Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2017
412. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Social Protection the legal fees incurred on freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9684/17]
View answerNo legal fees were incurred by the Department of Social Protection on FOI requests over the past three years.
The following FOI requests were received over the last 3 years:
FOI Requests Received
|
YEAR |
PERSONAL |
NON-PERSONAL |
MIXED |
TOTAL |
|
2014 |
2070 |
119 |
4 |
2193 |
|
2015 |
1932 |
223 |
1 |
2156 |
|
2016 |
1848 |
231 |
10 |
2089 |
The total staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests was not monitored separately over the past 3 years. However in 2016 my Department estimated an overall cost of processing FOI requests, based on the hourly rate of the total staff involved. This estimate was calculated on a 1% sample of requests received. The estimated cost, based on the 1% sample, was €340 per FOI request.
