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

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 3 and 4 are related and will be discussed together.

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

John McGuinness: I will add my voice on this matter before we move on. There is a significant issue here. I do not know how the Minister will get around it legally but effort has to be made by all concerned to recognise the problem we now have. There are cases currently going through a settlement process in which a certain amount of bullying and intimidation is being applied to get an outcome. The...

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

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 6, 7, 16 and 17 are related and may be discussed together.

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

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 8 to 10, inclusive, 18 to 21, inclusive, 34 to 36, inclusive, and 40 to 48, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

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

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 11 to 15, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together.

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

John McGuinness: To add to that, all of us in the House hear about cases that we come across or from individuals that we discuss issues with. That could be to do with any area, such as banking or anything else. We hear from whistleblowers, such as in respect of the tracker mortgage issue, for example. We learn so much about how such things happened, why they happened and so on. This is a great forum to...

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

John McGuinness: There is an obligation on Ministers when a protected disclosure is brought to their attention to ensure it is examined in detail and that the law is followed. Otherwise we are all breaking the law. It is not that every whistleblower is right but the Minister owes it to whistleblowers to find out whether the complaints they are making are right or wrong. If it involves another person being...

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

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 23 to 27, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Amendments Nos. 24 to 27, inclusive, are consequential on No. 23.

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

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 28 to 33, inclusive, 37 to 39, inclusive, 49 and 53 to 55, inclusive, are related and may be discussed together. Amendments Nos. 29 to 33, inclusive, are consequential on No. 28. Amendments Nos. 38 and 39 are consequential on No. 37.

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

John McGuinness: Amendments Nos. 51 and 52 are related and may be discussed together.

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

John McGuinness: I referred earlier to the fact that one particular person who made a disclosure was actually named in correspondence of the Committee of Public Accounts. I hope that, in the context of the last few amendments, there will now be sanctions for people who disclose the name of such a person, deliberately or otherwise. That is very important. I just wanted to bring that to the Minister's attention.

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

John McGuinness: Amendment Nos. 58 and 59 have been ruled out of order as they involve a potential charge on revenue.

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

John McGuinness: Amendment No. 61 has been ruled out of order because it involves a potential charge on revenue.

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

John McGuinness: Is Deputy Farrell okay with that?

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

John McGuinness: Do the Minister or Deputy Mairéad Farrell wish to make any concluding remarks?

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

John McGuinness: I extend to the Minister and his officials the thanks of the committee for the manner in which they engaged on the Bill. The pre-legislative scrutiny process has proven very worthwhile on this occasion. Great thanks are due to members who contributed to that process and to bringing about a report which was helpful to the Minister and is reflected in the content of various amendments that...

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Message to Dáil (23 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: In accordance with Standing Order 101, the following message will be sent to the Clerk of the Dáil: The Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach has completed its consideration of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022 and has made amendments thereto. The committee stands adjourned until 5.30 p.m. next Wednesday, 30 March, when we will deal...

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

John McGuinness: Amendment No. 56 has been ruled out of order as it involves a potential charge on revenue.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (22 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: 531. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of applications made by schools for special needs assistants; the number refused, appealed and the number of successful appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14654/22]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (22 Mar 2022)

John McGuinness: 532. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if appropriate non-negligence insurance was put in place by her Department relative to a matter (details supplied); if her Department will now deal with the serious subsidence issues along the boundary in which construction of a retaining wall and back-fill took place; if her Department will inspect the property; and if she will make a...