Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 8 July 2014
437. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will outline in tabular form for every year from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the total refused, granted, part-granted and appealed; the total of successful appeals, part-successful appeals and refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [29062/14]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy concerning the number of Freedom of Information requests processed by my Department is set out in the table. My Department was established on 2 June 2011 and the Deputy will appreciate that the information sought by him can only be provided from that date. Decisions are pending in relation to one Freedom of Information request and one request for an internal review of a decision submitted to my Department in 2014 and in relation to one Freedom of Information request submitted in 2013.
|
Year |
Total Number of FOI Requests Received |
Number Granted in Full |
Number Part Granted |
Number Refused |
Number withdrawn, dealt with outside the formal FOI arrangements or transferred to another Department/ Office |
Number of Requests for Internal Review (Appeals) Received |
Number of Decisions upheld following Internal Review. |
Number of Decisions partially upheld following Internal Review. |
Number of Decisions overturned following Internal Review. |
|
2011 (from 2 June 2011) |
27 |
3 |
18 |
4 |
2 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
2012 |
70 |
17 |
24 |
15 |
14 |
4 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
2013 |
56 |
16 |
18 |
10 |
11 |
6 |
5 |
0 |
1 |
|
2014 (to 1 July 2014) |
26 |
7 |
10 |
1 |
7 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
