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Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Tuesday, 28 Nov 2000

Vol. 526 No. 6

Written Answers. - Air Safety.

Noel O'Flynn

Ceist:

179 Mr. O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Enterprise if she will introduce legislative protection for airline workers to whistle-blow on safety concerns by reporting incidents to the Irish Aviation Authority. [27259/00]

Legislation is currently being drafted at EU level to initiate a mandatory occurrence reporting system which will apply in all member states. It is intended that this initiative will include a provision for confidential reporting.

I believe that the implementation of a community-wide standard is the correct way to proceed on this issue and I look forward to its early introduction.

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