Jan O'Sullivan (Limerick City, Labour) | Oireachtas source

This amendment inserts a new section in the Act and provides that the council may publish certain information concerning a decision made following an inquiry or a decision made in another jurisdiction. The amendment also provides that the council may also publish the inquiry panel's report, its findings, its decision or the transcript of the inquiry. Information identifying a party to the inquiry may be redacted.

I would also like to inform the House that I intend, on Report Stage, subject to legal advices and to compatibility with the provisions of the National Vetting Bureau Act 2012, to amend section 46B to provide that reports, findings or transcripts, as appropriate, or parts thereof, in respect of complaints made by the council itself on foot of information in a vetting disclosure obtained in the council's conduit role for employers, may be published.