Trevor Ó Clochartaigh (Sinn Fein) | Oireachtas source

----- and referred to the culture of bullying among a minority of staff. I again call on the Minister to re-address this issue. I believe the Minister wants to have these institutions included and that the Department of Justice and Equality has been applying pressure to keep them off the list and to have them exempted. What do these institutions have to hide? If they have nothing to hide, they should have no fears about being on the list. This was quite obvious from the comments of the Ombudsman when she spoke to the Joint Committee on Public Service Oversight and Petitions last Wednesday. She stated she is not investigating anyone but is looking at whether investigations have been completed properly and is reviewing all the information that has been put forward to make sure that everyone has had a fair crack of the whip and that it has been done properly. Consequently, I again call on the Minister. I believe he is on the same wavelength as me but his hands might have been tied. While I believe the pressure has come from the Department of Justice and Equality, he must stand up to it and do the right thing on this issue.