Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 28 November 2018
171. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of a protected disclosure that raised concerns regarding age bias in the internal promotion competition for promotion to assistant principal in 2015 in his Department; if this protected disclosure is under review by a company (details supplied); the timeline for the matter to reach conclusion; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49749/18]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that an independent investigation was conducted in relation to this matter. A review of this investigation was subsequently requested in accordance with the Protected Disclosures Policy and my Department has engaged a separate independent firm to carry out this review. I understand this will be finalised in the near future. As the matter is being treated as a protected disclosure it would not be appropriate for me to comment on the individual case.
