Parliamentary Questions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 18 April 2012

Wednesday, 18 April 2012

Questions (67)

Sean Fleming

Question:

61 Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [18597/12]

Written answers

Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade (Deputy Eamon Gilmore)

I have answered a total of 355 Parliamentary Questions during the period in question. A large majority of questions are of a non-personal nature and relate to the main policy areas that my Department deals with as well as administrative and budgetary matters.

It is my policy to answer questions in full. In a small number of cases, additional information that could not be compiled in the short timeframe provided by the parliamentary questions process has been supplied subsequently to Deputies.