Dáil Éireann debate -
Wednesday, 28 Feb 1996

Vol. 462 No. 3

Written Answers. - Departmental Studies.

Ivor Callely

Question:

131 Mr. Callely asked the Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications the total number of studies undertaken by any agency under the aegis of his Department; the number of matters that he or the Minister(s) of State at his Department have referred for study/report/review to an expert group; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4384/96]

Minister for Transport, Energy and Communications (Mr. Lowry)

The information sought on the number of studies currently being undertaken by my Department was given in my reply to Parliamentary Question No. 286 on 20 February 1996.

Studies undertaken by agencies under the aegis of my Department are a day-to-day matter for each agency.

The only occasion on which I, or any of the Ministers of State, have established any expert group was the task force which I established in 1995 to review the controls in the commercial State companies operating under the aegis of my Department.