Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 December 2017
434. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department to date in 2017; the number which were fully or partially granted; and the number of such requests that were refused. [51847/17]
View answer435. Deputy John McGuinness asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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. [51864/17]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 434 and 435 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.
FOI Requests 1 January 2017 to 30 November 2017
|
Number of Requests Received |
Granted/Part Granted |
Refused |
No. Completed Within 4 week period |
No. For Which Extensions were sought (due to necessary resources not being available) |
|
190 |
85 |
46 |
89 |
0 |
The provisions in the FOI Act 2014 for an extension of the time limit for issuing a decision do not include a provision to request an extension of time due to necessary resources not being available.
