Protected Disclosures

A Protected Disclosure relating to a breach of Company Law may be made to the Director by emailing protected.disclosures@odce.ie. You can find out more about the role of the Director in receiving Protected Disclosures in our Policy.

Section 22 of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 provides that every public body shall prepare and publish, not later than 30 June each year, a report in relation to the immediately preceding year in a form which does not enable the identification of the persons involved. The report is required to specify:

i. the number of protected disclosures made to the public body;

ii. the action (if any) taken in response to those protected disclosures; and

iii. such other information relating to those protected disclosures and the action taken as may be requested by the Minister for Public Expenditure & Reform from time to time.

ODCE includes this report each year in its Annual Report.  In addition, details are available on the relevant sub-pages listed below or from the menu at the left of this page.

2019 - 2020

2017 - 2018

2015 - 2016

 

Court Rulings

The Director of Public Prosecutions v Mary Donnelly


Woman pleads guilty to Fraudulent Trading

Acting on the directions of the Director of Public Prosecutions, Gardai from the ODCE this morning arrested a woman and charged her with one count of fraudulent trading contrary to section 297 of the Companies Act 1963 (as amended). The woman was brought before Limerick District Court, where, following evidence of arrest, charge and caution she entered a plea of guilty and was sent forward for sentencing to the next sitting of Limerick Circuit Criminal Court.

Full details of the charge are set out below:

"That you Mary Donnelly, between the 1st day of January 2013 and the 25th day of October 2013, both days inclusive, within the County of Limerick, were knowingly a party to the carrying on of the business of a company Shannonside Audio/Video Limited for a fraudulent purpose namely the dishonest solicitation of payments from Close Invoice Finance Limited trading as Close Brothers Commercial Finance by furnishing false or misleading invoices: Contrary to Section 297 of the Companies Act, 1963 as substituted by Section 137 of the Companies Act, 1990."

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