Written answers
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Department of Defence
Freedom of Information
5:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 180: To ask the Minister for Defence 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. [5397/09]
Willie O'Dea (Limerick East, Fianna Fail)
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The information as requested by the Deputy in relation to the number of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department is as follows.
| 2007 | ||||||
| Month | Month Total | Granted | Part Granted | Refused | Handled outside FOI / Withdrawn | Transferred |
| January | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| February | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| March | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| April | 1 | 1 | ||||
| May | 1 | 1 | ||||
| June | 2 | 2 | ||||
| July | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
| August | 1 | 1 | ||||
| September | 0 | 0 | ||||
| October | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| November | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| December | 1 | 1 | ||||
| Total | 28 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 2008 | ||||||
| Month | Month Total | Granted | Part Granted | Refused | Handled outside FOI / Withdrawn | Transferred |
| January | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||
| February | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| March | 3 | 1 | 2 | |||
| April | 4 | 1 | 3 | |||
| May | 3 | 3 | ||||
| June | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| July | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | ||
| August | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| September | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | ||
| October | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | |
| November | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
| December | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Total | 60 | 23 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 16 |
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