Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 10 July 2008
267 Deputy Fergus O’Dowd asked the Minister for Transport the number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department since 2006 to date in 2008; the number accepted, partly accepted, refused, appealed, and overturned by the Information Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28797/08]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is outlined in the following table:
|
2006 |
2007 |
2008 up to 4 July |
|
|
Requests received |
92 |
91 |
68 |
|
Requests Granted |
20 |
11 |
13 |
|
Requests Part Granted |
36 |
28 |
22 |
|
Requests Denied |
23 |
23 |
20 |
|
Requests Withdrawn or handled outside FOI |
24 |
16 |
1 |
|
Requests Transferred to other Bodies |
1 |
0 |
0 |
|
Internal Reviews |
10 |
12 |
5 |
|
Appeals to Information Commissioner |
7 |
6 |
0 |
|
Overturned by Information Commissioner |
0 |
1 |
0 |
The Deputy may wish to note that my Department publishes information in relation to Freedom of Information requests received in its Annual Report.
