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Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Bill 2022
- Sponsor
- Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
- Introduced
- 9 Feb 2022
- Last updated
- 11 Sep 2024
What this bill does AI · claude-haiku-4-5-20251001
- Expands who can report wrongdoing: now includes volunteers, shareholders, board members, and pre-employment recruitment contexts.
- Requires employers with 50+ staff and public bodies to set up formal reporting channels acknowledging reports within 7 days and providing feedback within 3 months.
- Creates Office of Protected Disclosures Commissioner (within Ombudsman) to receive reports and direct them to appropriate authorities or investigate directly as last resort.
Stage timeline What do these stages mean?
- First Stage 33rd Dáil9 Feb 2022
- Second Stage 33rd Dáil15 Feb 2022
- Committee Stage 33rd Dáil17 Feb 2022
- Report Stage 33rd Dáil23 Mar 2022
- Fifth Stage 33rd Dáil27 Apr 2022
- Second Stage 26th Seanad27 Apr 2022
- Committee Stage 26th Seanad25 May 2022
- Report Stage 26th Seanad23 Jun 2022
- Fifth Stage 26th Seanad7 Jul 2022
- Cream List 33rd Dáil13 Jul 2022
- Enacted21 Jul 2022
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