Written answers
Thursday, 25 March 2021
Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Protected Disclosures
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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115. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection 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. [16038/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table beneath.For completeness,information is provided for the period from 2014 to date.
DSP - Submissions under protected Disclosure procedures
Year | Rec’d | Accepted, Assessed & Finalised | Comment |
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2014 | 1 | 0 | |
2015 | 1 | 2 | All examined and finalised |
2016 | 1 | 0 | All examined and finalised |
2017 | 10 | 7 | All examined and finalised |
2018 | 16 | 20 | All examined and finalised |
2019 | 9 | 9 | All examined and finalised |
2020 | 1 | 1 | All examined and finalised |
2021 to Mar | 3 | 1 | One examined and finalised; Assessment in progress in two cases |
Of the cases received since 2017, four were examined by a third party or consultancy.
Of the cases received since 2017, four were either partially or fully acted on.
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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116. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection 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. [16056/21]
Heather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table below.
Number of Submissions to DSP under Protected Disclosures
From Officials within Department | From Officials that made protected disclosures that are now not working in DSP* | From Officials retired / left | |
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2017 | 12 (2 officials) | 11 (1 official) | 1 |
2018 | 8 (2 officials) | 8 (1 official) | 3 (1 official) |
2019 | 6 (1 official) | 6 (1 official) | 1 |
2020 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
2021(to 22/3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
* NOTE: Number of submissions made by officials who were in the Department when they made their submissions and retired or left subsequently. Therefore, all of these are already counted in Column 1 as made by officials within the Department.
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