56374 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Energy

Written Question

Published date: 23 Sep 2024

Metadata

Document type:	Written Question
Parliament number:	54
Question number:	56374 (2024)
Question asked:	08 Sep 2024
Member asking:	Francisco Hernandez
Portfolio:	Minister for Energy
Minister replying:	Hon Simeon Brown
Answer received:	18 Sep 2024
Status:	Question Answered
Reply type:	Reply
Document ID:	WQ_56374_2024
Document guid:	6b419a87-e0a5-4321-9049-3b45f5dbc7f7

56374 (2024). Francisco Hernandez to the Minister for Energy: What briefings, advice, aide memoires, emails, text messages, memorandums and any other form of communication, broken down by title and date, did the minister, or their departments, if any, send or receive to the Minister of Finance or Minister for Public Services as part of proposing 'savings' as part of the 'baseline savings exercise'?

Hon Simeon Brown: As the Minister for Energy, I am not responsible for any Departments. In respect to the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, I refer the member to answer WPQ 56370(2024). Regarding my communications I correspond with my Ministerial colleagues on a daily basis; I do not consider it to be within the public interest for my office to justify the resource required to provide a list of all material that the Member asks for.