Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science: Statements
Dail Éireann — 2021-03-10
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Simon Harris (FG), Wicklow

In the context of any governance legislation I bring forward to protect whistleblowers, openness and transparency will always be really important to me. I served on the Committee of Public Accounts. I saw the great lengths whistleblowers had to go to in this country and where they were not always protected and I accept more work is to be done. I am delighted people make protected disclosures but, to be very honest, I am not happy with the level of protected disclosures that people feel compelled to make because they cannot get the answers and the openness they would like. I am very eager to work with the Deputy on this through the governance legislation. I have quite a long note on the Cush report on precarious employment and some of the measures we are taking and perhaps I will write to the Deputy on it in the interests of time. I am happy to pick it up again.

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Sitting date: 2021-03-10