Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
945. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Justice the number of freedom of information requests responded to by her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [42969/21]
View answerThe total number of freedom of information requests responded to by my Department in the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021 is set out in tabular format below:
|
Year |
Total |
|
2016 |
591 |
|
2017 |
780 |
|
2018 |
853 |
|
2019 |
844 |
|
2020 |
797 |
|
2021 (YTD 31/08/2021) |
561 |
In relation to the second part of the Deputy's question, it is not possible to provide the details and the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications without a manual examination of each individual response. Such an examination would require an inordinate and disproportionate amount of staff time and resources and could not be considered at this time.
