Aengus Ó Snodaigh (Dublin South Central, Sinn Fein)
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313. To ask the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of whiste-blowers the Defence Forces is currently attempting to dismiss using medical boarding procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [41233/20]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The term "whistle-blower" is often used to describe a person who discloses relevant information in relation to relevant wrongdoings, as set out in the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. A person whose information satisfies the criteria set out in the Act also has the benefit of the protections set out in the Act such as protection of identity and protection against penalisation. 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.

The making of a protected disclosure does not necessarily prevent the conduct of any other statutory procedure. Any member of the Defence Forces who feels that s/he has been penalised or threatened with penalisation for making a protected disclosure has the right to make a complaint to the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces.