Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 178: To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 October 2009, if he will provide the same information for 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38935/09]

Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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Question 179: To ask the Taoiseach further to Parliamentary Question No. 160 of 20 October 2009, if his attention has been drawn to occasions on which a Minister did not comply with this provision of the Cabinet Handbook; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38936/09]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 178 and 179 together.

Our records show that the Taoiseach was consulted on 67 occasions in 2003, on 52 in 2004, on 26 in 2005 and on 25 in 2006 further to section 1.17 of the Cabinet Handbook. As I stated previously, Departments would not be likely to submit requests unless they considered them appropriate.