John Crown (Independent) | Oireachtas source

I have a very specific and technical parliamentary request to make of the Leader. I seek clarification in the aftermath of the vote yesterday that resulted in the insertion of a fairly harmless amendment in the Health (General Practitioner Service) Bill.

It is nevertheless an amendment which many of us see as critical in enshrining the principle of whistleblower protection.

Let us be honest. If we examine the history of the country over the past three decades, would anybody want to oppose whistleblower protection? Does anybody want to refuse an amendment or amend legislation which includes whistleblower protection? If we had more whistleblower protection, the child abuse scandals would not have occurred and if we had more whistleblower protection in the Department of Finance, we would not have had the economic meltdown which occurred.