Parliamentary Questions Costs

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 April 2014

Tuesday, 8 April 2014

Questions (476)

Joan Collins

Question:

476. Deputy Joan Collins asked the Minister for Defence the costs to his Department to process and respond to a priority, an oral and a written parliamentary question. [16588/14]

Written answers

Minister for Defence

The preparation of replies to Parliamentary Questions is an integral part of my Department’s business. It is not possible to separate out the cost of answering Parliamentary Questions from overall administration costs. Approximately 920 Parliamentary Questions were tabled for answer by my Department in 2013.