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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Is there any chance I could ask my questions now? I am due to be at the autism committee at noon.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Skills: Young Social Innovators: Discussion (28 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I thank our guests for coming in today. I am a qualified youth worker and I love young people. We heard questions like whether young people can think for themselves. They bloody well can and they can do it well. I support the call for young people to be able to vote at 16, as my colleague spoke about earlier. Two weeks ago we had children from a YSI programme in to talk about what has...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 1: In page 5, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the provisions of this Act, upon commencement, shall apply to protected disclosures made under the Principal Act or any other relevant enactment prior to this enactment.”. These amendments attempt to make sure that the provisions of this Bill will...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 2: In page 5, between lines 20 and 21, to insert the following: “(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the provisions of this Act, upon commencement, shall apply to protected disclosures made under the Principal Act prior to this enactment.”.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 4: In page 7, between lines 10 and 11, to insert the following: “(ha)bringing vexatious proceedings against the worker,”. This amendment would mean that bringing vexatious proceedings intended to penalise a worker would be included in the definition of penalisation under the Bill, as per recommendation No. 9 of the pre-legislative scrutiny report of...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I will withdraw the amendment and seek to reintroduce it on Report Stage.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 5: In page 7, line 26, after “referrals” to insert “without reasonable cause”.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 9: In page 12, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5): “(5B) A matter concerning interpersonal grievances exclusively affecting the reporting person, as described in subsection (5A), shall constitute a relevant wrongdoing where such interpersonal grievances arise out of...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 10: In page 12, between lines 22 and 23, to insert the following: “(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5): “(5C) For the avoidance of doubt, an interpersonal grievance shall not preclude a person from making a protected disclosure under any relevant section of this Act.”,”.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 11: In page 12, to delete lines 27 to 32 and substitute the following: “ “5A. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment relating to anonymous reporting of wrongdoing, a person who receives an anonymous report of wrongdoing, made in a manner specified under section 6, 7, 8, 9 or 10 shall be obliged to regard such a report as a...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 12: In page 12, to delete lines 27 to 32 and substitute the following: “ “5A. (1) Without prejudice to the provisions of any other enactment, a person who receives an anonymous report made in the manner specified in section 6 shall accept such an anonymous report and if he or she considers it appropriate to do so, followup on a matter which is the...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yes.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 13: In page 12, to delete lines 27 to 32.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 14: In page 13, line 11, after “procedures’)” to insert “within six months of the commencement of this section”. I will ask Senator Higgins to speak to the amendment.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 41: In page 26, line 15, after “Finance” to insert the following: “and in consultation with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform and Taoiseach”.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 42: In page 26, between lines 26 and 27, to insert the following: “(7A) The powers of the Commissioner provided for in this Part shall apply to protected disclosures made prior to the commencement of this Part or sections of this Part.”.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 48: In page 50, line 18, to delete “mainly” and substitute “partly”. Whistleblowers should be entitled to legal remedy, support and protection and should not have to suffer for doing the right thing. I look forward to hearing the Minister's remarks.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I welcome to the debate the three witnesses in the Visitors Gallery. On a point relevant to the section, one of the witnesses said to me: "We do the right thing by the system but, unfortunately, the system does not do the right thing by us". I have to agree with him. How this amendment stands now means that the victim will always be the victim and the victim will always be punished, but...

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: Yes, but with permission to bring it back on Report Stage.

Seanad: Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Committee Stage (23 Jun 2022)

Eileen Flynn: I move amendment No. 51: In page 51, between lines 36 and 37, to insert the following: “(da) provides knowingly false information in relation to a reporting person or the matter, which is the subject of their report,”