Written answers
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Department of Justice, Equality and Defence
Freedom of Information
8:00 pm
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 421: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in his Department for freedom of information requests and the number of individual requests in each of the years 2002 to 2011, inclusive. [12723/12]
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 422: To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide a breakdown of the number of freedom of information requests submitted in the years 2002 to 2011, inclusive, to his Department; the total amount of fees charged and fees received in each year; the number and amount of initial search fees paid and the number and amount of search and retrieval fees paid. [12739/12]
Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 421 and 422 together.
The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table.
| YEAR | NUMBER OF REQUESTS RECEIVED | APPLICATION FEE | SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL FEE | INTERNAL REVIEW FEE | TOTAL |
| 2002 | 131 | * - | - | - | - |
| 2003 | 106 | 180.00 | 291.48 | - | 471.48 |
| 2004 | 49 | 320.00 | 83.18 | 75.00 | 478.18 |
| 2005 | 41 | 205.00 | - | - | 205.00 |
| 2006 | 52 | 415.00 | - | - | 415.00 |
| 2007 | 28 | 180.00 | - | - | 180.00 |
| 2008 | 52 | 430.00 | - | - | 430.00 |
| 2009 | 61 | 605.00 | 419.00 | - | 1024.00 |
| 2010 | 62 | 315.00 | 461.06 | - | 776.06 |
| 2011 | 40 | 374.57 | 283.97 | 75.00 | 733.54 |
*The application fee for Freedom of Information requests was introduced on the 1st July 2003.
It has not been possible in the time available to compile a breakdown of the number of requests where search and retrieval fees were paid in respect of each of the years 2002 to 2011. The information will be forwarded to the Deputy as soon as possible.
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