784. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of such disclosures, if any, remain unread, inaccessible, or otherwise unprocessed due to the cybersecurity incident effecting the OPDC in December 2025. [7789/26]
Topics / Protected Disclosures
A subject heading for parliamentary questionsProtected Disclosures
138 questions from 19 TDs, between 22 January 2025 and 22 October 2026.
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135 written, 3 oral
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| July 2026 | 3 |
| August 2026 | 0 |
| September 2026 | 10 |
| October 2026 | 40 |
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785. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the arrangements currently in place to ensure that protected disclosures made to him under section 8 can be read, assessed and followed up where the OPDC is unable to access its systems; and if he considers that a whistleblower framework in which disclosures may be lawfully made to him but cannot be read by him and may not be accessibl…
193. Deputy Ged Nash asked the Taoiseach the number of successful prosecutions secured under section 24 of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment), Act 2022 (the provisions of the Act that relate to making the penalisation of an individual who makes a protected disclosure a criminal offence); the number of cases referred to the DPP for their consideration under the terms of the Act since the enactment and commencement …
3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the status of protected disclosures legislation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [70884/25]
185. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Defence the status of the examination of a protected disclosure (details supplied) circulated to senior Cabinet members in July 2025 and asked as a Leader’s Questions on 22 October 2025; and if correspondences will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62714/25]
389. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of the examination of a protected disclosure (details supplied) circulated to senior Cabinet members in July 2025 and asked as a Leader’s Questions on 22 October 2025; and if correspondences will be issued; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [62716/25]
504. Deputy Gillian Toole asked the Minister for Health the status of the examination of a protected disclosure (details supplied) circulated to senior Cabinet members in July 2025 and asked as a Leader’s Questions on 22 October 2025; and if correspondences will be issued; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [62715/25]
632. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on whether existing legislation related to the protection of corporate whistleblowers stands up compared to our European neighbours including France and the Netherlands; if competitive research has been carried out into their laws in this area; and if he will make a statement on the mat…
633. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider strengthening existing legislation in relation to the possible redress for whistleblowers who experience professional and reputational damage directly due to them speaking out on particular corporate practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45807/25]
634. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will consider providing a fund to support whistleblowers that lose their employment or future employment opportunities directly due to them speaking out on particular corporate practices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45808/25]
635. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on whether existing legislation related to the protection of corporate whistleblowers is sufficient; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45809/25]
3008. Deputy Pádraig Rice asked the Minister for Health the number of protected disclosures made from 2015 to date relating to care in Children’s Health Ireland, broken down by internal and external; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42817/25]
3. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if his Department’s submission to the EU review of the protected disclosures regime will refer to the views of whistleblowers from the Farrelly commission and Children's Health Ireland (children’s hip surgeries) about the reprisals they faced. [39487/25]
298. Deputy Barry Ward asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation his views on whether existing legislation, related to whistleblowers, provides adequate protection to whistleblowers irrespective of the industry they might be involved with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35878/25]
44. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if his attention has been drawn to the formal determination of the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner (details supplied); if he agrees that his Department is a competent authority to follow up on this protected disclosure under EU Regulation 376/2014 and Directive 2019/1937; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34993/25]
189. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his responsibilities relating to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31806/25]
190. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his responsibilities relating to EU Directive 2019/1937; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31807/25]
191. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Transport if he will outline his responsibilities relating to EU Regulation 376/2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31808/25]
104. Deputy Mairéad Farrell asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, National Development Plan Delivery and Reform if he will identify when he is planning on having a review of the protected disclosures regime, given recent criticism of the ongoing reprisals whistleblowers face; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27884/25]
1526. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of protected disclosures made internally in An Garda Síochána since the commencement of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014; and of that number, how many were upheld in favour of the confidential reporter in terms of the alleged wrongdoing being disclosed, by year, in tabular form. [18801/25]
717. Deputy Aidan Farrelly asked the Minister for Justice to provide a schedule of the number of protected disclosures made to An Garda and GSOC from 1 January 2018 to date in in 2025; the number of these disclosures that were accepted by the mentioned competent authorities; the number of these disclosures that have had determinations made on; the number that remain open; and the number of disclosures that required t…
847. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; the action taken on being informed. [17552/25]
848. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which her Department was made aware of protected disclosures regarding unnecessary pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; and the action taken on being informed. [17553/25]
849. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which she was made aware of an audit into pelvic osteotomies conducted on children for developmental dysplasia of the hip at several Dublin hospitals; and the action he took on being informed. [17554/25]
850. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Minister for Health the earliest date on which her Department was made aware of an audit into developmental dysplasia of the hip surgeries at several Dublin hospitals; and the actions taken if made aware. [17555/25]