Protected Disclosures

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Questions (195)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

195. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Transport the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external contractor has been engaged regarding a protected disclosure over that time period; if so, the cost of same; and the number of protected disclosures that were rejected, accepted and that remain under review for the time period in question. [13062/22]

Written answers

Minister for Transport

The number of allegations received by my department which invoked the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 are set out in the table below. The table indicates the total number of allegations received, the number of these which were found, following assessment, not to be deemed a protected disclosure and the number investigated or under investigation. As requested by the Deputy, it also contains details of the number and cost of external contractors engaged regarding a protected disclosure.

Year	No. of potential protected disclosures received	No. not deemed to be a protected disclosure	No. concluded	No. in progress	No that involved external contractor	Cost of external contractors
2019	5	2	2	1	0	0
2020	4	0	3	1	2	€973.35
2021	0	0	0	0	0	0
2022	1	Under consideration	0	1	0	0