Departmental Documentation.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 5 May 2004

Wednesday, 5 May 2004

Ceisteanna (89, 90)

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

84 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food if staff at his Department is engaged in the preparation or production of documentation, briefing materials, information, booklets, statistics or other information for the use of a specific political party or individual candidates in the local or European Parliament elections; if such documentation, briefing notes, information, booklets, statistics or other information has already been disseminated from the Department. [12836/04]

Freagraí scríofa

Minister for Agriculture and Food (Mr. J. Walsh)

My Department receives regular requests from public representatives for information relating to its activities. This generally involves the provision of raw material which is already a matter of public record, whether through answers to parliamentary questions, press releases, speeches, publications or existing briefing material.

Olwyn Enright

Ceist:

85 Ms Enright asked the Minister for Finance if staff at his Department are engaged in the preparation or production of documentation, briefing materials, information, booklets, statistics or other information for the use of a specific political party or individual candidates in the local or European Parliament elections; if such documentation, briefing notes, information, booklets, statistics or other information has already been disseminated from the Department. [12837/04]

Minister for Finance (Mr McCreevy)

The staff of my Department are not involved in the preparation or production of documentation, briefing materials, information, booklets, statistics or other information for the use of any specific political party or individual candidates in the local or European Parliament elections. My Department does, from time to time, provide publicly available information, on request, to members of the public, the media and the Oireachtas. Where such requests come from any political party and the information is available it is provided.