Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2004
130 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the percentage of requests under the Freedom of Information Act which proceed to internal appeal in his Department; the way in which that percentage compares with the percentage in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13300/04]
View answerThe following table gives the percentage of freedom of information requests which proceeded to internal review in my Department from the commencement of the Freedom of Information Act on 21 April 1998 to the end of the first quarter of this year.
|
Year |
% FOI requests which proceeded to internal review |
|
% |
|
|
21 April 1998 to 31 December 1998 |
23 |
|
1999 |
11 |
|
2000 |
12 |
|
2001 |
11 |
|
2002 |
12 |
|
2003 |
11 |
|
1 January 2004 to 31 March 2004 |
6 |
131 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Act received by his Department in the first quarter of 2004; the way in which this compares with the number of freedom of information requests received in a similar period in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13315/04]
View answerUp to 79 freedom of information requests were received in my Department in the first quarter of 2004. The following table shows the figures for the number of requests received in the first quarter of previous years:
|
Year |
Number of requests in first quarter |
|
1999 |
97 |
|
2000 |
132 |
|
2001 |
102 |
|
2002 |
71 |
|
2003 |
128 |
