(1) If an undertaking, an associate of an undertaking, an association of undertakings or a postal service provider causes detriment to a person because the person or a third person has made, or threatened to make, an appropriate disclosure of information to the Commission or a law enforcement authority (such as the Garda Síochána) about the conduct of the undertaking, the associate, the association or the postal service provider, the person has a right of action in tort against the undertaking, associate, association or postal service provider, as the case may be.

(1A) Subsection (1) does not apply where the disclosure is a protected disclosure within the meaning of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014.

(2) In this section, 'detriment' includes -

(a) injury, damage or loss, or

(b) intimidation or harassment, or

(c) discrimination, disadvantage or adverse treatment in relation to a person's employment, or

(d) a threat of reprisal.