Jim Higgins
Ceist:18 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Finance the reason the vocational education committees are considered to be outside the Ombudsman's remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21239/00]
Vol. 525 No. 1
18 Mr. Higgins (Mayo) asked the Minister for Finance the reason the vocational education committees are considered to be outside the Ombudsman's remit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21239/00]
Vocational education committees do not come within the ombudsman's remit as they are not included in the first schedule to the Ombudsman Act, 1980, as bodies subject to investigation.