Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I wish to be associated with other speakers on the Bill. The important things for a complainant are that there is a conclusion and outcome, that the complaint is investigated and that whether it is right or wrong is clarified in the course of it. The wall of silence is not acceptable. It is an old-fashioned idea that if you avoid it long enough, it will go away by itself. A wrong does not go away by itself or with help. The proposed legislation will deal with this in a meaningful way. It will be an important contribution to labour law and law in general. The important things are that the public can rely on it, realise they have done their job in so far as they can and it is up to somebody else to deal with it now, and that they see it being dealt with.