Enacted on July 15, 2014, the Protected Disclosures Act is Ireland’s first piece of legislation enabling workers in the public, private, and non-profit sectors to make protected disclosures (whistleblowing). Prior to this, protection was contained in numerous pieces of legislation. The new legislation covers all workers and aims to clarify and standardise: what constitutes relevant information for disclosure without risking reprisals, the procedures for making disclosures as well as the nature of protection available to workers who make disclosures.
Workers covered by the act. One of the main developments is that this law covers all workers in Ireland and that the definition of worker is broad to include public and private employees, contractors, trainees, agency staff, and former employees.
Disclosure of wrongdoings. The law defines an exhaustive list of wrongdoings or potential wrongdoings that whistleblowers can disclose and for which they subsequently receive protection: commission of an offence, employer non-compliance with obligations
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