Anne Ferris (Wicklow, Labour)
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Question 62: To ask the Taoiseach when he will bring forward propsals to provide for written parliamentary questions during the summer recess; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19132/11]

Paul Kehoe (Wexford, Fine Gael)
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Large numbers of Parliamentary Questions are answered in the Dáil each year: the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission's annual report for 2009, the latest available, states that over 34,000 were answered in that year.

The Government has increased the number of Dáil sitting days and intends to reduce this year's Summer recess significantly. This will increase the potential for Questions to be answered. Further steps in respect of Questions, as part of the Government's reform programme, will be brought forward in due course.