Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 April 2012
226 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Health 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. [21152/12]
View answerParliamentary Questions are transferred to other Departments in cases where the subject matter of the question is not the responsibility of my Department. This occurs most frequently in cases where the question concerns schemes and benefits which are the responsibility of the Department of Social Protection or the Department of Justice and Equality. Questions concerning issues relating to children, which previously would have been the responsibility of my Department, can also be transferred to the Department of Children and Youth Affairs.
My Department does not keep statistics in relation to the number of questions transferred.
