Vol. 436 No. 7
232 Dr. Upton asked the Minister for Education the total number of representations received by her 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.
My Department does not compile as a matter of course general statistics of this nature. It is considered neither appropriate nor efficient to do so. To answer the Deputy's question would require an inordinate amount of time and effort by the staff in my Department which I believe is not justified.
