Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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496. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures made to his Department in each of the past five years and to date in 2021. [29636/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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In accordance with Section 22 of the Protected Disclosure Act 2014, information on protected disclosures received during 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 has been published on the Department of Education website: www.education.ie/en/Publications/Corporate-Reports/Annual-Report/ 

In summary, there have been a total of 15 Protected Disclosures made between 2016 and to date in 2021. This figure relates to Protected Disclosures that were disclosed under Section 8 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 from workers in the Higher Education sector.

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