Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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174. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures received by his 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. [16033/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table:

My Department has received 43 valid protected disclosures since the Protected Disclosures Act was introduced in 2014. Of these, 24 have been brought to a conclusion and 19 are ongoing.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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175. To ask the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2017 to 2020 and to date in 2021 from officials within his Department; the number of officials who made protected disclosures over the period and who are now not working in his Department; and the number of protected disclosures received from retired officials of his Department over the period. [16051/21]

Stephen Donnelly (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has received one protected disclosure from an official within the Department during the period referred to by the Deputy. It was received in 2020 and has been investigated in line with the Department's Protected Disclosure Policy and procedures and brought to a conclusion. No Protected Disclosures were received from former or retired officials of the Department.