The Department of Health has policies and procedures in place for handling protected disclosures in line with the provisions of the Protected Disclosures Act.
Protected Disclosures received by the Minister for agencies under the aegis of the Department of Health are outlined in the table below excluding disclosures that were deemed not to be protected disclosures for the Department as defined in legislation.
I am very conscious of our obligations with regard to protecting the confidentiality of those who make disclosures and therefore I have not specifically broken out the number of disclosures in each agency per year in case there is any possibility that individuals might be identified. I know you will appreciate the importance of my Department complying with the protected disclosure legislation and wish to assure you of my Department’s commitment to ensuring procedural fairness in all matters relating to disclosures.
Agencies
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2017
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2018
|
2019
|
2020
|
2021
|
2022 to date
|
HSE
|
4
|
7
|
3
|
7
|
3
|
1
|
Other
|
4
|
5
|
0
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
Total
|
8
|
12
|
3
|
9
|
4
|
2
|