Ceisteanna ó na Comhaltaí Eile - Other Members’ Questions
Dail Éireann — 2025-10-22
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Micheál Martin (FF), Cork South-Central

-----which was an unprecedented public health event across the world that had the most significant and severe impacts on societies and on people. The more fundamental objective has always been to try to protect and save lives. People acted in very good faith to do that. I just want to make that point.
What we are reluctant to do is add a new layer now because this will go on forever. I do not mean that in any disrespectful way. There has to be a system to deal with protected disclosures. We cannot add new layers. I think we can review it in the context of how the Act is working but, ideally, we should be able to deal with protected disclosures within the legislation and people should respond.

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Sitting date: 2025-10-22