• National whistleblower law entered into force on 21st July 2022

• New regulations broaden existing whistleblower regulations to cover breaches of EU law

• All private sector organisations with 50 or more employees are obliged to set up a whistleblowing system

• Breaching whistleblower confidentiality is now an offence in many cases, but Ireland’s new law does not require employers to provide an anonymous reporting option

LONDON & MUNICH--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The uncertainty for whistleblowers and institutions in Ireland has come to an end: the Government has now presented a new national whistleblower protection law, The Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022, that transposes the EU Whistleblowing Directive.

Most importantly, this new law requires private companies with 50 or more employees to establish a whistleblowing system. It also requires employers to keep the whistleblower’s identity confidential and creates a new offence for breach of this confidentiality.

EQS Group, market leader for whistleblower systems in Europe, welcomes this step - but advocates urgent revisions which would strengthen the law beyond the requirements of EU Directive 2019/1937 and provide full protections for whistleblowers.

Ireland is the 11th member state in the European Union to implement the EU Whistleblower Directive. There has been a delay in getting this legislation passed, with the initial deadline being December 2021.

“While we are pleased that Ireland has finally...

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