Protected Disclosures

Dáil Éireann Debate, Friday - 6 September 2019

Friday, 6 September 2019

Questions (785)

Peadar Tóibín

Question:

785. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Health if other Departments have been notified of the receipt of protected disclosures submitted to the National Maternity Hospital; the number of protected disclosures submitted to the hospital of which he has been notified; if he has been notified of protected disclosures submitted to other maternity hospitals here; and if he has been notified of protected disclosures that have referred to the reduction of genetic expertise in foetal healthcare at the hospital. [34695/19]

Written answers

Minister for Health

Any protected disclosures submitted to the National Maternity Hospital or any other maternity hospital, or notified to any Department, are a matter for that organisation.

Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 requires each public body to publish an annual report setting out the number of protected disclosures received in the preceding year and the action taken (if any). Information regarding the number of any protected disclosures received by the National Maternity Hospital can be accessed through the hospital's website - http://www.nmh.ie/home/freedom-of-information.13646.html.