Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 October 2018
530. Deputy Timmy Dooley asked the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of freedom of information requests received regarding the national broadband #plan; the number granted; the number refused; the number granted following the intervention of the Office of the Information Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43359/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraMy Department received fifty-four FOI requests regarding the National Broadband Plan and related matters in the period from 1 January 2012 to 16 October 2018.
Of these, three were withdrawn, while two requests were granted, seventeen requests were part-granted and fifteen requests were refused in accordance with the relevant provisions of the FOI Act. Seventeen FOI requests are currently being processed.
The decision in relation to one request received in 2015 was the subject of an appeal to the Office of the Information Commissioner, and was upheld by that Office.
