Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 478: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the total fees received in her Department for freedom of information requests and the number of individual requests in each of the years 2002 to 2011, inclusive. [12721/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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From the establishment of my Department on 2 June, 2011, 10 requests under the Freedom of Information Act were received by my Department in 2011. Four of these requests were processed by the Department of Health on my Department's behalf while the Freedom of Information Unit within my own Department was in the process of being established. Fees were payable in respect of nine of these requests; the fee charged in relation to each of these requests was 15 euro.

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 479: To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if she will provide a breakdown of the number of freedom of information requests submitted in the years 2002 to 2011, inclusive, to her 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. [12737/12]

Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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From the establishment of my Department on 2 June, 2011, 10 requests under the Freedom of Information Act were received by my Department in 2011. Four of these requests were processed by the Department of Health on my Department's behalf while the Freedom of Information Unit within my own Department was in the process of being established. In respect of nine of these requests, initial search fee of 15 euro was paid. No search and retrieval fees were paid in respect of these requests. In respect of one of these requests no fee was payable under the Act. The total amount of fees received in 2011 was 135 euro.