Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 14 May 2014

Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform: Select Sub-Committee on Public Expenditure and Reform

Protected Disclosures Bill 2013: Committee Stage

3:40 pm

Photo of Mary Lou McDonaldMary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I raise this with the Minister because there was, and still is, a feeling among the public, whose interests we serve, that sometimes institutions of the State might have a biased belief that the stability and reputation of those institutions would trump all other matters and that this was in the public interest. The Minister made a point, quite rightly, of removing it in terms of a threshold for protections for bringing disclosures forward but still it finds an echo here so I would like to get to the bottom of that. The Minister's assistance in that regard would be gratefully received.

Comments

No comments

Log in or join to post a public comment.