Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
299. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014, the total number of freedom of information requests received by her Department; the total refused; total granted; total part-granted; total appealed; total successful appeals; total part-successful appeals; total refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49248/14]
View answerI would refer the Deputy to my response to PQ 29072/14 answered on 8 July 2014 which provided statistics from 2009 up until the end of June 2014. The table provides up-dated statistics from January 2014 to end of November 2014. This data also includes the number of requests which are ongoing.
|
Year |
Number received |
Number Granted |
Number Part Granted |
Number refused |
Number Appealed |
Number Granted or Decision set aside |
Number Part Granted |
Number of Appeals Refused |
|
2014 |
786 |
168 |
376 |
129 |
64 |
40 |
7 |
28 |
I wish to point out to the Deputy that the figure for the number of Freedom of Information requests received each year also includes number of requests which were transferred, withdrawn and/or handled outside the Act. It is for this reason that the figures referring to the overall number of requests received, do not equate to the figures granted/part granted/refuse for each year.
