Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 15 July 2026
175. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the arrangements in place to hear and consider the lived experience of whistleblowers as part of his review of the Irish legislative framework transposing Directive (EU) 2019/1937; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53781/26]
View answerI would like to thank the Deputy for their question.
As the Deputy is aware a previous statutory review of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 was published in July 2018.
As per Section 2 of the Amended Act the next statutory review is due to be commenced in 2027. Section 2 of the Act states that:
“The Minister shall—
(a) not later than the end of the period of 3 years beginning on the day on which this Act is passed, commence a review of the operation of this Act, and
(b) not more than 12 months after the end of that period, make a report to each House of the Oireachtas of the findings made on the review and of the conclusions drawn from the findings.”
My Department will be commencing this review in 2026 with a public consultation.
I would encourage all stakeholders to participate in this public consultation, the details of which will be published on DPEIPSRD's website in due course.
All submissions, including the lived experience of whistleblowers will be given careful consideration and will feed into any recommendations for improving the legislation that emanate from the review.
