Press release
From Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Last updated on 28 July 2022
The Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform, Michael McGrath T.D. has welcomed the signing into law by President Higgins of the Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 .
This important legislation provides for a comprehensive overhaul of the statutory framework for the protection of whistleblowers in Ireland and for the transposition of the EU Directive 2019/1937 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law.
The Bill amends the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 and provides for a significant expansion of its personal scope to include protections for volunteers, shareholders, board members and job applicants for the first time.
The Bill also requires that private sector organisations with 50 or more employees will be required to establish formal channels and procedures for their employees to make protected disclosures, as is currently the case in the public sector. This will be monitored and enforced by the Inspectorate of the Workplace Relations Commission . Employers and prescribed persons will be required to acknowledge, follow-up and give feedback in respect of all reports received through these channels.
A new Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner will be established in the Office of the Ombudsman to support the operation of the new legislation. The Commissioner will direct protected disclosures to the most appropriate body when it is unclear...
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