Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 17 December 2015
322. Deputy Sean Fleming asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the amount her Department has received in fees from freedom of information requests in 2014 and in 2015 to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [45763/15]
View answerI can inform the Deputy that in 2014 my Department received €3,552.15 in fees from FOI requests. This figures encompasses fees for non-personal requests, search and retrieval fees and appeal fees. To date in 2015 my Department has received €270 in appeal fees.
I wish to point out that the reduction in fees is as a result of the revised fee structure provided for in the Freedom of Information Act 2014, which became effective on 14 October 2014. There is no fee now required to make a non-personal FOI request and the fee for appeal has been reduced. The search and retrieval fees have also been reduced.
