Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

The Deputy made the point earlier that nothing has changed but it has. There is the independent Policing Authority, which has received a formal request from the Minister for Justice and Equality to set out its view on how members of the Garda Síochána should be treated with regard to whistleblowers providing information. This is about the law of the land, which is the Protected Disclosures Act. I have quoted the relevant section for the Deputy.

I have not seen the correspondence received by the Minister, and nor should I, as it was sent to her under that Act. I assume the information contained therein must be examined and reflected upon very carefully as it is very serious. Otherwise it would not be received under that section of the Act. Somebody must do that and I expect it will be, or certainly could be, a member of the Judiciary who would examine the contents of the received document and see if they stand up or not.

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