Dr. Richard O'Flaherty:

I submitted the whistleblower charter to the former Minister, Deputy Shatter, who told me it was in train. I do not know if the new Minister will finish that out. The whistleblower charter should also apply to doctors such as me who put my head above the parapet. I am discussing this from the medical profession and there were two whistleblowers in the gardaí. I have suffered and I have been stopped for drink-driving, although immediately afterwards it was shown that there was no alcohol in my blood. I could not go downstairs as I would have had the crap beaten out of me.