Emily O'Reilly, received her Warrant of Appointment as Irish Ombudsman and Information Commissioner fom the President of Ireland, Mary McAleese, at Áras an Uachtaráin, on May 26, 2003. A Warrant of Appointment is the official document presented by the President of Ireland to persons upon appointment to certain high Offices of State, signed by her and bearing her Seal. ... An ombudsman is a government official charged with representing the interests of the public by investigating and addressing complaints reported by individual citizens. ... Ireland The Office of the Information Commissioner was set up under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997, which came into effect in April 1998. ... The President of Ireland (Irish: Uachtarán na hÉireann) is the head of state of the Republic of Ireland. ... Mary Patricia McAleese (born 27 June 1951) is the eighth, and current, President of Ireland. ... Áras an Uachtaráin (formerly the Viceregal Lodge) is the official residence of the President of Ireland, located in the Phoenix Park on the Northside of Dublin1. ...