Charlie O'Connor (Dublin South West, Fianna Fail)
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Question 582: To ask the Minister for Education and Science the average cost to her Department of answering a parliamentary question. [3860/08]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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Written and oral Parliamentary Questions (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.