Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 December 2017
130. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number that were fully or partially granted; and the number that were refused. [51853/17]
View answer131. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number of which the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number of which the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks in view of the fact that the necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were not available, in tabular form. [51870/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 130 and 131 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
It is not possible in the time available to provide the number of requests for access to records which were decided within twenty working days or the number of requests for which the period of consideration was extended. When, due to the nature and/or number of relevant records, it is not reasonably possible to respond to a request for access within twenty working days the period of consideration is typically extended in consultation with the requester.
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FOIs |
Amount |
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Number of FOI requests received* |
251 |
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Number of completed requests granted |
62 |
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Number of completed requests part-granted |
54 |
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Number of completed requests refused |
23 |
*Total requests received to 30 November 2017 includes requests under consideration; requests on hold awaiting supporting documentation; requests withdrawn; requests withdrawn and answered outside of the FOI Act and requests subsequently transferred to another FOI body for response.
