asked the Minister for Energy whether there have been any occasions in the past eight years where the Accounting Officer has refused to sanction the issue of large volumes of circular letters and postage from the Ministers or Ministers of State offices; and if he will give the details of same.
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There has been no such occasion.
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asked the Minister for Marine whether there have been any occasions in the past eight years where the Accounting Officer has refused to sanction the issue of large volumes of circular letters and postage from the Ministers or Ministers of State offices; and if he will give the details of same.
Since the Department of the Marine was set up in March 1987 there has been no occasion in which the accounting officer has refused such sanction.