Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 November 2023
495. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51967/23]
View answerI have outlined the table below the number of Freedom of Information requests received by this Department in 2022 and to date in 2023 and indicated the number of which that were rejected in their entirety.
|
Year |
Number of FOI requests received |
Number of FOI requests refused |
|
2022 |
259 |
63 |
|
2023 (to date) |
361 |
107 |
I note that a detailed review of each Department’s FOI performance is published in the Office of the Information Commissioner’s Annual Report 2022.
My Department will be reporting to the OIC in January 2024 on FOI activity in the Department in 2023.
