Written answers
Wednesday, 20 February 2008
Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment
Freedom of Information
9:00 pm
Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 222: To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment 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. [6946/08]
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Freedom of Information Act came into effect on the 21st April 1998. The number of FOI requests that have been received by my Department each year since 1998 is set out in the following table.
My Department takes a proactive approach to Freedom of Information and to openness and transparency in general. Much information is released outside of FOI and therefore is not reflected in the following statistics. The FOI (Amendment) Act 2003 made a number of changes to FOI, including the introduction of up-front fees. The introduction of up-front fees has coincided with a drop in the overall volumes of requests, although other factors may also apply.
Year | Number of FOI Requests Received |
1998 | 286 |
1999 | 244 |
2000 | 238 |
2001 | 233 |
2002 | 205 |
2003 | 153 |
2004 | 62 |
2005 | 86 |
2006 | 71 |
2007 | 57 |
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