Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance)
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I must think my way through it, but we definitely need a whistleblowers' office. The question before us then is whether that should be integrated. As Mr. Tyndall stated, the need for streamlining of the legislative role is unquestionable. We are probably all on the same page there, but then, as well as having the best possible legislation, and streamlined so that it is all in one place, the question is, what sort of agency or agencies should we have? Those seem to be the parameters of the discussion. Dr. Byrne states that at present it is quite fragmented, and I would agree. People do not know where to go. Frankly, I do not know where to go some of the time. Is it proposed in the general scheme, is anybody proposing it, and how does this overlap with the Ombudsman's office?