In accordance with his or her duties, the Ombudsman shall conduct inquiries for which he or she finds grounds, either on his or her own initiative or on the basis of complaints submitted to him or her direct or through a member of the European Parliament, except where the alleged facts are or have been the subject of legal proceedings.
I gcomhréir lena dhualgais nó lena dualgais, cuirfidh an tOmbudsman na fiosrúcháin i gcrích a bhfuil call leo dar leis nó léi, ar a thionscnamh nó a tionscnamh féin nó ar bhonn gearán arna gcur faoina bhráid nó faoina bráid go díreach nó trí chomhalta de Pharlaimint na hEorpa, ach amháin má tá nó má bhí na fíorais a líomhnaítear ina n-ábhar d'imeachtaí dlíthiúla.