• the highest organs of state
• courts, judicial administration and public legal aid
• questions involving important principles
• the police and non-military national service 
• Defence Forces and Border Guard 
• public prosecutor and the Office of the Prosecutor General
• oversight of covert intelligence gathering
• the coordination of the tasks of the National Preventive Mechanism against Torture and reports relating to its work
• customs

Deputy-Ombudsman Maija Sakslin decides on matters concerning:

• social welfare
• elderly people´s rights
• the rights of persons with disabilities
• health care 
• distraint, bankruptcy and debt arrangements 
• regional and local government
• the autonomy of Åland
• traffic and communications
• environment
• agriculture and forestry
• Samí affairs
• communications and traffic
• church affairs
• taxation

Deputy-Ombudsman Mikko Sarja decides on matters concerning:

• children´s rights
• the prison service and execution of sentences
• language legislation
• asylum and immigration
• social insurance
• early childhood, education, science and culture
• work administration
• employment and unemployment security
• freedom of speech