UCD Professor Bryan Fanning who read the citation for Emily O'Reilly said: "This award acknowledges her exceptional achievement as the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner from 2003 to 2013. During her tenure she came to be been recognised as a strong supporter of human rights and of the importance of holding public bodies to account where issues have been raised regarding standards of services provided. She has championed the extension of Freedom of Information Agency to public bodies such as the Garda Siochana."
"Before 2012 her office had jurisdiction to investigate complaints in relation to the administrative actions of Government Departments, local authorities and the Heath Service Executive. In 2012 legislation was passed that extended the remit of the Ombudsman to over 180 additional public bodies including all publically-funded universities."
He added: "As Ombudsman, she was forceful and explicit in calling government agencies to account. She stretched the boundaries of the Office and was successful in gaining government support for this. Her outstanding success in this role is reflected in her election in October 2013 by the EU Parliament to the post of European Ombudsman with responsibility for investigating complaints about maladministration in EU institutions, bodies, offices and agencies."
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Bloomsday honours for champions of justice and UCD Ulysses Medal for former President of Ireland, Mary McAleese
Bloomsday (16 June), synonymous with James Joyce and his novel Ulysses, is the most important honours day at University College Dublin (UCD), the alma mater of this great 20th century author. This year, UCD honours five outstanding people whose work in the area of justice has made an extraordinary contribution to society not just in Ireland but in the global arena.
Former President of Ireland, Ms Mary McAleese was awarded the UCD Ulysses Medal; and Chief Justice, The Hon Ms Justice Susan Denham; Director General of FLAC, Justice, Ms Noeline Blackwell; European Ombudsman, Ms Emily O'Reilly; and Professor of Human Rights at LSE, Professor Conor Gearty were awarded UCD Honorary Degrees of Doctors of Laws.
The UCD Ulysses Medal is the highest honour the university can bestow. It was inaugurated in 2005, as part of the university's sesquicentennial celebrations, to highlight the 'creative brilliance' of UCD alumnus James Joyce. It is awarded to individuals whose work has made an outstanding global contribution.
Previous recipients of the UCD Ulysses Medal include: Nobel-prizewinner, Seamus Heaney; Irish playwright, Brian Friel; former US President, Bill Clinton, and Irish playwright and theatre director, Tom Murphy.
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