Freedom of Information Requests

Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 21 October 2015

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Questions (83)

Seán Fleming

Question:

83. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests in tabular form received by her 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 timeframe were not available. [36752/15]

Written answers

Minister for Justice and Equality

I can inform the Deputy that up to 19 October, 2015, my Department has received 827 Freedom of Information Requests.

Unfortunately, it is not possible to provide the Deputy with the breakdown as requested above, as those statistics are not readily available. To provide the figures would involve a disproportionate amount of time by the staff collating the information.