Freedom of Information Data

Tuesday, 25 June 2019

Questions (99)

Jonathan O'Brien

Question:

99. Deputy Jonathan O'Brien asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside freedom of information in 2018, in tabular form. [26389/19]

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Written answers

Minister of State at the Department of Defence

My Department received a total of 140 requests in 2018 for records under the Freedom of Information Acts. The table below shows the breakdown of these requests.

Among the reasons for the refusal of requests was that the records sought did not exist.

Granted	28
Part-Granted	34
Refused	47
Transferred	13
Withdrawn	13
Dealt with outside of FoI	5
Total number of FoI requests received in 2018	140