Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2021
116. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 from officials within her Department; the number of officials who made protected disclosures over the period and who are now not working in her Department; and the number of protected disclosures received from retired officials of her Department over the period. [16056/21]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table below.
Number of Submissions to DSP under Protected Disclosures
|
|
From Officials within Department |
From Officials that made protected disclosures that are now not working in DSP* |
From Officials retired / left |
|
2017 |
12 (2 officials) |
11 (1 official) |
1 |
|
2018 |
8 (2 officials) |
8 (1 official) |
3 (1 official) |
|
2019 |
6 (1 official) |
6 (1 official) |
1 |
|
2020 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
2021(to 22/3) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
* NOTE: Number of submissions made by officials who were in the Department when they made their submissions and retired or left subsequently. Therefore, all of these are already counted in Column 1 as made by officials within the Department.
