Protected Disclosures

Protected Disclosures Act 2014

S.I. No. 367/2020 - Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (Disclosure to Prescribed Persons) order 2020 prescribes that the members of the Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (SFPA) be recipients of protected disclosures concerning all matters relating to the SFPA's functions regarding the application of sea fisheries law and food safety law, both within the meaning of the Sea Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006 (No. 8 of 2006).

A Guide for workers outside the SFPA which sets out the procedures the SFPA has put in place to facilitate workers outside the SFPA to make a disclosure to the Authority under Section 7 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 can be found here.

Protected Disclosures Annual Report

Section 22 of the Protected Disclosure Act 2014 requires that an annual report be published in relation to the protected disclosures received by the SFPA: