Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2012
103 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Taoiseach if he will provide a breakdown of the number of freedom of information requests submitted in the years 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 [12890/12]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table:
|
Year |
Number of FOI requests received |
Total fees charged and received1 |
Number of initial fees paid2 |
Amount of initial fees paid |
Number of search and retrieval fees paid |
Amount of search and retrieval fees paid3 |
|
€ |
€ |
€ |
||||
|
2002 |
162 |
774.85 |
n/a |
n/a |
6 |
774.85 |
|
2003 |
142 |
537.07 |
21 |
315.00 |
4 |
222.07 |
|
2004 |
45 |
600.00 |
35 |
525.00 |
0 |
0.00 |
|
2005 |
60 |
1,040.12 |
52 |
780.00 |
1 |
35.12 |
|
2006 |
55 |
870.00 |
48 |
720.00 |
0 |
0 |
|
2007 |
71 |
1,170.00 |
56 |
840.00 |
1 |
105.00 |
|
2008 |
83 |
2,188.02 |
76 |
1,135.00 |
7 |
978.62 |
|
2009 |
99 |
2,555.79 |
78 |
1,170.98 |
9 |
1,084.81 |
|
2010 |
110 |
2,656.92 |
104 |
1,560.90 |
17 |
871.02 |
|
2011 |
98 |
2,633.41 |
93 |
1,390.00 |
11 |
908.41 |
1The total fees charged and received include internal review fees.
2These fees only became effective from July 2003.
3These figures include photocopying charges.
