Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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195. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of protected disclosures received by his Department in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022, in tabular form; if an external contractor has been engaged regarding a protected disclosure over that time period; if so, the cost of same; and the number of protected disclosures that were rejected, accepted and that remain under review for the time period in question. [13062/22]

Eamon Ryan (Dublin Bay South, Green Party)
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The number of allegations received by my department which invoked the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 in each of the years 2019 to 2021 and to date in 2022 are set out in the table below. The table indicates the total number of allegations received, the number of these which were found, following assessment, not to be deemed a protected disclosure and the number investigated or under investigation. As requested by the Deputy, it also contains details of the number and cost of external contractors engaged regarding a protected disclosure.