Holly Cairns (Cork South West, Social Democrats)
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606. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of instances of officials in her Department requesting conscience-based refusal in dealing with legislation or the administration of areas of Departmental responsibility that have occurred since 1 January 2017; the legislation or areas concerned; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8336/21]

Helen McEntee (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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I am advised that issues raised around the undertaking of particular work by staff members would be dealt with, in the normal course, by the line management of the officer concerned and/or by Human Resources. My Department's HR Division has advised that there are no formal records of staff raising conscience based refusal that they are aware of but that if such a request was received it may have been dealt with informally.