Freedom of Information Requests

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Questions (468)

Barry Cowen

Question:

468. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, for each year from 2009 to 2014 and for 2015 to date, the total number of freedom of information requests received by her Department; the total refused; granted; part-granted; successful appeals; part-successful appeals; and refusals of appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23612/15]

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Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

The information requested by the Deputy in respect of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department from 2009 to date is set out in the following tables.

The total figure of requests and appeals received also includes requests withdrawn, handled outside FOI or transferred.

Year	Number received	Number Granted	Number Part Granted	Number refused	Number Appealed	Number Granted or Decision set aside	Number of Appeals Refused
2009	844	214	187	123	61	27	24
2010	598	170	174	149	78	32	40
2011	597	116	263	117	67	28	37
2012	594	184	226	142	60	22	38
2013	550	176	233	116	84	28	52
2014	920	191	455	147	67	26	32
2015* (12 June 2015)	623	81	314	112	38	8	14

Question No. 469 answered with Question No. 413.