Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 6 March 2012
135 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance 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 the years 2002 to 2011, inclusive. [12726/12]
View answer136 Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Finance if he will provide a breakdown of the number of freedom of information requests submitted in the years 2002 to 2011, inclusive, 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. [12742/12]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 135 and 136 together.
I have set out below the statistics for Freedom of Information requests received by my Department since 2002. These statistics include fees, the number of requests received and the type of requests. My Department has a record of the number of FOI requests for which search and retrieval fees were paid for separately from 2005 to 2011 only, however the total amounts for search and retrieval fees for each year are provided. Details of the number of personal and non personal requests for each year are also provided. In accordance with the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 an ‘up-front' fee of 15 euro must accompany a request for non personal information, and 10 euro if the person is covered by a medical card.
|
Year |
No of FOI Requests received |
Personal |
Non Personal |
Mixed |
|
2002 |
326 |
27 |
297 |
2 |
|
2003 |
305 |
24 |
279 |
2 |
|
2004 |
102 |
34 |
68 |
0 |
|
2005 |
93 |
14 |
78 |
1 |
|
2006 |
72 |
8 |
64 |
0 |
|
2007 |
64 |
8 |
56 |
0 |
|
2008 |
180 |
16 |
161 |
3 |
|
2009 |
272 |
10 |
262 |
0 |
|
2010 |
337 |
21 |
316 |
0 |
|
*2011 |
258 |
26 |
232 |
0 |
|
Year |
Initial Fees |
Search and Retrieval |
Internal Review |
Refunds |
Search and Retrieval Cases |
|
2002 |
483 |
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|
2003 |
1,468 |
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|
2004 |
960 |
1,069 |
225 |
154 |
|
|
2005 |
1060 |
1,265 |
225 |
75 |
7 |
|
2006 |
790 |
2,561 |
225 |
502 |
5 |
|
2007 |
690 |
135 |
375 |
30 |
1 |
|
2008 |
2,805 |
774 |
450 |
855 |
10 |
|
2009 |
3,930 |
1,462 |
750 |
107 |
19 |
|
2010 |
3,175 |
2,538 |
825 |
461 |
15 |
|
*2011 |
2,809 |
633 |
525 |
45 |
12 |
*The 2011 totals reflect the split in the Department in July when the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform was established.
