Ms Caron McCaffrey:

I take it the Deputy is talking about our protected disclosure policy. We introduced a protected disclosure policy in 2015 and an amended policy in July 2018. There are significant differences between the original and the new policy. The new policy aims to ensure that staff have confidence and feel comfortable to make a disclosure and it provides for a full, independent investigation at every stage of the process. Where a person makes a disclosure, the assessment of that disclosure is made independently, outside the organisation. Where that is determined to require investigation, the investigation is also done outside the organisation. Where a person is dissatisfied with the outcome of that investigation, the 2018 policy provides for a review, which is conducted external to the organisation. If a person makes a claim of penalisation in respect of having made a protected disclosure, the policy provides for an investigation outside of the organisation.