Vol. 577 No. 5
116 Mr. Kenny asked the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the total number of requests for information under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in 2003; the number of requests received per month for 2003; the number of requests received per month for 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31865/03]
The total number of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department during the period 1 January 2003 to 16 December 2003 is 101. It should be noted that my Department was established in June 2002. The monthly breakdown since then is as follows:
Number of FOI requests received
|
Month |
2002 |
2003 |
|
January |
21 |
|
|
February |
20 |
|
|
March |
13 |
|
|
April |
9 |
|
|
May |
3 |
|
|
June |
6 |
9 |
|
July |
12 |
10 |
|
August |
12 |
4 |
|
September |
8 |
2 |
|
October |
22 |
6 |
|
November |
17 |
3 |
|
December |
15 |
1 |
|
Total |
92 |
101 |
