Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 498: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food the average cost to her Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3855/08]

Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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The cost of preparing replies to Parliamentary Questions varies considerably depending on the nature of the Question, the type of information sought, the degree of detail requested and the staff time and effort required to extract the relevant information. I am required to reply to a large number of questions during each Dail session and as no record is kept of the time spent or other costs incurred by my staff in preparing material for replies, it is not possible to indicate the overall cost to my Department over a recent period or the average cost of a reply.