Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 450: To ask the Minister for Social and Family Affairs the average cost to his Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3867/08]

Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The costs associated with answering a Parliamentary Question can vary considerably depending on the nature of the enquiry and the level of detail that needs to be obtained. By their nature oral questions would generate higher costs than written questions.

As the processing of Parliamentary Questions is undertaken as part of the normal day to day work of the individual sections within the Department it is not possible to readily isolate the costs of processing Parliamentary Questions from the overall administrative costs of the Department.