Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 6 May 2004
62 Mr. Penrose asked the Minister for Finance the progress made to date with regard to efforts to clear the backlog of appeals in the Office of the Information Commissioner; and the number of appeals outstanding at the latest date for which figures are available and the average time being taken to hear an appeal. [12999/04]
View answerThe Office of the Information Commissioner supplied my Department with the following information.
Number of valid review applications increased by 58% between 2002 and 2003 from 585 to 924. There were 729 completed reviews during 2003, compared to 534 cases in 2002, an increase of 37%.
|
Year |
No. of Review Applications Received |
|
1999 |
6 |
|
2000 |
62 |
|
2001 |
81 |
|
2002 |
143 |
|
2003 |
437 |
|
2004 |
— |
|
Total |
729 completed reviews during 2003 |
|
Date |
Valid Reviews |
% increase on previous year |
|
31 January 2004 |
796 |
up 28% |
|
31 January 2003 |
622 |
|
Year |
No. of Cases Received |
|
1999 |
2 |
|
2000 |
19 |
|
2001 |
182 |
|
2002 |
130 |
|
2003 |
451 |
|
2004 |
12 |
|
Total |
796 cases on hand on 31 January 2004 |
At present figures on the average time taken to conclude reviews or appeals are not available. The commissioner is dealing with applications and older cases, including some applications received in 2000. She hopes to give more details on case completion timescales in her annual report for 2003.
