Dáil
‹ Ceisteanna—Questions. Oral Answers. - Exchange Rate Guarantee Scheme. Cost of answering Dáil questions
Summary
Deputy N. Andrews estimated that answering each Dáil question cost about £200 and sought to raise the issue on the Adjournment; the Chair said it would communicate with him. Other Deputies requested written answers to listed questions.
I wish to raise on the Adjournment the cost to the taxpayer of answering Dáil questions which I understand now from my research is of the order of £200 a question. This would mean that if the 930 questions on today's Order Paper were answered today it would cost the taxpayer approximately £200,000. This is an urgent question and I believe it should be raised on the Adjournment rather than go through the Committee on Procedure and Privileges.
