Written answers
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Department of Environment, Heritage and Local Government
Freedom of Information
5:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 187: To ask the Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government 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. [5400/09]
John Gormley (Dublin South East, Green Party)
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My Department received 105 Freedom of Information requests in 2007 and 135 such requests in 2008. A monthly breakdown of the requests along with the number of requests granted, refused, withdrawn and part granted, is in tabular format as follows.
| 2007 | ||||||||||||
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
| Applications Received | 11 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 8 |
| Granted | 5 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 5 |
| Part Granted | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Withdrawn | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Refused | 4 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 105 |
| 2008 | ||||||||||||
| January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | |
| Applications Received | 15 | 17 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 9 | 7 |
| Granted | 5 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
| Part Granted | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 4 | 1 |
| Withdrawn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Refused | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Sub-Totals | 124 | |||||||||||
| Cases where decision made but pending fees | 10 | |||||||||||
| Case where initial fee sought | 1 | |||||||||||
| Total | 135 |
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