Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2018
529. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests his Department has received regarding a concession agreement with a company (details supplied); the number granted; the number refused; the number granted following the intervention of the Office of the Information Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43358/18]
View answerMy Department received eleven FOI requests in relation to the Metropolitan Area Networks (MANs) and to the Concession Agreement with enet who manage the MANs on behalf of the State, in the period from 1 January 2012 to 16 October 2018.
Of these, four requests were part-granted and five were refused, as provided for within the exemption provisions of the FOI Act. Two FOI requests are currently being processed.
The decision in relation to one request received in 2015 was the subject of an appeal to the Office of the Information Commissioner, and is the subject of ongoing legal proceedings.
