Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

I agree with Deputy Farrell. I have dealt with many protected disclosures and have raised some in the House with the Minister. There are smaller companies with perhaps eight or 12 employees that have major contracts, with the HSE for example. We said at the outset that we would try to be inclusive and to protect everybody. I worry that if we exclude smaller companies, people will slip through the cracks and we will be back here again in 12 months with an amendment Bill trying to get these things resolved.