the work of my Office in the Direct Provision sector.
Read MorePeople in Clare made 53 complaints to Ombudsman Peter Tyndall’s office at its ‘complaints clinic’ in Treacy’s West County Hotel Ennis, on Thursday (19 September). The ‘complaints clinic’ was one of a number of events held in Clare last week as part of the Ombudsman’s Outreach programme.
Read MoreThe Office of the Ombudsman has been nominated in the 2019 Ireland eGovernment Awards.
Read MoreSpeech by Ombudsman and President of the International Ombudsman Institute (IOI) Peter Tyndall
Read MoreOmbudsman Peter Tyndall today published a report setting out how the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has addressed his concerns about the recovery of overpayments made to social welfare recipients.
Read MoreThe CEO of HIQA, Phelim Quinn, and the Ombudsman Peter Tyndall, have signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU) to further cooperation between both organisations.
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