Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 24 October 2007
224 Deputy Leo Varadkar asked the Minister for Education and Science further to Parliamentary Question No. 435 of 2 October 2007, if her attention has been drawn to the fact that her Department was the only Department which refused to answer this question; the reason she did not answer this question; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [25521/07]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs the Deputy will be aware, my Department receives a large volume of parliamentary questions relating to education policy and services across all levels of the education system. My Department is involved in the delivery of services to nearly 1 million students, 4,000 schools and a myriad of education related bodies across the education sector. As previously advised, the information requested by the Deputy would involve an inordinate amount of administrative time to compile. If the Deputy has any queries in relation to a particular body then officials in my Department would be more than happy to discuss these with him. The Deputy will also be aware that information on staffing and budgets is available in annual reports and other documents published by various bodies. Many of these reports are available in the Oireachtas Library or can be downloaded from the websites of bodies concerned. Also information on expenditure for a number of bodies is included in my Department's Audited Appropriation Accounts published annually.
