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Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 21 July 2016

Thursday, 21 July 2016

Questions (749)

Dara Calleary

Question:

749. Deputy Dara Calleary asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2016; the number of requests fully refused; and the number of requests partially refused. [24275/16]

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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

Part granted

Refused

Withdrawn

Transferred

Responded to outside of FOI

Ongoing

Total

-

45

46

16

26

6

15

37

191

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.

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