Jim O'Keeffe (Cork South West, Fine Gael)
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Question 131: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of Dáil Éireann replies where he has failed to furnish the information requested in parliamentary questions and where such information is outstanding as of 20 November 2006; and the number of such replies where the information is outstanding for more than a week, a month, two months, three months and longer. [39803/06]

Michael McDowell (Dublin South East, Progressive Democrats)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the following Table. As the Deputy will appreciate, the number, range and complexity of the questions tabled to my Department is considerable and yet the overwhelming majority of questions are answered within the few days usually provided for answer. In certain instances and despite every effort, however, some questions cannot be answered immediately. My Department is continuing to follow up on outstanding responses but when one considers the total number of questions dealt with (almost 4,000 responses in 2005 alone, for example) the proportion where a response is outstanding is negligible.