Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 11 November 2015

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

General Scheme of a Public Sector Standards Bill: Discussion (Resumed)

2:00 pm

Mr. Brian McKevitt:

Yes. The secretary of the commission has been designated a prescribed person under the Protected Disclosures Act to whom a whistleblower can go to make a protected disclosure in relation to matters that are the functions of the commission under the ethics or electoral legislation, or the regulation of lobbying.