Mr. Pádraig Murray:

One need only look at the results of the survey that Equity published at the end of 2016 regarding the issues of bullying and harassment to see that what the Deputy is referring to is true.

People are terrified of rocking the boat in any way, shape or form when they are in a precarious situation in work. One of the questions on the survey asked whether respondents had ever experienced or observed any form of bullying or harassment. Something in the region of 65% to 70% of people said yes. The next questions asked if they reported it. Of that 70% of respondents who had said yes, roughly 70% said that they did not report it for fear of not getting the next job. If I heard that Senator O'Donnell was bullying her colleagues in the workplace, I would not report it, because I might be seen as the one who rocks the boat. In any precarious industry, that is going to be the case. Somebody who is in an unequal situation is afraid to say or do anything for fear of not getting the next job.