Freedom of Information Data

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 December 2017

Tuesday, 5 December 2017

Questions (372)

John McGuinness

Question:

372. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Health 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. [51871/17]

Written answers

Minister for Health

The number of Freedom of Information requests received in my Department, to date in 2017, is 335.

The Department's Freedom of Information request Tracker System does not currently generate reports setting out the number of requests which have been completed within the legislative time-frame. Neither does it generate the number of requests on which Section 14 extensions were sought. I would like to point out that Section 14 extensions are only sought where the request relates to such number of records or the number of other FOI requests relating either to the record or records to which the specified request relates that compliance with the 20 working day time-frame is not reasonably possible.