Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 28 February 2017
847. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Taoiseach and Minister for Defence the legal fees incurred on freedom of information requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9675/17]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department has not incurred any legal fees on FOI requests received in the past three years. Processing of FOI requests is part of the usual duties of officials and the time spent on these requests is 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 for Department of Defence |
Number of FOI Requests where fees were charged |
|
2016 |
108 |
3 |
|
2015 |
91 |
Nil |
|
2014 |
27 |
1 |
