Michael Ring (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 338: To ask the Minister for Education and Science when a letter was received in her office on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo; the person who dealt with the query; when the reply issued; the reason it took so long for a response to issue; if a written apology will issue to the person in view of the length of time it took to answer the query. [4731/06]

Síle de Valera (Clare, Fianna Fail)
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The letter in question was sent on 23 November 2005. It was received in my Department some days later and acknowledged on 30 November 2005. A final reply was issued on 26 January 2006.

I regret that the final reply was not issued sooner. However, I must point out that my Department was not the public body primarily responsible for the matter raised in the letter. In addition, the position was explained in full in my replies to Questions Nos. 474 and 475 on 29 November 2005.