Written answers
Thursday, 25 March 2021
Department of Defence
Protected Disclosures
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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98. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills 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]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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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 |
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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99. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures received by her Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 from officials within her Department; the number of officials who made protected disclosures over the period and who are now not working in her Department; and the number of protected disclosures received from retired officials of her Department over the period. [16045/21]
Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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In accordance with Section 22 of the Protected Disclosure Act 2014, my Department publishes annual information on protected disclosures received. Information on protected disclosures received during 2017, 2018 and 2019 is available at www.education.ie/en/Publications/Corporate-Reports/Annual-Report/.
To date, my Department has received no protected disclosures from officials currently serving in, previously serving in, or now retired from, the Department.
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