Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

With regard to the case of the individual who is on administrative leave, it is my understanding that a report was sent to the Minister's Department, that there is a copy of that report in the National Museum and that this report was destroyed in the Department. It is also my information that a protected disclosure was made to the National Museum but there is no record of a protected disclosure on the Department's records or on the National Museum's records. The stand-off that exists between the Minster and the Department and the museum is very difficult to understand given that two cases were settled in the High Court around this issue.

Given that with respect to the cases with regard to heavy-handed management and bullying, a telephone call was made to the Minister's office in June 2015 about this issue, and given the fact that all these reports have come to light, it is not credible that the Minister would say that it is not her responsibility to fix this particular problem. Hundreds of thousands of euro have been spent on High Court settlements, psychotherapists and on all those reports that were carried out, and State workers have been working in a dysfunctional environment where they have not felt safe for a number of years. It is the responsibility of the Minister to come up with the goods in that scenario.

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