Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
467. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade 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. [49245/14]
View answerDetails requested by the Deputy are provided in tabular format. My Department returns annual figures on FOI requests to the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC); however, as the OIC does not request details of decisions at internal review stage, these statistics are not available for all years.
The total number of requests refused includes cases where the information requested did not exist.
Number of FOI requests received by Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
|
Year |
Total Requests* |
Requests Granted |
Requests Part-granted |
Requests Refused |
|
2009 |
86 |
37 |
33 |
8 |
|
2010 |
87 |
23 |
27 |
19 |
|
2011 |
68 |
16 |
34 |
8 |
|
2012 |
138 |
39 |
47 |
17 |
|
2013 |
88 |
29 |
23 |
21 |
|
2014 to date |
117 |
26 |
35 |
13 |
*Total Requests includes requests subsequently withdrawn or transferred.
Number of FOI requests appealed and subject to an internal review
|
Internal Reviews |
Original Decision Annulled |
Original Decision Varied |
Original decision affirmed |
|
|
2009 |
4 |
Not available |
Not available |
Not available |
|
2010 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
2011 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
|
2012 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
|
2013 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
|
2014 to date |
9 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
