The Malta Independent 29 April 2024, Monday
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Ministers failed to answer 750 parliamentary questions since 2022 election

Monday, 18 December 2023, 16:51 Last update: about 5 months ago

Prime Minister Robert Abela and his 18 ministers have failed to answer 750 parliamentary questions since the elections of March 2022, Speaker Anglu Farrugia revealed in figures tabled in Parliament on Monday.

Farrugia revealed the figures in a reply to a parliamentary question by PN MP Chris Said. The Ministry responsible for the largest number of unanswered PQs was Education Minister Clifton Grima, with a total of 173 unanswered PQs.

Tourism Minister Clayton Bartolo's ministry followed suit, with 77 unanswered PQs. Ministers Anton Refalo's and Aaron Farrugia's ministries each have 67 unanswered questions. The Ministry for Social Policy and Children's Rights, under Minister Michael Falzon, has yet to reply to 56 questions.

54 questions are yet to be answered by Economy Minister Silvio Schembri, while Planning Minister Stefan Zrinzo Azzopardi and Culture Minister Owen Bonnici both have 36 unanswered questions.

The Health Ministry, under Minister Chris Fearne, has 27 unanswered PQs, while the Justice Ministry has yet to answer 22 parliamentary questions.

Both the Gozo Ministry and the Home Affairs Ministry, under Minister Clint Camilleri and Byron Camilleri, each have 20 unanswered PQs. Miriam Dalli's Ministry for Environment, Energy and Enterprise has yet to answer 19 PQs.

Finance and Employment Minister Clyde Caruana has yet to answer 15 PQs. Robert Abela's Office of the Prime Minister has 14 unanswered PQs, the same number of unanswered PQs left by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, under Ian Borg. Roderick Galdes' Ministry for Social Accommodation has 13 unanswered questions.

The most responsive to PQs were Minister Julia Farrugia Portelli's Ministry for Inclusion, and Jo Etienne Abela's Ministry for Active Ageing, both having failed to answer just 10 PQs each.

In some cases, the Ministers answered only to say that the information was will being gathered, or that a reply would be given in another Parliament session.


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