Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 March 2017
314. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department that the Chief State Solicitor's office has incurred expenses on dealing with for each of the past three years and to date in 2017; and the amount of fees for counsel and other legal costs incurred respectively, for each of the past three years and to date in 2017. [12768/17]
View answerThe number of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department from 1 January 2014 up to and including 3 March 2017 is set out in the table that follows.
|
Year |
Number of Freedom of Information Requests Received |
|
2014 |
205 |
|
2015 |
319 |
|
2016 |
347 |
|
01/01/2017 to 03/03/2017 |
87 |
My Department has not incurred any legal fees or costs in responding to these Freedom of Information requests.
