Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
265. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Defence 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. [49241/14]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables.
FOI Requests:
|
Year |
Number of Requests * |
Refused |
Granted |
Part Granted |
|
2009 |
62 |
10 |
30 |
10 |
|
2010 |
63 |
8 |
12 |
20 |
|
2011 |
40 |
5 |
20 |
7 |
|
2012 |
50 |
5 |
15 |
11 |
|
2013 |
40 |
5 |
7 |
11 |
|
2014 to date |
29 |
2 |
8 |
9 |
*Please note that this figure includes requests received which were subsequently withdrawn, withdrawn and handled outside FOI and requests transferred to another body.
FOI Appeals/Internal Review:
|
Year |
Total Appealed |
Successful |
Part Successful |
Unsuccessful |
|
2009 |
3 |
3 |
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|
2010 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2011 |
4 |
1 |
3 |
|
|
2012 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2013 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
2014 to date |
1 |
1 |
FOI Appeals to Office of Information Commissioner:
|
Year |
Total Appealed |
Successful |
Part Successful |
Unsuccessful |
|
2009 |
0 |
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|
2010 |
1 |
1 |
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|
2011 |
1 |
1 |
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2012 |
0 |
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2013 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
2014 to date |
0 |
