Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 10 July 2013
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Education and Social Protection
Pre-Budget Consultation Process: Discussion with Minister for Social Protection
12:05 pm
Joanna Tuffy (Dublin Mid West, Labour)
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Yet a letter is important in the interests of accountability. We are holding the Minister and the Department to account when we raise these parliamentary questions. Getting a reply in writing for a constituent is important in that respect. The parliamentary question is an important tool in the Parliament. Neither should it be abused.