Protected Disclosures

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 25 March 2021

Thursday, 25 March 2021

Ceisteanna (98)

Catherine Murphy

Ceist:

98. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Education the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number that were accepted as a protected disclosure; the number that were in part or fully examined by a third party or consultancy; the number of protected disclosures under investigation over this period; and the number that were finalised and the contents accepted and acted on. [16027/21]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Education

The attached table gives a breakdown by year of the number of applications made to me and my predecessors as Minister under Section 8 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 from workers in the education sector. 

There have been a total of 38 applications for Protected Disclosures made between 2017 and 2020 and to date in 2021.

15 applications were deemed to come under the ambit of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.  2 applications have been fully examined by a third party. 10 applications have been finalised and 5 are ongoing.

Year	Applications Received	Protected Disclosures Accepted	Protected Disclosures finalised and contents accepted and acted on	Protected Disclosures finalised and no follow up required	Protected Disclosures Ongoing	Number finalised that were in part examined by a third party or consultancy	Number finalised that were fully examined by a third party or consultancy
2017	13	6	2	4	0	0	2
2018	12	4	0	3	1	0	0
2019	6	1	1	0	0	0	0
2020	5	2	0	0	2	0	0
2021	2	2	0	0	2	0	0
Total	38	15	3	7	5	0	2