Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 April 2012
134 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of parliamentary questions transferred from his Department to other Departments in the past six months; the reasons they were transferred; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21144/12]
View answerI am advised that the records from the Parliamentary Question computer interface used in my Department indicate that 61 Questions were transferred from my Department to other Departments between 1 October 2011 and 31 March 2012. I understand that these Questions were transferred because the recipient Departments, rather than my own Department, had statutory responsibility for the various subject matters in each case.
