Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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939. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to detail the number of external or internal policy reports that have been handed to her but not yet published; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13026/14]

Niall Collins (Limerick, Fianna Fail)
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940. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs when she will publish reports currently in her possession that have not been published to date; if she will outline in tabular form the reports involved; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [13043/14]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 939 and 940 together.

Internal reports are provided to me on a continuous basis in the context of the ongoing work of the various policy areas of my Department. Such reports are not for publication but rather to keep me informed as to developments linked to the wider Departmental agenda. They can relate to general policy activities and developments, legal issues, and other specific matters arising. I also receive regular corporate updates in respect of financial activities for the Department and bodies under its aegis, business planning and other human resource activities. Reports of the nature outlined are an important resource in both carrying out and planning the full range of business activities.

I am taking ‘external policy reports’ to mean reports commissioned from external sources and related to my Department’s policy activities. In this context, I have listed as follows all reports commissioned by my Department since it came into being on 2 June 2011. Publication arrangements for a number of reports have yet been decided and I have indicated at such in the table.