Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 11 May 2004
269 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Health and Children 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. [13305/04]
View answer270 Ms Burton asked the Minister for Health and Children 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 FOI requests received in a similar period in previous years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [13320/04]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 269 and 270 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table. It will be noted that there has been a slight reduction in the percentage of applications for internal reviews made to my Department under the Freedom of Information Act in 2003 as against 2002. The number of requests received under the Act by my Department in the first quarter of 2004 is similar to the number received in the years 2000, 2001 and 2002 but is significantly lower than the figure for 2003.
|
Freedom of Information Requests Received |
Applications for Internal Reviews |
Percentage |
Requests logged for 1st Quarter of each Year |
|
|
% |
||||
|
2000 |
452 |
27 |
6 |
127 |
|
2001 |
575 |
85 |
14.8 |
137 |
|
2002 |
1,013 |
196 |
19.35 |
133 |
|
2003 |
834 |
152 |
18.22 |
340 |
|
2004 |
183* |
6 |
3.28 |
128 |
*to date
