Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2017
729. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the legal fees incurred on FOI requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of freedom of information requests for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9674/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraDealing with FOI requests forms part of the usual duties of officials and the time spent on processing such requests are not monitored separately. In cases where search and retrieval time was more than 5 hours, fees are charged and the number of cases where this occurred is set out in the following table:
|
Year |
Number of FOI Requests |
Number where fees Charged |
|
2016 |
159 |
3 |
|
2015 |
151 |
4 |
|
2014 |
74 |
0 |
My Department incurred no legal fees in responding to FOI requests received during the period in question.
