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Freedom of Information.

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 October 2006

Tuesday, 24 October 2006

Questions (152)

Ruairí Quinn

Question:

223 Mr. Quinn asked the Taoiseach the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006; the amount of money received in application fees for each year; the amount of money received in information retrieval fees for each year; the percentage of requests coming from journalists in each year; the percentage of retrieval fees that were charged to journalists rather than members of the public; the percentage of requests from journalists for which a retrieval fee was charged; the percentage of requests from members of the public for which a retrieval fee was charged; the average retrieval fee charged; the median retrieval fee charged; the number of cases in which the retrieval fee was waived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33876/06]

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Written answers

The statistical information sought relating to Freedom of Information requests received in my Department is contained in the table below.

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006 to date

a

number of FOI requests received

146

142

45

61

47

b

amount of money received in application fees

n/a

€315.00

€585.00

€1005.00

€690.00

c

amount of money received in information retrieval fees

€791.60

€180.17

€0.00

€35.12

€0.00

d

percentage of requests from journalists

55%

63%

55%

52%

81%

e

percentage of requests from journalists for which a retrieval fee was charged

9%

6%

0%

2%

0%

f

percentage of requests from others* for which a retrieval fee was charged

0%

0%

0%

0%

0%

g

average retrieval charged

€113.08

€36.04

€0

€35.12

€0

h

median retrieval charged

€102.50

€48.19

€0

€35.12

€0

i

number of cases in which the retrieval fee was waived

0

0

0

0

0

j

percentage of retrieval fees charged to journalists rather than others*

see columns e & f

see columns e & f

see columns e & f

see columns e & f

see columns e & f

*Other refers to all FOI applications received excluding journalists.

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