Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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423. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures made to her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29631/21]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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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 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 on its website:  www.education.ie/en/Publications/Corporate-Reports/Annual-Report/.

In summary, there have been a total of 18 Protected Disclosures made between 2016 and to date in 2021. This figure relates to Protected Disclosures that were made to me under Section 8 of the Protected Disclosures Act from workers in the Education sector. 

The attached table gives a breakdown by year of the disclosures.

PQ 29631/21 Department of Education

To ask the Minister for Education the number of protected disclosures made to her Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021.