Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
99. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Finance 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. [49244/14]
View answerThe following table sets out the total number of FOI requests received, total granted, part granted and appealed and information about appeals made under the FOI Acts in the Department of Finance for the period from 2009 to December 2014. 38 of the requests received in 2014 are currently being considered by the Department. In some cases, FOI requests are withdrawn, handled outside FOI or transferred to another public body and information is also included for these cases. It is intended to publish returns in respect of Freedom of Information requests received by the Department of Finance on a quarterly basis commencing in January 2015.
|
Year |
Total FOI requests received |
Total FOI requests refused, granted, part granted |
Total FOI requests withdrawn, transferred to another public body or handled outside FOI |
Total FOI requests appealed internally |
Total successful appeals |
Total part successful appeals |
Total refusals |
|
2009 |
272 |
219 |
53 |
4 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
|
2010 |
337 |
286 |
51 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
|
2011 |
258 |
185 |
73 |
9 |
0 |
3 |
6 |
|
2012 |
265 |
194 |
71 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
|
2013 |
220 |
189 |
31 |
14 |
0 |
5 |
9 |
|
2014 |
162 |
109 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
