1. Has NPHET carried out an up to date evidence based risk assessment and risk/benefit analysis regarding the imposition of mask mandates in retail and other settings, particularly bearing in mind the recent lifting of restrictions by government.

2. Has NPHET carried out an up to date evidence based risk assessment and risk/benefit analysis with regard to the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings?

3. Has NPHET requested an up to date report from HIQA with regard to the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings?

4. If NPHET has not requested an up to date report from HIQA with regard to the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings, why have they not done so?

5. What is the expertise/qualifications of the members of NPHET which qualifies them to make such decisions and recommendations with regarding the Health and wellbeing of children? 

6. What studies and data have been relied upon by NPHET to form the basis for the statement that “Covid-19 still poses a risk to public health” and that “The evolution of Sars-CoV-2 can be expected to continue, Omicron is unlikely to be the last Variant of Concern (VOC) we will have to face, and the global public health risk remains very high.”

7. On what published studies and recorded data precisely does the NPHET rely to ground the statement that the Omicron Variant is a Variant Of Concern? 

8. On what basis does NPHET state that mask use should continue in schools and other settings, in view of the removal of the requirement in the UK and many other countries?

9. Is NPHET and Department Of Health prepared to be transparent with the public and publish all data, studies, assessments, reports and any other documentation or global public health advice relied upon to continue to impose restrictions on the Irish people in this manner? 
1. Has NPHET carried out an up to date evidence based risk assessment and risk/benefit analysis regarding the imposition of mask mandates in retail and other settings, particularly bearing in mind the recent lifting of restrictions by government.

2. Has NPHET carried out an up to date evidence based risk assessment and risk/benefit analysis with regard to the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings?

3. Has NPHET requested an up to date report from HIQA with regard to the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings?

4. If NPHET has not requested an up to date report from HIQA with regard to the continuing imposition of face mask wearing by children in schools and other settings, why have they not done so?

5. What is the expertise/qualifications of the members of NPHET which qualifies them to make such decisions and recommendations with regarding the Health and wellbeing of children? 

6. What studies and data have been relied upon by NPHET to form the basis for the statement that “Covid-19 still poses a risk to public health” and that “The evolution of Sars-CoV-2 can be expected to continue, Omicron is unlikely to be the last Variant of Concern (VOC) we will have to face, and the global public health risk remains very high.”

7. On what published studies and recorded data precisely does the NPHET rely to ground the statement that the Omicron Variant is a Variant Of Concern? 

8. On what basis does NPHET state that mask use should continue in schools and other settings, in view of the removal of the requirement in the UK and many other countries?

9. Is NPHET and Department Of Health prepared to be transparent with the public and publish all data, studies, assessments, reports and any other documentation or global public health advice relied upon to continue to impose restrictions on the Irish people in this manner?