Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 60:

In page 52, between lines 19 and 20, to insert the following: “Provision for further review

26. The following section is inserted after section 2 of the Principal Act:

“2A. The Minister shall—

(a) not later than the end of the period of 5 years beginning on the date of the passing of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 commence a review of the operation of this Act, and

(b) not more than 12 months after the end of the period preferred to in paragraph (a) make a report to each House of the Oireachtas of the findings made on the review and the conclusions drawn from those findings.”.”.

This amendment provides for the addition of a new section providing for a statutory review of the legislation after five years. This is in response to comments by some Deputies, including Deputy Connolly, during the Second Stage debate and is in line with Government policy to conduct formal statutory reviews of the impact of legislation once an appropriate period of time has elapsed.