Mattie McGrath (Tipperary, Independent)
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120. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the average costs associated with processing and answering written and oral parliamentary questions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49117/17]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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My Department receives a large number of Parliamentary Questions seeking information on issues across the broad remit of the Department. The amount of time spent dealing with individual questions varies significantly depending on the level of information requested, and it is therefore not possible to estimate the average costs of processing and answering questions.