Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
168. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014, the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the total refused; total granted; total part-granted; total appealed; total successful appeals; total part-successful appeals; total refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49249/14]
View answerIn response to the Deputy's question the following table outlines the Freedom of Information request details you are seeking concerning my Department since its formation in March 2011:
Freedom of Information Request details 2011 - 2014
|
Details |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
|
Number of Requests received |
61 |
178 |
99 |
110 |
|
Number of Requests refused |
5 |
20 |
8 |
14 |
|
Number of Requests granted |
38 |
51 |
29 |
55 |
|
Number of Requests Part-Granted |
14 |
66 |
61 |
32 |
|
Number of Requests Withdrawn or Handled outside FOI |
4 |
37 |
1 |
8 |
|
Number of Requests transferred |
- |
4 |
- |
1 |
|
Number of Internal Reviews |
1 |
5 |
4 |
5 |
|
Number of Internal Reviews (partially successful) |
-
|
2 |
2 |
- |
|
Number of Appeals to the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Number of OIC Appeals (partially successful) |
- |
- |
- |
- |
