Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Wednesday, 6 February 2013

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Bill 2012: Discussion

1:25 pm

Mr. Stephen Rafferty:

It would be up in up to 60% to 70% of cases that we would uphold the decision. However, that is only where the matter goes for formal decision. If, for example, we dealt with 200 applications last year, perhaps 80 to 90 of these would have gone for formal decision. In a large proportion of the other 110 or 120 cases, additional information would be released in the course of the review and this would result in a withdrawal or a settlement.

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