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Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Could the Minister speak to this section, please?

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I thank the Minister.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I move amendment No. 3: In page 13, to delete lines 6 to 11 and substitute the following: “ “(3) For the purposes of enabling the making of reports, all employers shall establish, maintain and operate internal reporting channels and procedures for the making of such reports and for follow-up (in this Act referred to as ‘internal reporting channels and...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I understand the Minister's perspective on this and where he is coming from. I still have concerns and think that it would be beneficial to lower the threshold. I think it is still important to make this amendment. We are coming at it from two different points of view. I take the Minister's points on board but I am still concerned, so I will press the amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Taking on board the views of all the people who have contacted us, we all can be in agreement that it is extremely important that the legislation be retrospective. We know from the discussions we have had here and, as I mentioned, the harrowing stories people have, how important it is for this to be retrospective and how much people have lost as a result of doing work in the interest of the...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: These are technical. We have no issue.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We have no issue with these.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: I move amendment No. 22: In page 23, to delete lines 15 to 29. It is no secret that when people blow the whistle what generally ensues is a long protracted process that can take years. We have discussed the real-life impact it can have on people and their families. There can also be a reflexive reaction on the part of the employer to circle the waggons. We have seen cases where they...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: A considerable amount has been said. This amendment is about the deletion of lines 15 to 29 where we see the words, "emergency situation or a risk of irreversible damage". Realistically, most protected disclosures are made in such situations. It is very difficult for people and we have seen the significant impact it has had on them. Putting this in is regressive. Making anything more...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: These are technical amendments so we will be supporting them.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We will be supporting these amendments.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We support the amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We support the amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We support the amendment as it is based on our recommendation.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: We agree with this amendment.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Yes.

Committee on Budgetary Oversight: Pre-Stability Programme Update Scrutiny (Resumed): Central Bank of Ireland (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Apologies, I will leave it so.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: My main concluding remark is on something that has been the theme of today's meeting and all of our discussions, that is, the great sense of gratitude many members of the committee have for those people who have blown the whistle and done such really great service to the people and to the State. Deputy Buckley and I strongly believe that everything that can be done to protect future...

Rising Energy Costs: Motion [Private Members] (22 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: Tá a fhios againn le fada an lá go bhfuil daoine ag fulaingt mar gheall ar an ardú ollmhór atá tagtha ar an gcostas maireachtála. Bhí a fhios againne i Sinn Féin go mbeadh an ráta boilscithe ag ardú le hathoscailt an tsochaí, ach is léir nach raibh an fios céanna ag an Rialtas nuair a cheangail sé praghas cíosa leis...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (22 Mar 2022)

Mairéad Farrell: 357. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government when the new affordable housing schemes will be rolled out in County Galway; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15005/22]