Written answers
Thursday, 12 February 2009
Department of Transport
Freedom of Information
5:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 116: To ask the Minister for Transport 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. [5406/09]
Noel Dempsey (Meath West, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table:
| Requests Received | Requests Granted | Requests Part-Granted | Requests Refused | |
| 2007 | ||||
| January | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| February | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| April | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| May | 11 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| June | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 |
| July | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 5 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| September | 6 | 0 | 4 | 3 |
| October | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| November | 26 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| December | 5 | 1 | 5 | 3 |
| 2008 | ||||
| January | 11 | 1 | 8 | 3 |
| February | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| March | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| April | 13 | 0 | 7 | 3 |
| May | 12 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| June | 10 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| July | 11 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| August | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| September | 20 | 1 | 7 | 3 |
| October | 12 | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| November | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 |
| December | 11 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
The balance of outstanding requests refers to requests that were transferred to an appropriate body or that were withdrawn or handled outside FOI. The Deputy may wish to note that my Department publishes information in relation to Freedom of Information requests in its Annual Report.
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