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Freedom of Information Requests

Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 25 June 2019

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

Questions (268)

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

268. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside freedom of information in 2018, in tabular form. [26396/19]

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Written answers

I can inform the Deputy that my Department received 827 Freedom of Information requests in 2018. The table below indicates the number of requests granted, part-granted, refused, transferred to another public body, withdrawn or handled outside the ambit of the Freedom of Information Act 2014.

In addition to the breakdown provided to the Deputy, I have included columns to reflect numbers carried forward from 2017.

Cases carried forward from 2017

Cases Rec'd 2018

Granted

Part - granted

Refused

Transferred

Withdrawn

Withdrawn & Handled outside the Act

Live Cases carried forward to 2019

125

827

235

302

201

4

48

63

99

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