Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 218: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will provide in tabular form the number of freedom of information requests that have been received by his Department each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6949/08]

Dermot Ahern (Louth, Fianna Fail)
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Please find detailed below figures relating to the Freedom of Information Requests processed by my Department on an annual basis. The figures relate to the period from April 1998, which is when the legislation came into operation.

In addition, to the requests detailed above, my Department responds to requests for information, outside of the FOI Acts, in a spirit of openness and transparency. My Department also assists members of the public to formulate their requests in order to ensure that accurate information in a user friendly format is provided to the requesting party.