Jerry Buttimer (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

That is the point I was coming to. We have seen the NHS people coming over here to run advertising campaigns. Our nurses and doctors go over to England and are then able to come back here, having benefited from the experience. To be fair to the Taoiseach and Ministers, there is a very strong Brexit team and operation across the whole of the Government. As part of a rolling debate in this House, I hope we will continue to keep that emphasis going.

With regard to the Senator's comment on the Garda whistleblower and the Department of Justice and Equality, the Garda Commissioner in her statement yesterday said she was not privy to any attempt or was not aware of anyone targeting the whistleblower. The Minister, Deputy Fitzgerald, and the Taoiseach have been very strong on this. There is no derogation or dilution of Government in terms of its approach being that the allegations are serious and should be listened to. The Minister is proactive in the matter and has said she will apply the rule of law and that it should be applied, and that a just and real procedure should be put in place. It is important that we listen to the remarks she made yesterday in the justice committee and the Taoiseach's remarks in the Dáil, and that whatever allegations are made are followed up.