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ARTICLE · 03 MAY 2012

Whistleblowing Developments

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On Monday last, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD, published the Draft Heads of the Disclosure in the Public Interest Bill 2012 (the "Bill").

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On Monday last, the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Brendan Howlin TD, published the Draft Heads of the Disclosure in the Public Interest Bill 2012 (the "Bill"). 

The Bill emanates from a commitment in the Programme for Government to enact legislation to protect whistleblowers who speak out against wrong doing or cover ups by an employer. 

The Bill will provide for a single overarching piece of legislation, which is to be welcomed, as previously the Oireachtas had adopted a sectoral approach protecting whistleblowers that blew the whistle in discreet areas such as those of health, competition and consumer protection.

The Bill does not confine itself to protecting persons in the traditional employer/employee relationship but instead it uses the term "worker", the definition of which is sufficiently broad to include persons such as contractors, trainees, agency staff and home workers. 

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