Vol. 577 No. 5
48 Mr. Kenny asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the total number of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Acts received by her Department in 2003; the number of requests received per month for 2003; the number of requests received per month for 2002; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [31858/03]
Up to and including 15 December 2003, my Department has received a total of 151 freedom of information requests during the year 2003. The total number of requests received during 2002 was 204. A month-by-month breakdown for each year is given below. My Department takes a proactive approach to Freedom of Information. Much information is released outside of freedom of information and this fact is not reflected in these statistics.
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2003 |
2002 |
|
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January |
20 |
18 |
|
February |
19 |
20 |
|
March |
34 |
14 |
|
April |
13 |
12 |
|
May |
15 |
16 |
|
June |
17 |
18 |
|
July |
10 |
12 |
|
August |
5 |
11 |
|
September |
1 |
12 |
|
October |
3 |
30 |
|
November |
11 |
21 |
|
December |
3 |
20 |
