Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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Question 346: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of written Parliamentary Questions replied to from 1 January 2012 to 31 March 2012; the number of these that were answered in full; the number that related to issues where details supplied were personal matters and where the reply was supplied directly to the Deputy; the number of other replies where it was indicted that the information requested would be sent directly to the Deputy concerned; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18594/12]

Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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I answered 1,133 written Parliamentary Questions in the period January to the end of March 2012. Of this total, there were 35 Parliamentary Questions in respect of which it was not possible to provide a substantive response to the issues raised within the deadlines associated for answering Parliamentary Questions. This can arise for a number of reasons including the need for collation of data that is not immediately available or consultation with bodies under the aegis of my Department. On these occasions, an interim response is provide to the relevant Deputy within the prescribed deadlines and this is followed by a supplementary response, once the relevant information has been collated, that provides a comprehensive response to the issues raised.

Question No. 347 answered with Question No. 296.