Written answers
Tuesday, 17 February 2009
Department of An Taoiseach
Freedom of Information
9:00 pm
Enda Kenny (Mayo, Fine Gael)
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Question 117: To ask the Taoiseach 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. [5582/09]
Brian Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following tables.
Year: 2007 | ||||||
Month | Rec'd | Granted | Part Granted | Refused i.e. exempt from release | No Records | Withdrawn |
Jan | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||
Feb | 1 | 1 | ||||
Mar | 8 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | |
April | 4 | 2 | 2 | |||
May | 2 | 2 | ||||
June | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
July | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
Aug | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
Sept | 0 | |||||
Oct | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||
Nov | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Dec | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | ||
Total | 71 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 3 |
Year: 2008 | ||||||
Month | Rec'd | Granted | Part Granted | Refused i.e. exempt from release | No Records | Withdrawn |
Jan | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ||
Feb | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ||
Mar | 1 | 1 | ||||
April | 5 | 3 | 2 | |||
May | 12 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | |
June | 1 | 1 | ||||
July | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | ||
Aug | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
Sept | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | ||
Oct | 11 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
Nov | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | |
Dec | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
Total | 83 | 38 | 26 | 3 | 6 | 10 |
All FOI applications received in my Department are processed by statutorily designated officials and, in accordance with those statutes, I have no role in relation to processing individual applications.
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