Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 169: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government the number of applications under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 received by him for each year since the Act's inception; the number of internal reviews requested and granted or refused in each year to date in 2005; the charges levied in each year by him; the subsequent reduction in charges; the number of subsequent appeals in each year to the Information Commissioner; the outcome of the final appeal; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30432/05]

Dick Roche (Wicklow, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has received over 1,800 requests under the Freedom of Information Act 1997 since its introduction in April 1998. There have been 126 requests for internal review since 1998. The original decision was upheld in 83 of these cases. A further 40 were amended or overturned. The balance were withdrawn or are awaiting decision.

Over the last eight years, 59 cases have been appealed to the Information Commissioner. Decisions were upheld in 16 cases and modified or overruled in seven cases. A further 13 requests were withdrawn by the requester, and there are currently 22 cases awaiting decision. Full details are outlined in the following three tables.