Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
628. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht 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. [49238/14]
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. As my Department was established on 2 June 2011, the information sought by him is provided from that date.
|
Year |
Total Number of FOI Requests Received |
Number withdrawn or dealt with outside FOI |
Number Refused |
Number Granted in full |
Number Part Granted |
Number of Requests for Internal Review (Appeals) Received |
Number of Decisions overturned (successful) following Internal Review. |
Number of Decisions partially overturned (successful) following Internal Review. |
Number of Decisions upheld (refusals) following Internal Review. |
|
2011 (from 2 June 2011) |
27 |
2 |
4 |
4 |
17 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
|
2012 |
70 |
14 |
15 |
17 |
24 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
2013 |
56 |
11 |
10 |
17 |
18 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
|
2014 (to 16th December 2014) |
82* |
17 |
7 |
15 |
25 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
* There are 18 decisions pending for FOI requests received in 2014.
