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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 move amendment No. 19: In page 20, line 1, to delete “(e) save” and substitute “(f) save”.

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. 20: In page 20, line 5, to delete “(f) where” and substitute “(g) where”.

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. 21: In page 20, line 22, to delete “Subsection (1)(e)” and substitute “Subsection (1)(f)”.

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

Michael McGrath: I thank the Deputies for raising this matter. The issue we are trying to address here is that the system currently does not work as intended. We are trying to address that situation. We are not preventing people from reporting concerns to a Minister. In line with accepted best practice and in the spirit of the directive, we are merely requiring that a report should be made either to the...

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

Michael McGrath: Yes.

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

Michael McGrath: I thank colleagues for raising all of those issues. I fully understand and appreciate that many people are watching this debate. They are looking at it through the lens of their own experiences which, in many instances, have not been good and they want to see a way forward provided through this legislation. They expect the committee and the Oireachtas to bring about improvements. That 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. 23: In page 24, to delete lines 12 and 13 and substitute the following: “(e) in relation to the Office of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman, the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman,”. These are technical amendments to section 8 to reflect that the Financial Services Ombudsman and the Pensions Ombudsman have merged.

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. 24: In page 24, to delete lines 20 and 21.

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. 25: In page 24, line 22, to delete “(j) in relation” and substitute “(i) in relation”.

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. 26: In page 24, line 23, to delete “(k) in relation” and substitute “(j) in relation”.

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. 27: In page 24, line 25, to delete “(l) in relation” and substitute “(k) in relation”.

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. 28: In page 27, between lines 6 and 7, to insert the following: “(5) The Commissioner shall designate one or more than one member of staff (in this section referred to as a ‘designated person’) to be responsible for handling reports and, in particular, for providing any person with information on the procedures for making a report in the manner...

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. 29: In page 27, line 7, to delete “(5) The Commissioner” and substitute “(6) The Commissioner”.

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. 30: In page 27, line 9, to delete “(6) The Commissioner” and substitute “(7) The Commissioner”.

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. 31: In page 27, line 39, to delete “(7)(a) The Commissioner” and substitute “(8)(a) The Commissioner”.

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. 32: In page 27, line 41, to delete “subsection (6)” and substitute “subsection (7)”.

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. 33: In page 28, line 9, to delete “(8) A reporting” and substitute “(9) A reporting”.

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. 34: In page 31, between lines 2 and 3, to insert the following: “(d) 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...

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. 35: In page 31, line 3, to delete “(d) save as” and substitute “(e) save as”.

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. 36: In page 31, line 7, to delete “(e) where” and substitute “(f) where”.