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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Policies (2 Dec 2021)

Carol Nolan: 162. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will introduce legislation to enable a pilot scheme for the mandatory polygraph testing of high-risk sex offenders as has been introduced in the greater Manchester area of the United Kingdom; if her Department has given any consideration to such a scheme prior to now; and if she will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Veterinary Services (2 Dec 2021)

Carol Nolan: 248. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of the implementation of changes to the prescription of veterinary medicine that are due to come into effect in January 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59636/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2021)

Carol Nolan: 119. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if her attention has been drawn to the fact that the wearing of Covid-19-related masks is having a significantly adverse impact on the ability of deaf and hard of hearing children to lip-read and that such masking further prolongs speech development delay and social isolation; the measures she is taking to address this within education...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2021)

Carol Nolan: 163. To ask the Minister for Health when his attention was drawn by NPHET to the fact that it was proposing to make mask-wearing for children in schools and other settings a recommendation; his response to this proposal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59401/21]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Covid-19 Pandemic (1 Dec 2021)

Carol Nolan: 203. To ask the Minister for Health if he will make available the advice provided to government from NPHET justifying its Covid-19 related proposal to have primary school age children wear a mask; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [59400/21]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: Departmental Legal Cases (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 135. To ask the Taoiseach the cost to date of the State’s defence in a case (details supplied); to list all external law firms and counsel retained on behalf of the State in the defence of that action and the amounts paid to them to date; the estimated total cost of defending the action; if the State will be required to pay the costs of the plaintiffs in this matter; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Nuclear Plants (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 153. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment his Department's position on the use of nuclear power to meet future low-carbon energy requirements; if he has considered amending the Electricity Regulation Act 1999 to allow for the use of nuclear power; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58277/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Legal Cases (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 156. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment if legal action is being pursued against his Department by the European Commission following failure to comply with reporting or other obligations under a European Union directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58506/21]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Litter Pollution (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 162. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the funding provided by his Department to each local authority for anti-dumping initiatives from 2018 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58681/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Pension Provisions (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 181. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if legal action is being pursued against his Department by the European Commission following failure to comply with reporting or other obligations under a European Union directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58505/21]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Tolls (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 185. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will request from Transport Infrastructure Ireland the legal services supplier employed to act as the enforcement service provider for the M50 barrier-free tolling system; the fees paid to same for each year from 2011 to date; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58602/21]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 218. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 306 of 28 September 2021, the status of the review that is being carried out; the actions that have been taken as part of the review; if the organisation is still availing of rent- free space at Bow Street; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58953/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: EU Directives (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if legal action is being pursued against his Department by the European Commission following failure to comply with reporting or other obligations under a European Union directive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58507/21]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Commercial Rates (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 242. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if there is a policy in place allowing local authorities to link the commercial rates they charge businesses to the property's energy rating; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [58601/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 305. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are no proposals to prohibit denominational schools from teaching according to the characteristic spirit or ethos of the school; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58301/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Patronage (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 306. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the details of the number of complaints made to her Department from 2011 to date involving the issue of school ethos, including the way in which the ethos of the school has shaped the teaching of relationship and sexuality education; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58302/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 307. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if parents of pre and post-primary school children retain the right to voluntarily withdraw their children from relationships and sexuality education classes in situations in which they believe the curriculum content is not appropriate or conflicts with their values; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58303/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if there are provisions in international human rights declarations, covenants or treaties that obligate school-going children to attend relationships and sexuality education classes even in cases in which such attendance conflicts with the values or beliefs of the children’s parents; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58304/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Administration (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 328. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of times that the critical incident policy mechanism has been implemented in schools from 2009 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58679/21]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Welfare Service (30 Nov 2021)

Carol Nolan: 349. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the reason the education welfare officer formerly based at a school (details supplied) has been transferred to a new post in Portlaoise, County Laois; if she will seek to address concerns that the removal of this service is having a detrimental impact on students and young persons; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [58938/21]