Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Department of Health
Freedom of Information Requests
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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428. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide in tabular form per annum from 2009 to date in 2014 the total number of freedom of information requests received by his Department; the total refused; total granted; total part granted; total appealed; total successful appeals; total part successful appeals; total refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49246/14]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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The information sought by the Deputy is set out in the table.
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Received* | 214 | 192 | 169 | 340 | 239 | 223 |
| Granted | 54 | 71 | 44 | 67 | 54 | 34 |
| Part-Granted | 53 | 38 | 68 | 171 | 93 | 81 |
| Refused | 43 | 29 | 12 | 55 | 32 | 32 |
| Internally Reviewed | 11 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 3 |
| Affirmed | 3 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
| Varied | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| Annulled | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Appealed to the Office of the Information Commissioner | 5 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2** | 0 |
| Affirmed | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Varied | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Annulled | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Agreement reached between parties | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
*Includes requests which were subsequently withdrawn, referred to another more appropriate body, dealt with administratively outside the FOI Act or are yet to be completed
** One ongoing
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