Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 19 June 2019
125. Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whistleblower complaints in his Department since the legislation was introduced in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25657/19]
View answerIn accordance with Section 22 of the Protected Disclosure Act 2014, my Department has published information on protected disclosures received during 2015, 2016 and 2017 on its website:
https://www.education.ie/en/Publications/Corporate-Reports/Annual-Report/
In summary, in 2015, 3 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector. In 2016, 2 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector. In 2017, 10 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector. In 2018, 4 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector. To date in 2019 there have been 4 protected disclosures received from workers in the Education sector.
There were no protected disclosures received from Department staff since the legislation was introduced.
