Paudge Connolly (Cavan-Monaghan, Independent)
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Question 238: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the number of parliamentary questions replied to by her Department in 2006; the cost involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3237/07]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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I replied to 5,188 written and oral Parliamentary Questions (PQs) in 2006. PQs are dealt with by staff in the line section responsible for the particular issue raised in the question. The number and level of staff involved in preparing a particular answer varies depending on a number of factors including the complexity of the issues raised in the question and the volume and accessibility of information required for the response. It is not possible to isolate the administrative cost of processing PQs from the overall administrative costs of the Department as processing of PQs is carried out as part of the normal day-to-day work of sections.