Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
490. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Defence the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42960/21]
View answerThe number of freedom of information requests responded to by my Department in each of the years 2016 to 2021are set out in the table below.
|
- |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
No. of FOI requests received |
120 |
155 |
140 |
166 |
104 |
107* |
|
Those that included documents related to text messages, etc. |
- |
- |
- |
4 |
2 |
3 |
*2021 figures are to 8 September, 2021.
