Employment Equality Act 1998 Art. 97Supplementary provisions as to information.

97.—(1) Where, in the course, or for the purposes, of any investigation, mediation or hearing under this Part, any person discloses information to the Labour Court, the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission, an mediation officer or any other person entitled to obtain it, the making of the disclosure shall not give rise to any liability (in contract, tort or otherwise) on the part of the person making it.

(2) No information furnished to, or otherwise acquired by, the Labour Court, the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or any other person, by virtue of sections 94 to 96, or otherwise in the course, or for the purposes, of any investigation, mediation or hearing under this Part shall be published or otherwise disclosed except—

(a) for the purposes of such an investigation, mediation or hearing,

(b) on the order of the High Court or the Circuit Court,

(c) with the consent of the person furnishing the information and of any other person to whom the information may relate,

(d) in a decision of the Director General of the Workplace Relations Commission or a determination of the Labour Court which is published or made available under section 89 and to which the disclosure of the information is relevant, or

(e) for the purposes of an application under section 96.

(3) In subsection (2) any reference to information includes any record, book, document or other thing in which the information is contained.

(4) Any person who discloses information in contravention of subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence under this section.