Written answers
Thursday, 19 October 2006
Department of Agriculture and Food
Freedom of Information
5:00 pm
Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 286: To ask the Minister for Agriculture and Food the number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts received by her 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 she will make a statement on the matter. [33705/06]
Mary Coughlan (Donegal South West, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has received the following under the Freedom of Information Acts:
| (a) the number of requests for 2002 to 2005 and to date in 2006. | |
| Year | Number |
| 2002 | 363 |
| 2003 | 317 |
| 2004 | 278 |
| 2005 | 210 |
| 2006 (to 16/10/06) | 172 |
| (b) the amount of money received in application fees for each year. | |
| Year | â'¬ |
| 2002 | 115.22 |
| 2003 | 360.00 |
| 2004 | 825.00 |
| 2005 | 900.00 |
| 2006 | 805.00 |
| (c) Amount of money received in information retrieval fees for each year. | |
| Year | â'¬ |
| 2002 | NIL |
| 2003 | 429.03 |
| 2004 | 831.27 |
| 2005 | 41.80 |
| 2006 | 815.80 |
| (d) % of requests coming in from journalists in each year. | |
| Year | % |
| 2002 | 8.3 |
| 2003 | 10.2 |
| 2004 | 4.8 |
| 2005 | 11.7 |
| 2006 | 7 |
| (e) % of retrieval fees that were charged to journalists rather than members of public. | |
| Year | % |
| 2002 | 0.28 |
| 2003 | 0.62 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| (f) % of requests from journalists for which a retrieval fee was charged. | |
| Year | % |
| 2002 | 3.3 |
| 2003 | 6 |
| 2004 | 0 |
| 2005 | 0 |
| 2006 | 0 |
| (g) % of requests from member of the public for which retrieval fee was charged. | |
| Year | % |
| 2002 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1.2 |
| 2004 | 1.4 |
| 2005 | 0.64 |
| 2006 | 2 |
| (h) average retrieval fee charged. | |
| Year | â'¬ |
| 2002 | NIL |
| 2003 | 187.65 |
| 2004 | 134.08 |
| 2005 | 20.90 |
| 2006 | 135.97 |
| (i) Median retrieval fee charged. | |
| Year | â'¬ |
| 2002 | NIL |
| 2003 | 47.33 |
| 2004 | 46.09 |
| 2005 | 20.90 |
| 2006 | 48.33 |
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