Bernard Durkan (Kildare North, Fine Gael)
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Question 138: To ask the Minister for Finance the number of requests for information under freedom of information legislation in each year from 2003 to date in 2010; the extent to which applications have been categorised as between persons seeking general information and those seeking personal information relative to themselves, those seeking personal information relative to others, those seeking information from Government Departments other than Oireachtas Members; the number of Oireachtas Members seeking information under such headings; the number of requests refused in each category over the same period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25355/10]

Brian Lenihan Jnr (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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The table below gives the breakdown of requests received for personal and non-personal information for the years 2003 to 2010, the numbers received by Government Departments and the numbers of requests received from Oireachtas members and public representatives. Figures are not kept in relation to a breakdown of personal and non-personal requests refused and figures are not kept of requests made by Oireachtas members only. An elected member who makes an FOI request does so in their capacity as a member of the public. The Act confers no additional or special rights to a member of the Oireachtas.

The figures for mixed requests are also shown to provide full information on the number of requests received by Government Departments.

The figures for 2010 have not been compiled at this stage and are therefore not available.

*The number of mixed requests received refers to those requests for records that contain both personal and non-personal information.