Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Sinn Fein)
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199. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department or the agencies that report to his Department entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements, existent within the past five years, with any organisation due to court action or a threatened court action; and, if so, the persons or groups with which these agreements exist. [39598/16]

Richard Bruton (Dublin Bay North, Fine Gael)
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My Department has not entered into any non-disclosure or confidentiality agreements with any organisation due to court action or threatened court action in the last five years.  However, an agency of my Department, SOLAS, paid a small sum to defray legal costs incurred by a potential litigant.  This payment was made on a confidential basis at the litigant’s solicitor’s request.  As the Deputy will understand, I cannot provide any further details as this would undermine and possibly breach the terms of the payment.