Jimmy Deenihan (Kerry North, Fine Gael)
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Question 107: To ask the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of reports commissioned by the Government in the areas covered by his Department between July 1997 and 1 January 2007; the number of reports fully implemented; the number of reports partly implemented; the number of reports unimplemented; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9073/08]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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I refer the Deputy to the reply to Parliamentary Question No. 443 of 16 May, 2006 which included information detailing reports published by my Department from June 1997 to May 2006.

In addition, the reports listed below, which were produced or commissioned from May 2006 to January 2007, relate to my Department's areas of responsibility. As is evident from the list, and from the material supplied in the previous response, many of these documents are annual or other regular reports produced by my Department, or by bodies under its aegis, concerning their operations and not commissioned as advice as such. Given the breadth and complexity of the issues covered by my Department it would not be feasible to catalogue any recommendations made in the format sought without the application of a disproportionate amount of staff time. In any event, the Deputy will appreciate that reports such as those listed below form only one of a number of sources of information, advice and consultation in the policy making process and the development of policy in any given area will be generally be based on a broad range of considerations and inputs.