Catherine Connolly
Ceist:333. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the status of a protected disclosure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62285/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraTuesday, 13 December 2022
Ceisteanna (333, 334, 335, 336, 337)
Catherine Connolly
Ceist:334. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the status of a protected disclosure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62286/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraCatherine Connolly
Ceist:335. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the status of a protected disclosure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62287/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraCatherine Connolly
Ceist:336. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the status of a protected disclosure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62288/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraCatherine Connolly
Ceist:337. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Defence the status of a protected disclosure (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62289/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraFreagraí scríofa
The purpose of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (the Act) is to provide a mechanism whereby workers can provide information in confidence to employers relating to relevant wrongdoings as set out in the Act. It also protects persons from the taking of action against them in respect of the making of disclosures.
Section 16 of the Act provides that subject to exceptions, a person to whom a protected disclosure is made, and any person to whom a protected disclosure is referred in the performance of that person’s duties, shall not disclose to another person any information that might identify the person by whom the protected disclosure was made. On this basis, it would be inappropriate for me to give specific detail of any disclosure that may identify a Discloser.
I am fully committed to compliance with the requirements of the Protected Disclosures Act, 2014 and to the protections contained in that Act. The Deputy may wish to note that the provisions of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 will commence on the 1st January 2023.