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

Michael McGrath: I welcome commencement of consideration of the Bill on Committee Stage and I thank the committee and the Chairman for facilitating this. We had a very good discussion on Second Stage in the House and there is broad agreement on the Bill. A number of amendments have been put down by others with a view to improving the Bill and I also have a significant number of amendments. I have no doubt...

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

Michael McGrath: Of course I can. The section is a standard provision concerning the making of any orders and regulations by the Minister under this legislation and for said orders and regulations to be laid before the Oireachtas in accordance with established practice. It is procedural in nature.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 1: In page 12, to delete line 11. I will take amendments Nos.1 and 2 together. This is a technical amendment to section 6(7) of the principal Act to remove the reference to subsection 7A of section 5 of the principal Act as it is to be repealed by section 3 of the Bill. Section 5(7A) was inserted into the principal Act by the European Union (Protection of Trade...

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 2: In page 12, line 22, to delete “access.”.” and substitute the following: “access.”, and (d) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “The motivation” for “Subject to subsection (7A), the motivation”.”.

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

Michael McGrath: I thank Deputies Farrell and Buckley for raising this issue and for their amendments. This is something I have considered carefully and discussed with the officials at length. Before setting out the reasons I do not propose to accept the amendments, I want to make it clear that the obligation on some employers to have internal channels and procedures is an administrative requirement...

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 5: In page 15, to delete line 4 and substitute the following: "(11) Subject to subsection (12), section 6A shall apply to a report made to an employer. (12) Where- (a) a worker, who is or was an employee of a public body, makes a disclosure of relevant information to the public body, in the manner specified in this section, before the coming into operation of...

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

Michael McGrath: This amendment is being pursued but it is not the totality of what we are going to do. I will revert to it on Report Stage and add to it. The amendment before us is a retrospective provision. It is a start but it does not capture all the retrospective issues and the examples the Chairman and colleagues have raised. I know that for many people, this is the kernel of the Bill. It is...

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 6: In page 15, to delete line 7. These are technical amendments to delete the titles of sections 6A and 7A. The section headings to sections 9 and 11 will be the section headings of the new sections 6A and 7A if a consolidated version of the Act of 2014 is published, for example if proposed by the Law Reform Commission. This is the correct drafting convention....

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 7: In page 15, line 8, to delete “6A.(1) Internal” and substitute “ “6A.(1) Internal”.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 8: In page 16, between lines 11 and 12, to insert the following: “(f) the provision to the reporting person, where he or she so requests in writing, of further feedback at intervals of 3 months until such time as the procedure relating to the report concerned is closed, the first such period of 3 months commencing on the date on which feedback is provided to...

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 9: In page 16, line 12, to delete “(f) the provision” and substitute “(g) the provision”.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 10: In page 16, line 32, to delete “subsection (1)(f)(ii)” and substitute “subsection (1)(g)(ii)”.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 11: In page 17, to delete lines 11 to 15 and substitute the following: “(ii) in paragraph (b)(i), by the substitution of “in the case of a disclosure made to a person prescribed under subsection (2)(a), that the relevant wrongdoing” for “that the relevant wrongdoing”,”. Amendment No. 11 provides for the retention of the...

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 12: In page 17, line 17, to delete “subsection (3)” and substitute “subsection (2)”.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 13: In page 17, line 18, to delete “(4) For” and substitute “(2A) For”.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 14: In page 17, line 24, to delete “(5) Section 7A” and substitute “(2B) Section 7A”.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 15: In page 17, line 25, to delete “(6) Section 10B” and substitute “(2C) Section 10B”.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 16: In page 17, to delete line 28.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 17: In page 17, line 29, to delete “7A.(1) External” and substitute “ “7A.(1) External”.

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

Michael McGrath: I move amendment No. 18: In page 19, after line 41, to insert the following: “(e) the provision to the reporting person, where he or she so requests in writing, of further feedback at intervals of 3 months until such time as the procedure relating to the report concerned is closed, the first such period of 3 months commencing on the date on which feedback is provided to the...