Peadar Tóibín (Meath West, Aontú)
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562. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the details of the process through which her Department drafts and produces legislation; if her Department outsources the drafting of legislation; if so, the Bills for which the drafting was outsourced since she took office; and the costs associated with the drafting of each Bill. [14429/21]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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The drafting of legislation in my Department is carried out in accordance with the procedures set in the Cabinet Handbook.  I am advised that, since its establishment,  my Department has not outsourced the drafting of any legislation and that accordingly no costs have been incurred in that regard.