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