Written answers
Tuesday, 6 March 2012
Department of Agriculture, Marine and Food
Freedom of Information
8:00 pm
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 458: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [12719/12]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department received the following number of requests under the Freedom of Information Acts for the years 2002 to 2011. The fees charged are indicated in the table.
Year | Requests Received | Total fees received |
2002 | 254 | €115.00 |
2003 | 306 | €1,540.50 |
2004 | 270 | €1,436.15 |
2005 | 189 | €1,301.80 |
2006 | 217 | €2,236.50 |
2007 | 156 | €1,696.13 |
2008 | 217 | €3,020.45 |
2009 | 233 | €3,859.21 |
2010 | 193 | €2,075.03 |
2011 | 225 | €2,272.67 |
Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 459: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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. [12735/12]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The table sets out the position.
Year | Requests Received | Up front fees | Appeal Fees | Search & Retrieval Fees | Total Fees Received |
2002 | 254 | €115(8 cases) | Nil | Nil | €115.00 |
2003 | 306 | €345(23 cases) | €300(4 cases) | €895.5(5 cases) | €1,540.50 |
2004 | 270 | €780(52 cases) | €300(4 cases) | €356.15(3 cases) | €1,436.15 |
2005 | 189 | €885(50 cases) | €375(5 cases) | €41.8(1 case) | €1,301.80 |
2006 | 217 | €995(67 cases) | €300(4 cases) | €941.5(5 cases) | €2,236.50 |
2007 | 156 | €670(44 cases) | €675(9 cases) | €351.13(2 cases) | €1,696.13 |
2008 | 217 | €1530(106 cases) | €300(4 cases) | €1190.45(11 cases) | €3,020.45 |
2009 | 233 | €1775(123 cases) | €525(7 cases) | €1559.21(7 cases) | €3,859.21 |
2010 | 193 | €1275(85 cases) | €150(2 cases) | €650.03(7 cases) | €2,075.03 |
2011 | 225 | €1355(93 cases) | €450(8 cases) | €467.67(8 cases) | €2,272.67 |
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