Ivor Callely (Dublin North Central, Fianna Fail)

I thank Senator Paddy Burke for tabling this amendment, which has given me an opportunity to revisit sections 53 and 54 of the Bill. My officials and I discussed at length the issue of the reporting of risk by the staff of railway undertakings and contractors. I draw the Senator's attention to section 54(3) of the Bill, which is important. The section states:

Where a member of staff of a railway undertaking or other person working under a contract of services with a railway undertaking informs the Commission of his or her opinion in accordance with subsection (2), he or she shall not be disciplined, be held to be in breach of contract or in any other way disadvantaged for the fact that he or she has informed the Commission.

I hope the final part of that section, in particular, satisfies Senator Burke.