Pat Buckley (Cork East, Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

This person has approached the Minister of State as he has responsibility for defence. Unfortunately, this person has left the service because of the way he has been treated. He believes he has been let down. He has served his country with distinction. He thought he was doing the right thing by disclosing what was going on but he is now in a position where he cannot keep his job, which will affect him in many other ways. I appreciate the Minister of State mentioning that there are certain avenues he can take. However, the proof of the pudding is in the eating in terms of the letter dated 28 November 2018, which explained everything that happened regarding the misinformation and where the bullying was being perpetrated, yet he relied on the last line of defence, if the Minister of State will pardon the pun, which is that he is the Minister with responsibility for defence. The buck stops with the him yet this person has been left out on a limb and we are now being told that he has to go to another department. That is disingenuous in terms of this individual because if this problem is systemic in the Air Corps, I can see is arising in the Army and the Naval Service and it will continue.

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