56 The addressees of my recommendations reviewed my proposals and gave meaningful responses within the statutory deadline; in some cases they requested an extension thereto. I am going to check the implementation of my recommendations within the frameworks of follow-up inquiries. The authorities’ responses to my recommendations have proved that the heads of both the visited institutions and their supervisory organs took those recommendations seriously: additional professional consultations have been started on their implementation. In addition to the recommendations, I reviewed 255 draft bills upon the request of the legislator and two more ex officio. The NPM’s operation cost HUF 69,647,353 in 2015; this amount, in the absence of budgetary support for the performance of the new tasks, was allocated by my Office from the budget provided for the performance of my general activities aimed at protecting fundamental rights.