Vol. 436 No. 6
95 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for the Marine the total number of representations received by his Department since the formation of the Government from Members of the Oireachtas and the general public respectively; and the cost of dealing with these representations.
The Department of the Marine does not record, as a matter of course, general statistics of this nature. It is considered neither appropriate nor efficient to do so.
I do not believe that the cost involved in compiling, at this stage the information requested by the Deputy would be justified.
