Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
397. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Defence if he will provide, in tabular form, for each year from 2009 to 2014, inclusive, and for 2015 to date, the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the total refused, granted, part-granted, successful appeals, part-successful appeals and refusals of appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23605/15]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following 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 |
29 |
3 |
10 |
12 |
|
2015 to date |
41 |
3 |
17 |
6 |
*Please note that this figure includes requests received which were subsequently withdrawn, and handled outside FOI and requests transferred to another body.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 |
1 |
1 |
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|
2015 to date |
0 |
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 |
0 |
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|
2015 to date |
0 |
