Standards in Public Office (Amendment) Bill 2023: First Stage
Dail Éireann — 2023-02-23
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Pat Buckley (SF), Cork East

I thank Deputy Farrell for introducing the Bill. She has raised the three relevant points on it. It is about working together and enhancing accountability. We need accountability within the HSE and other entities. In this regard, we could probably consider some more legislation.
It was not too long ago that Deputy Farrell and I worked on the protected disclosures law. We worked with the then Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Deputy Michael McGrath. We did not seem to agree on everything but, in fairness, after the toing and froing, we eventually strengthened the legislation. It is about giving SIPO extra power, if that is the word we want to use. It is also about enhancing accountability in the whole system. I ask the Government to take on board what Deputy Farrell and I are proposing in this Bill.

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Sitting date: 2023-02-23