Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022: Report and Final Stages
Seanad Éireann — 2022-07-07
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Ossian Smyth (GP), Dún Laoghaire

I am not accepting this amendment because I do not see the necessity for it. There is already a provision in section 10C(7)(d) for a reporting person to request and obtain further feedback on the actions taken or envisaged to be taken in response to his or her report. It is inevitable that if a report involves a matter of such complexity that follow-up is protracted, the feedback would include an explanation as to why the process is taking so long. There are similar provisions for further feedback in four other sections: 6A(1)(f), 7A(1)(e), 10D(7)(d) and 10E(1)(e). I do not see the necessity of this provision given these existing provisions in the legislation. I ask the Senator to withdraw the amendment.

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Sitting date: 2022-07-07