abstract:The Office of the Ombudsman was established in 1962 under the Parliamentary Commissioner (Ombudsman) Act 1962. The term "Ombudsman" is Swedish and basically means "grievance person".
Mr Hutchinson said he accepted the recommendations ofthe recently-published Criminal Justice Inspectorate report on theofficeoftheOmbudsman including the suspension of historical enquiries.
Mr Ford said he agreed with the comments made by Mr Hutchinson regarding the damage done to theOfficeoftheOmbudsman by the need to deal with legacy issues.
Although fraud prevention mechanisms, such as the Ethics Helpline and OfficeoftheOmbudsman, led Corporate Security and Internal Audit groups to investigate reports about certain arrestees, they did not appear to run joint investigations or develop a corrective actions approach.