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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Is there no law to ensure that a person is paid? A person may have made a protected disclosure and be out sick afterwards. Is the organisation or enterprise not obliged to pay such a person during that time?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Will such a person not be paid when they are out of work? Is it the case that such a person could be paid? Will it be settled at the end? I am talking about the current legislation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: No, I have moved away from the Clarke case. I am asking about what Mr. Clifford said earlier. It appeared as if the individual in the Prison Service was awarded a sum but that was challenged later. It just begs the question in all of this of the cost to the whistleblower of having to stay in the process while, at the same time, being penalised and, in some cases, out of a job while the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Earlier, Mr. Devitt was giving analysis of what whistleblowers in the private sector thought of the process and how satisfied or not they were. In the public sector, it seems to be quite different, in that there is free use of taxpayers' money and money paid into the State to defend the entity, whether a Department, an agency or a third level institution, whatever it might be. It is this...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Will all of the witnesses be making a submission on the new Bill?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Will separate submissions be made by the witnesses or will there be a submission in the name of Transparency International Ireland? I ask the same question of Mr. Clifford. Will he put on record for consideration in the context of the Bill his experience and what he might recommend?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: That research is reflecting on the current legislation and how the proposed legislation can be improved.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: I am obliged to conclude the meeting due to the Covid-19 regulations. I thank the witnesses for coming before the committee. I sincerely thank Transparency International Ireland for the work it does. I particularly thank Mr. Clifford, who has led the way in regard to exposing quite a lot of the issues relative to the current legislation and how whistleblowers are treated. It is...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: I thank Mr. Devitt and invite Mr. Clifford to make his opening statement.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: I am not sure whether Mr. Devitt is back online.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Does Ms Heffernan wish to comment?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: There were other points raised by Senator Higgins. Do our other guests wish to respond?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Protected Disclosure Legislation: Discussion (27 May 2021)

John McGuinness: What is Dr. Kierans' view on the case that was mentioned by Michael Clifford? The Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, in a report, cited that case as an example of how positively whistleblowers are dealt with. In the case mentioned, an award was given and that award is now being challenged by the State.

Health and Criminal Justice (Covid-19) (Amendment) Bill 2021 [Seanad]: Second Stage (26 May 2021)

John McGuinness: When I look at the legislation before us and consider the action we have to take, I am reminded of the idea of the lesser evil being for the greater good. I find it difficult to accept some of what has happened since the beginning of the Covid crisis. I take the opportunity to thank the workers on the front line and others who gave over their usual and way beyond what was expected of them...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

John McGuinness: I remind members and guests to turn off their mobile phones and to remove their masks when speaking because it will help the recording of the meeting. Today we are dealing with insurance issues. We have representatives of the industry with us. I welcome Mr. Michael Lyons, chairperson of the fire and safety division in Engineers Ireland; Mr. John Power, vice president of Engineers Ireland;...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Can Mr. Lyons or Mr. Power tell the committee what the premium cost is? How much is covered? Is it €1 million or €2 million? Mr. Lyons is saying that the impacts from Brexit and the contagion from the UK, etc., are going to affect housing, flats, nursing homes and factories, etc. Is Mr. Lyons telling us that housing estates or apartments that are currently being constructed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Are they being refused?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

John McGuinness: I apologise for interrupting Deputy Farrell, but we are engaging with the witnesses in two stages. We are engaging with Engineers Ireland now and we will come to the insurance companies later.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Yes. I call Deputy Doherty.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Developments in the Insurance Industry: Discussion (Resumed) (26 May 2021)

John McGuinness: Would Mr. Lyons or Mr. Power like to respond to that question?