Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 259: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by his Department in each year from 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006; the amount of money received in application fees for each year; the amount of money received in information retrieval fees for each year; the percentage of requests coming from journalists in each year; the percentage of retrieval fees that were charged to journalists rather than members of the public; the percentage of requests from journalists for which a retrieval fee was charged; the percentage of requests from members of the public for which a retrieval fee was charged; the average retrieval fee charged; the median retrieval fee charged; the number of cases in which the retrieval fee was waived; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33706/06]

John O'Donoghue (Kerry South, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy for the period since the establishment of the Department is set out as follows:

My Department does not retain records in relation to search and retrieval fees that would allow it to provide within the time available the other detailed information sought by the Deputy in this regard.