Written answers

Wednesday, 20 February 2008

Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment

Freedom of Information

9:00 pm

Photo of Lucinda CreightonLucinda 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]

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál 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.

YearNumber of FOI Requests Received
1998286
1999244
2000238
2001233
2002205
2003153
200462
200586
200671
200757

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