Ruairi Quinn (Dublin South East, Labour)
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Question 303: To ask the Minister for Education and Science 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. [33710/06]

Mary Hanafin (Dún Laoghaire, Fianna Fail)
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The following table contains the information requested for the years 2003-2006. The information in respect of the year 2002 is not available. The detailed information sought by the Deputy was not held by the Department until the system was computerised in 2003.