Protected Disclosures

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 March 2022

Tuesday, 8 March 2022

Questions (403)

Catherine Murphy

Question:

403. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth 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. [13046/22]

Written answers

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

The table below sets out the information on Protected Disclosures to my Department as requested.

Year	Protected Disclosures Received	External Contractor Engaged	Cost of External Contractor	Protected Disclosures Accepted/Rejected/Remaining under review
2019	1	No	n/a	Case Rejected
2020	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
2021	0	n/a	n/a	n/a
2022 (to date)	0	n/a	n/a	n/a