Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Thursday, 10 March 2022

Public Accounts Committee

Mental Health Services - Financial Statements 2020

9:30 am

Mr. Paul Reid:

That is what the Deputy is saying. That is not a policy and I have no experience of a person being punished for it. What I have is a protected disclosure submitted to me by Dr. Sharma. We are going to do justice to that. I have given him that commitment. We are appointing an independent, authorised person to do that under the Act. We will investigate all aspects that have been reported, but the Deputy will appreciate that I have to respect the Act, I have to respect my role in that and I have to respect the confidentiality provided under the Act to Dr. Sharma.