There have been a total of 16 applications for Protected Disclosures made between 2017 and 2020 and to date in 2021. This figure relates to Protected Disclosures that were disclosed to the Minister under Section 8 of the Protected Disclosures Act from workers in the Education sector. 12 applications were deemed to come under the ambit of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. No applications have been examined in part or in full by a third party or consultancy. 5 applications have been finalised and 7 are ongoing. In line with procedures for dealing with Protected Disclosures in the higher education sector, all finalised disclosures were forwarded to the Higher Education Authority for investigation
The attached table gives a breakdown by year of the number of applications made to a Minister under Section 8 of the Act, the number accepted, the number that were in part or fully examined by a third party or consultancy, the number finalised and the number ongoing.
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Year
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Applications Received
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Protected Disclosures Accepted
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Number finalised that were in part examined by a third party or consultancy
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Number finalised that were fully examined by a third party or consultancy
|
Protected Disclosures finalised and contents accepted and acted on
|
Protected Disclosures finalised and no follow up required
|
Protected Disclosures
Ongoing
|
|
2017
|
4
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
0
|
|
2018
|
2
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
0
|
|
2019
|
6
|
4
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
3
|
|
2020
|
1
|
1
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
1
|
|
2021
|
3
|
3
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
3
|
|
Total
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16
|
12
|
0
|
0
|
0
|
5
|
7
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