Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2012
369 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number of individual requests in each of 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. [12725/12]
View answer370 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the number of freedom of information requests submitted in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 to his Department; the total amount of fees charged and fees received in each year; the number and amount of initial search fees paid and the number and amount of search and retrieval fees paid. [12741/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 369 and 370 together.
The information requested is set out in the table. All fees charged in respect of an FOI request must be paid prior to the records being released. Therefore, there is no variance between the fees charged and the fees received by my Department in any given year. My Department's policy with respect to charges applied to requests for information under FOI is set out on my Department's website —www.environ.ie.
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2002 |
2003 |
2004 |
2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
2011 |
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No. of FOI requests received |
368 |
303 |
112 |
120 |
128 |
99 |
127 |
127 |
135 |
100 |
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Personal |
N/A |
N/A = This information is not readily available and its compilation would involve a disproportionate amount of time and work.
