Christopher O'Sullivan (Cork South West, Fianna Fail)
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159. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of protected disclosures received by his Department since June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49815/21]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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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 2020 on its website: gov.ie - Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science Protected Disclosures Annual Report 2020 (www.gov.ie)

In summary, my Department received no protected disclosures in 2020, to-date in 2021 there has been a total of 2 Protected Disclosures received by my Department. 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.