Eamonn Maloney (Dublin South West, Labour)
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531. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department between 1 January 2013 and 11 April 2014; the number of these requests that relate to the Government’s plan for the standardised packaging of tobacco; the number of these requests related to other tobacco policies; the number of these requests from tobacco manufacturers or agents on behalf of tobacco manufacturers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18563/14]

Alan Shatter (Dublin South, Fine Gael)
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I wish to inform the Deputy that between 1 January 2013 and 11 April 2014 my Department received a total of 853 requests for records under the Freedom of Information Act 1997, as amended.

None of these requests refer to the Government’s plan for the standardised packaging of tobacco. There have been no requests in relation to other tobacco policies. Neither have there been any requests from tobacco manufacturers or agents on behalf of tobacco manufacturers.

My Department received a single request seeking records of communications to/ from the tobacco industry and their agents or reps.However this request did not come from the tobacco industry.