Martin Ferris (Kerry North-West Limerick, Sinn Fein)
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To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will include a definition of good faith in the Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Act; and if the legislation will be introduced before the year end. [43496/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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The Protected Disclosures in the Public Interest Bill 2012 is included in the Government’s Legislation Programme with an expected publication date early in 2013.

The specific definitions to be included in the propsed legislation are currently being considered by my Department in consultation with the Office of the Parliamentary Counsel taking into account submissions made on the legislation and observations received on the General Scheme from the Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform.