Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022
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Number 27 of 2022 | ||
PROTECTED DISCLOSURES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 | ||
CONTENTS | ||
Preliminary and General | ||
Section | ||
Amendments to Principal Act | ||
Application of Principal Act | ||
Internal and external reporting channels and follow-up | ||
Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner | ||
15. Provisions relating to Protected Disclosures Commissioner | ||
Provisions applicable to internal and external reporting | ||
Protection measures | ||
23. Tort action for damage caused by report of false information | ||
Miscellaneous and supplementary | ||
Schedule 5 to Principal Act | ||
Annex to Directive | ||
Schedule 7 to Principal Act | ||
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Acts Referred to | ||
Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1866 to 1998 | ||
Data Protection Act 2018 (No. 7) | ||
Data Protection Acts 1988 to 2018 | ||
European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27) | ||
Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30) | ||
Ombudsman Act 1980 (No. 26) | ||
Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (No. 14) | ||
Unfair Dismissals Act 1977 (No. 10) | ||
Workplace Relations Act 2015 (No. 16) | ||
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Number 27 of 2022 | ||
PROTECTED DISCLOSURES (AMENDMENT) ACT 2022 | ||
An Act to give effect to Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 20191 on the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law and for that purpose to amend and extend the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 ; to provide for the establishment of the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner and to confer functions on it; to amend the Freedom of Information Act 2014 , the Ombudsman Act 1980 and the Workplace Relations Act 2015 ; and to provide for related matters. | ||
[21st July, 2022] | ||
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: | ||
