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

A considerable amount has been said. This amendment is about the deletion of lines 15 to 29 where we see the words, "emergency situation or a risk of irreversible damage". Realistically, most protected disclosures are made in such situations. It is very difficult for people and we have seen the significant impact it has had on them. Putting this in is regressive. Making anything more difficult for people who have done so much in the interest of everybody and for the betterment of our society and the way it works, which these lines do, should not be part of this Bill.