John McGuinness (Carlow-Kilkenny, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

If one of them, three of them or whoever is in Dublin were to come forward with very serious allegations or allegations of any kind or suggestions, I presume that at this stage we have learned from the past and that there would be protection from the Department for those auditors, and from the unit itself, as they do their work so it would not be as it was in the past, whereby they would feel victimised and intimidated should they begin to raise issues. I am making the point only because of what happened in the past. I am not saying anything is going on now. I just want to know for their comfort and for my understanding of it at least that they have the protection of legislation, the Department will uphold that legislation and they will not be treated in any way other than the proper way regardless of what they raise with the unit or the Department.