A whistleblower penalisation claim by a senior Garda detective is now being heard behind closed doors at the Workplace Relations Commission (WRC).
Det Supt Brian O’Reilly is pursuing a complaint under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 against An Garda Síochána, which was set down for hearing before the tribunal on Thursday and Friday.
On Thursday morning, the State moved an application for a hearing in private. The media was subsequently directed out of the room.
Adjudication officer Davnet O’Driscoll later confirmed that she had granted the State’s motion.
Some outline details of the case were opened before the WRC last November when O’Driscoll convened a preliminary hearing.
In addition to his WRC complaints, O’Reilly had also pursued an action at the Circuit Court seeking an injunction in relation to the classification of his absence from work under Garda sick-pay policy.
One of the acts of penalisation alleged by O’Reilly was that he had been “denied” the “Code 1137” classification applied to an injury on duty, with implications for the continuation of his pay.
The application for interim relief was turned down by Judge John O’Connor last November.
O’Reilly had further alleged he was subject to “oppressive and aggressive management”, had firearms training withheld, suffered impaired professional development and was denied a long-term acting-up allowance as penalisation for raising protected disclosures, the WRC was told last year.
He also claimed he had...
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