Ms Noirín O'Sullivan:

In terms of the whole issue of whistleblowers, which Deputy Corcoran Kennedy asked about earlier, I think everybody is on a learning curve right across the board, not alone the public but the private sector and not alone in Ireland but internationally, in terms of whistleblowers and how they need to be treated. The positive thing is that in every encounter there is learning from it.

I am very much engaged with the interim confidential recipient. As I said, we look forward to the Protected Disclosures Bill to provide some clarity around some of the issues. In the interim, I have been very engaged, from the outset, with the interim confidential recipient to ensure we have robust mechanisms and a clear path for people who want to raise issues and to ensure those people are supported in doing that and that they are supported, very openly and overtly, by Garda management.