Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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125. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of whistleblower complaints in his Department since the legislation was introduced in 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25657/19]

Joe McHugh (Donegal, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with Section 22 of the Protected Disclosure Act 2014, my Department has published information on protected disclosures received during 2015, 2016 and 2017 on its website:

In summary, in 2015, 3 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector.In 2016, 2 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector. In 2017, 10 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector. In 2018, 4 protected disclosures were received from workers in the Education sector. To date in 2019 there have been 4 protected disclosures received from workers in the Education sector.

There were no protected disclosures received from Department staff since the legislation was introduced.