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

To touch on that aspect again, I understand what the Minister is saying. My fear here, though, is that the Minister is saying this is a procedural thing and that certain channels should be set out for reporting these types of disclosures. There seems, however, to be a gap in respect of when the procedural process is followed all the way to the top and the issues have not been addressed. My problem is that if it is a governmental body or one paid for by public moneys that is responsible for seeing whether issues in protected disclosures have actually been dealt with, and the organisations concerned may not be fully truthful, what body or person then investigates? Is that the type of situation where the procedure would be for a person to go to the relevant Minister to report the situation if he or she is not happy with the outcome? Does the Minister understand where I am coming from?