Catherine Connolly (Galway West, Independent)
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I am sorry for being late. I do not know what was said but I feel it is a subject we should return to regardless of whether we discuss how we return to that. I am most unhappy with the way a public body is dealing with an issue like this. The system is extremely strong and I have repeatedly said that notwithstanding the excellent work of the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General and other offices as well, we are utterly dependent on whistleblowers. If this is what they must go through, I must repeat, and I am taking a second to say that, that it is important that we balance this. If this woman and her colleague did not persist, we would not know. Where does that leave us with a public body with a huge budget that is responsible for life and death?