Written answers
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Department of Arts, Sport and Tourism
Freedom of Information
5:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 158: To ask the Minister for Arts, Sport and Tourism the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department each month in 2007 and 2008 in tabular format; the number acceded to; the number refused; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5394/09]
Martin Cullen (Waterford, Fianna Fail)
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The tables below set out the number of Freedom of Information requests received in the Department each month for the years 2007 and 2008. The Deputy should note that at the end of each year a number of requests will be carried forward into the coming year.
| Freedom of Information Requests 2007 | ||||
| Month | No. of Requests Received | No. of Requests Granted | No. of Requests Part-granted | No. of Requests Refused |
| January | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| March | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| April | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| July | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
| August | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| October | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 38 | 12 | 18 | 4 |
| Freedom of Information Requests 2008 | ||||
| Month | No. of Requests Received | No. of Requests Granted | No. of Requests Part-granted | No. of Requests Refused |
| January | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| February | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| March | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| April | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| May | 10 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| June | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 |
| July | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| August | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| September | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 4 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| November | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| December | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 54 | 14 | 24 | 8 |
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