Freedom of Information

Tuesday, 28 November 2023

Questions (314)

Carol Nolan

Question:

314. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51976/23]

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Written answers

Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage

My Department received a total of 542 Freedom of Information requests in 2022 , with 522 received to date in 2023. To clarify, an FOI request is never "rejected", but is accepted and decided upon based on it's merits. Attached is a breakdown of this Department's decisions covering 2022 and 2023 to date.

My Department publishes FOI disclosure logs on a routine basis, in line with the Model Publication Scheme. These logs can be found at gov.ie - FOI Logs (www.gov.ie)

Year	Received	Granted	Part -Granted	Refused	Transferred	Withdrawn	Handled Outside FOI
2022	542	56	199	113	10	134	30
2023 to date	522	78	115	118	1	141	8