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Number 14 of 2014
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PROTECTED DISCLOSURES ACT 2014
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Short title and commencement
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2. Provision for review
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3. Interpretation
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4. Expenses
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PART 2
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Protected Disclosures
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5. Protected disclosures
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6. Disclosure to employer or other responsible person
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7. Disclosure to prescribed person
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8. Disclosure to Minister
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9. Disclosure to legal adviser
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10. Disclosure in other cases
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PART 3
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Protections
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11. Protection of employees from dismissal for having made protected disclosure
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12. Other protection of employees from penalisation for having made protected disclosure
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13. Tort action for suffering detriment because of making protected disclosure
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14. Immunity from civil liability for making protected disclosure
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15. Making protected disclosure not to constitute criminal offence
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16. Protection of identity of maker of protected disclosure
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PART 4
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Special Cases
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17. Law enforcement, etc.
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18. Security, defence, international relations and intelligence
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19. Amendments of Garda Síochána Act 2005
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20. Amendment of Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004
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PART 5
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Miscellaneous and Supplementary
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21. Internal procedures for protected disclosures made by workers employed by public bodies
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22. Annual report
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23. No contracting-out of protections
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24. Protection of disclosure provisions in other enactments
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SCHEDULE 1
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Interim Relief Pending Determination of Claim for Unfair Dismissal
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SCHEDULE 2
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Redress for Contravention of section 12(1)
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SCHEDULE 3
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Disclosures Recipient
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SCHEDULE 4
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Amendments
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PART 1
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Amendment of Acts
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PART 2
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Amendment of Statutory Instrument
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Acts Referred to
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Bankruptcy Act 1988
(No. 27)
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Central Bank (Supervision and Enforcement) Act 2013
(No. 26)
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Charities Act 2009
(No. 6)
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Chemicals Act 2008
(No. 13)
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Children Act 2001
(No. 24)
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Civil Service Regulation Act 1956
(No. 46)
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Companies Act 1963
(No. 33)
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Companies Acts
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Competition Act 2002
(No. 14)
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Consumer Protection Act 2007
(No. 19)
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Criminal Justice Act 2011
(No. 22)
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Debtors (Ireland) Act 1840
(3 & 4 Vict., c. 105)
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Defamation Act 2009
(No. 31)
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Defence Act 1954
(No. 18)
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Employment Permits Act 2006
(No. 16)
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European Parliament Elections Act 1997
(No. 2)
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Further Education and Training Act 2013
(No. 25)
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Garda Síochána Act 2005
(No. 20)
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Health Act 2004
(No. 42)
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Higher Education Authority Act 1971
(No. 22)
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Inland Fisheries Act 2010
(No. 10)
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Local Government Act 2001
(No. 37)
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Offences Against the State Act 1939
(No. 13)
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Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004
(No. 36)
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Prisons Acts 1826 to 2007
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Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011
(No. 40)
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Protection of Employees (Employers’ Insolvency) Act 1984
(No. 21)
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Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012
(No. 13)
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Protections for Persons Reporting Child Abuse Act 1998
(No. 49)
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Standards in Public Office Act 2001
(No. 31)
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
(No. 39)
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Trade Union Act 1941
(No. 22)
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Trade Union Acts 1871 to 1990
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Unfair Dismissals Act 1977
(No. 10)
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Unfair Dismissals Acts 1977 to 2007
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Number 14 of 2014
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PROTECTED DISCLOSURES ACT 2014
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An Act to make provision for and in connection with the protection of persons from the taking of action against them in respect of the making of certain disclosures in the public interest and for connected purposes.
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[8 th July, 2014]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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