As of the 18th July, my Department has received 191 requests this year under the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. Data in respect of these FOI requests are set out in the following table.
Number of FOI Requests.....
|
Granted
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Part granted
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Refused
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Withdrawn
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Transferred
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Responded to outside of FOI
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Ongoing
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Total
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-
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45
|
46
|
16
|
26
|
6
|
15
|
37
|
191
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The figure in the “ongoing” column arises as, under the Freedom of Information Act, my Department has in most cases four weeks to make a decision and issue a response. There are also a number of provisions in the FOI Act which allow for the completion of requests outside of the standard four week time frame including where the request is for a large number of records and the requirement for third party consultation.