Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 October 2015
63. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the number of Freedom of Information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration, was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary resources to complete the request within the original time frame were not available. [36751/15]
View answerThe following table provides details of the total number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received by my Department and its Offices from 1st January 2015 to date in the format requested.
There were no occasions where the period of consideration was extended because the necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were not available.
There were 6 occasions where the period of consideration was extended by a period of up to four weeks. However, in each case the request related to such a number of records that compliance within the initial statutory 4 week deadline was not reasonably possible. Accordingly, Section 14 of the FOI Act (Extension of time for consideration of FOI requests) was applied and the necessary notification provided to the requesters in each instance.
Freedom of Information Requests Received by the Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation from 1 January to date in 2015
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Total Number of FOI Requests Received |
Total Number of FOI Requests Withdrawn/Withdrawn and dealt with outside of FOI |
Total Number of FOI Requests Transferred to other Departments |
Total Number of FOI Requests where Section 14 of the FOI Act was applied |
Total Number of FOI Requests completed within the 4 week timeframe |
Total Number of FOI Requests Received within the last four weeks and currently being dealt with |
Total Number of FOI Requests where period of consideration was extended because necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were not available |
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156 |
42 |
5 |
6 |
87 |
16 |
0 |
