Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 16 June 2015
928. Deputy Barry Cowen asked the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide, in tabular form, for each year from 2009 to date in 2015, the total number of freedom of information requests received by her Department; the total refused, granted and part-granted; the total number of successful appeals; the total number of part-successful appeals; the number of refusals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23602/15]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy concerning the number of Freedom of Information requests processed by my Department since its establishment in June 2011 is set out in the following table.
|
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Number withdrawn or dealt with outside FOI |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. |
|
2011i |
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 |
82 |
17 |
7 |
24 |
34 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
|
2015ii |
67* |
3 |
13 |
20 |
15 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
i June 2 – December 31 2011
ii There are 16 requests and one internal review pending decision at the time of preparation.
