Dublin, 7th November 2014 Ombudsman Peter Tyndall spoke at the Ombudsman 30th Anniversary Conference, entitled "Held To Account: Responsibility and Accountability in the Public Service". The Conference was opened by Minister Brendan Howlin, and speakers included Dame Beverley Wakem, Chief Ombudsman, New Zealand, Jane Tinkler, Research Fellow at the LSE Public Policy Group, Baroness Nuala O’Loan, the...

Ribó urges his state counterpart to request the suspension of article 4.2, regarding the payment of 1.350,72 million Euros that will be impacting on consumers

He questions whether the compensation awarded to the concessionary company is complying with the competition legislation and that this decree may violate the EU founding Treaty regarding State aid

The estimated total cost, to be paid by consumers, is of 3.500 million Euros, corresponding to the compensation, the maintenance of the platform, its potential dismantlement and the bank interests

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Der Landesbeauftragte für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, Herr Reinhard Dankert, stellt dem Petitionsausschuss seinen Tätigkeitsbericht vor. Foto: Landtag M-V Der Petitionsausschuss beriet in seiner Sitzung am 06.11.2014 den Tätigkeitsbericht des Landesbeauftragten für Datenschutz und Informationsfreiheit, denn der ist verpflichtet, dem Landtag und der Landesregierung jeweils für zwei Kalenderjahre...

The European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, welcomes the European Central Bank's (ECB) decision to disclose the letter that the ECB's then President, Jean-Claude Trichet, wrote to the Irish Finance Minister in November 2010. The letter, sent at the height of the financial crisis, called on the Irish government to take swift action to protect the stability of the Irish financial system. The Ombudsman already asked for disclosure in March 2014, arguing that the ECB's reasons for refusing access were no longer valid, more than three years after Gavin Sheridan, an Irish journalist, filed the initial request.