Political system ‘ignores the rights of people’

Whistleblower ‘usually ends up the victim’

The political system has its “head in the sand” and “ignores the rights of the people” when whistleblowers act in good faith to raise issues of public concern, the Dáil was told.

The chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) said those who blow the whistle are turned into “broken people” because of “what we, the politicians, and the democratic process have visited upon them.”