Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2014
164. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Finance if he will outline, in tabular form, for each year from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department; the total refused; total granted; total part-granted; total appealed; total of successful appeals; total of part-successful appeals; total of refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29068/14]
View answerThe following table sets out the total number of FOI requests received, total granted, part granted and appealed and information about appeals made under the FOI Acts made in the Department for the period from 2009 to June 2014. One appeal in 2014 is yet to be finalised. In some cases FOI requests are withdrawn, handled outside FOI or transferred to another public body and information is also included for these cases.
|
Year |
Total FOI requests received |
Total FOI requests refused, granted, part granted |
Total FOI requests withdrawn, transferred to another public body or handled outside FOI |
Total FOI requests appealed internally |
Total successful appeals |
Total part successful appeals |
Total refusals |
|
2009 |
272 |
219 |
53 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
2010 |
337 |
286 |
51 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
2011 |
258 |
185 |
73 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
2012 |
265 |
194 |
71 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
2013 |
220 |
189 |
31 |
14 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
|
2014 |
68 |
61 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
