Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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784. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the protocols in place, since March 2011, to set standards in parliamentary replies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23499/15]

Seán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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785. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he is satisfied that parliamentary questions are adequately replied to within his Department; the steps he has taken, since March 2011, to ensure parliamentary questions are fully responded to within his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23515/15]

Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 784 and 785 together.

I am satisfied that Parliamentary Questions are appropriately replied to within my Department. Replies are prepared in line with protocols detailed in Dáil Éireann’s Standing Orders Relative to Public Business and, in addition, general guidance is available to staff in my Department, to ensure an efficient service in the provision of replies to Parliamentary Questions.