Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 10 December 2019
623. Deputy Jack Chambers asked the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests in which her Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information Commissioner overturned the decision of her Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [51460/19]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the attached tabular statement.
I hope this clarifies the matter for the Deputy.
Tabular Statement
FOI Requests Received: 2016 to End November, 2019
|
Year |
Total Received |
Refused |
OIC overturned |
|
2016 |
2,089 |
104 |
0 |
|
2017 |
2,443 |
166 |
1 |
|
2018 |
2,510 |
369 |
3 |
|
2019 * |
2,209 |
163 |
0 |
* All figures provided for 2019 are preliminary
