143 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children if he proposes to reform the answering of parliamentary questions in Dáil Éireann by him and Ministers of State for his Department and to stop referring questions to the Health Service Executive for direct reply by the HSE to Deputies; his views that once a parliamentary question is in order that it should be replied to directly by the Minister himself, albeit that his reply be informed by information supplied to him by the HSE and that this includes questions about local services, local hospitals and individual cases because Deputies are mandated by their election to represent constituencies throughout the country, to raise such matters with him; when he proposes real reforms in the answering of parliamentary questions relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14062/11]

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143 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children if he proposes to reform the answering of parliamentary questions in Dáil Éireann by him and Ministers of State for his Department and to stop referring questions to the Health Service Executive for direct reply by the HSE to Deputies; his views that once a parliamentary question is in order that it should be replied to directly by the Minister himself, albeit that his reply be informed by information supplied to him by the HSE and that this includes questions about local services, local hospitals and individual cases because Deputies are mandated by their election to represent constituencies throughout the country, to raise such matters with him; when he proposes real reforms in the answering of parliamentary questions relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14062/11]

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1. 2 June 2011

   Parliamentary Questions

   143 Deputy Joanna Tuffy asked the Minister for Health and Children if he proposes to reform the answering of parliamentary questions in Dáil Éireann by him and Ministers of State for his Department and to stop referring questions to the Health Service Executive for direct reply by the HSE to Deputies; his views that once a parliamentary question is in order that it should be replied to directly by the Minister himself, albeit that his reply be informed by information supplied to him by the HSE and that this includes questions about local services, local hospitals and individual cases because Deputies are mandated by their election to represent constituencies throughout the country, to raise such matters with him; when he proposes real reforms in the answering of parliamentary questions relating to his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [14062/11]

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