Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 41: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the freedom of information requests currently under examination by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34073/08]

Charles Flanagan (Laois-Offaly, Fine Gael)
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Question 66: To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs the freedom of information requests released by him since 1 September 2007 to date in 2008; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [34070/08]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 41 and 66 together.

It is the policy of my Department to make all requests and replies made under the Freedom of Information Act, which are not of a personal nature, publicly available. There is a Freedom of Information Requests Database available on the website of my Department, which contains copies of the non-personal requests made since April 2004 to date. The website of the Department of Foreign Affairs is: www.dfa.ie.

Since September 2007, there have been 81 Freedom of Information requests made to my Department. Eleven of which were granted in full, 28 were part granted and 12 were refused in full. There were 18 requests withdrawn; four of which had information provided to the requester outside of the Act. There are currently 12 requests pending response.