Lucinda Creighton (Dublin South East, Fine Gael)
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Question 172: To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance 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. [6948/08]

Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information sought is provided in the table below. The number of FOI requests received by the Department of Finance is given for each year since 1998 as the Freedom of Information Act for Government Departments did not come into effect until 21 April 1998.