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function therefore your intervention acquires importance because it
requires need to suspend values and I allow two questions to be placed
at the same time rather than one but since you have a host and you have
to leave, I will make us a particular exception and I will give the floor to
the members of the panel that have been asked the questions and we
can proceed. We can resume our discussion since you will be leaving. I
think that I am speaking for everyone in this room and for the speakers
in thanking you very much for convening this 3 Symposium. We are very
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grateful to you for doing it and we hope that you will continue you to lead
this institution successfully in the future. And give us the opportunity to be
able to meet with you periodically to be able to share experiences and best
practices with you. Thank you very much.

PETER TYNDALL (Ombudsman of Ireland)
Thank you Chief Ombudsman. I was asked to talk on the subject of
how you use the relationship with parliament to make sure that the
government complies with the recommendations of the ombudsman.
The experience we’ve had in terms of compliance is a good one. Most
government departments complied, most of the time we had very little
problem. And I think as I explained only four instances throughout
the history of the institution had led to situations where government
departments initially refused to comply. And one of those has been
resolved, two of them are in the process of being resolved and the
fourth I think we will just have to put down to experience.
I think the point Nikiforos made about compliances is a really important
one and the fact that people agreed to do what you ask them to do
doesn’t mean in the end they will do it or that they will do it properly.
And I’ve always taken as an ombudsman that a case- - you close a case
when you give a decision or you write your resolution, yes, but you do
not lose sight of that case and it is important to make sure that what
you asked for is done and it is done properly before you finally close
the file. So, I think the issue of compliance it is a very important one.
We get almost no instances where somebody says, no, but sometimes
an ombudsman is asking for instance for very large sums of money
to be spent, put something right and you can understand in difficult
economic circumstances that can lead to a very, shall we say lively
debate with the government before it is implemented. Thank you.

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