Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I guess there are a few different aspects. The Chairman used an interesting phrase, "satisfaction in terms of the system". The satisfaction with the so-called system and the satisfaction of the person making the protected disclosure are two different aspects. That is the reason we will publish whatever review we do in order that people are aware of how we think it is going.

In terms of my general assessment of how I think it is going, from dealing with colleagues in government on it, I believe, overall, it is working quite well. We have had a number of issues related to protected disclosures, however, and how they are managed which I want to have a look at in his review, and we will cover that in it. I have not signed off on it yet. Therefore, I do not want to say any more than that.