Seán Kyne (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I would suggest the Minister is correct in the mind of some people in his Department that the Bradley report did not work, in that it did not find something to put on the board members to get rid of them. In my view, that is why this was initiated.

The Minister mentioned protected disclosures. I am not sure if there are protected disclosures or not. I made a disclosure, as did other Oireachtas Members, on 8 September. The Secretary General replied on 30 November stating that, following receipt of my communications, having regard to the Department's policy and guidelines under the Protected Disclosures Act, it was determined that my correspondence was not considered a protected disclosure by reason of it being made by a person other than a worker, as set out under the Protected Disclosures Act. However, an investigation would take place on the matters under the Department's protected disclosures policy, given that the content of my email and attachments of 8 September may be related to those matters, these will be furnished to the investigator. As far as I am concerned, the principal complaint is not a protected disclosure but is being investigated under the protected disclosure policy. In some ways, the Minister's Department is hiding behind that. Is the chief executive officer of Inland Fisheries Ireland being investigated as part of these complaints?