Parliamentary Questions

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 26 April 2012

Thursday, 26 April 2012

Questions (233)

Micheál Martin

Question:

234 Deputy Micheál Martin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport 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. [21157/12]

Written answers

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport (Deputy Leo Varadkar)

There have been 78 Parliamentary Questions transferred from my Department to other Departments in the past six months. These Questions were transferred as the subject matter of the Questions related to the statutory functions of other Government Departments and not to my Department.