Marc MacSharry (Sligo-Leitrim, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

Protected disclosures are buried in the middle of that letter. In recent years there have been no protected disclosures in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. Members might be able to help me. My memory of that exchange when we asked about protected disclosures in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was that it was more about the Department's role in enforcement and oversight when they are not being handled well elsewhere. It deals with the action to be taken if it is not being handled well and monitoring. Based on the committee's experience of protected disclosures, we have found issues with how they are handled, the perception of people reviewing themselves etc. Maybe I am wrong, but that was what I was expecting back from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.