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Freedom of Information

Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021

Thursday, 9 September 2021

Ceisteanna (1423)

Matt Carthy

Ceist:

1423. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42967/21]

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The following table sets out, as of 06 September 2021, the number of Freedom of Information requests processed in my Department from 2016 to date*.

YEAR

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

2021*

NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED

317

351

480

582

465

235*

Please be advised that data on the specific types of documents released in each individual FOI request is not collated by the Department.

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