Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 215: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011. [12731/12]

Gerry Adams (Louth, Sinn Fein)
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Question 216: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide a breakdown of the number of freedom of information requests submitted in the years 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 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. [12747/12]

Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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I propose to take Questions Nos. 215 and 216 together.

Since the establishment of my Department in July of last year, the number of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received to the end of December 2011 was 61. My Department received 56 non personal requests and 5 personal requests. In accordance with the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 an 'up-front' fee of 15 euro must accompany a request for non personal information, and 10 euro if the person is covered by a medical card. The total amount received in "up front fees" was 765 euro and 899 euro was received in respect of search and retrieval. There were six search and retrieval cases.