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Freedom of Information Requests

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 March 2017

Thursday, 9 March 2017

Ceisteanna (314)

Catherine Murphy

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314. Deputy Catherine Murphy asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department that the Chief State Solicitor's office has incurred expenses on dealing with for each of the past three years and to date in 2017; and the amount of fees for counsel and other legal costs incurred respectively, for each of the past three years and to date in 2017. [12768/17]

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Freagraí scríofa

The number of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department from 1 January 2014 up to and including 3 March 2017 is set out in the table that follows.

Year

Number of Freedom of Information Requests Received

2014

205

2015

319

2016

347

01/01/2017   to 03/03/2017

87

My Department has not incurred any legal fees or costs in responding to these Freedom of Information requests.

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