Parliamentary Questions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Questions (421)

Sean Fleming

Question:

423 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of written Parliamentary Questions replied to from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012; the number of these that were answered in full; the number that related to issues where details supplied were personal matters and where the reply was supplied directly to the Deputy; the number of other replies where it was indicted that the information requested would be sent directly to the Deputy concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18601/12]

Written answers

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Deputy Brendan Howlin)

In response to the Deputy's question some 435 written Parliamentary Questions were replied to in the period 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012. The Deputy should be aware that included in the 435 written Parliamentary Questions there are a number of oral questions that were put down which were not reached in the Dáil and were therefore treated as written PQs. The 435 replies also include a number of PQs where the response has been supplied by the Office of Public Works.

In the vast majority of cases the answers were provided in full. However, in a small number of cases the information requested by the Deputy was not available in the time allowed for a response to be given and the information was subsequently forwarded directly to the Deputy.

Details of the responses given to the written PQ's answered by my Department can be found using the following link:

http://debates.oireachtas.ie/dail/2012/

Questions Nos. 424 and 425 withdrawn.