Mary Lou McDonald (Dublin Central, Sinn Fein)
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I move amendment No. 12:

In page 14, to delete line 12 and substitute the following:“(b) in respect of the same matter, make or present against the same person an action for discrimination, disadvantage or adverse treatment in relation to the same employment—”.

The idea here is to give additional protections to whistleblowers who have come forward and made a disclosure to prevent them from suffering any damages that might arise from harassment, threat, injury or loss of opportunity with a prospective employer in the event that the previous employer against whom they made a protected disclosure impeded their future employment. Aside from damage to the individual that may occur within his or her current employment setting, the idea is to extend protection and to allow for those additional legal sanctions and protections for the worker.