Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 29 September 2021

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach

General Scheme of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2021: Discussion

Photo of Mairead FarrellMairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

That is interesting. In some ways it leads me onto my final question for Mr. Clarke. Obviously, one concern many people have for those who make protected disclosures is the financial resources that a person must have to win the redress. That is an obvious a matter of concern for people who make protected disclosures. The income of an individual who is considering revealing a perceived wrongdoing should not weigh on his or her mind. The reality is that it does, however. I ask Mr. Clarke for his views on this. Does he think that access to free legal aid for whistleblowers would help them?

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