Mr. Séamus Clarke:

On the question of interpersonal grievances, the exclusion put into the general scheme could cause a difficulty for somebody already in an interpersonal grievance process and who has a disclosure to make. That is if the employer was adamant in shoehorning the new revelation into the grievance procedure. Again, that is why we say this must be very tightly defined in order to ensure it is merely an interpersonal grievance issue only. As I stated, there is no obligation on the Oireachtas to even include interpersonal grievance as an exclusion in this legislation. It is a discretion within the member state to do so. We share the concern pointed out by the Senator and we want to ensure an interpersonal grievance is exclusively that.