Written answers

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Freedom of Information Requests

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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551. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government 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. [49243/14]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The information requested in respect of Freedom of Information requests received by my Departmentis set out in the following table.

Year Total number of requests received Total Refused Total Granted Total Part-granted Total Appeals Total Successful/ part-successful appeals Total Refusals
2009 143 10 62 29 11 5 6
2010 156 21 54 41 7 4 3
2011 119 13 55 22 4 2 2
2012 191 32 60 45 11 2 9
2013 111 18 40 26 5 1 4
2014

(To 16 Dec) *
176 27 35 30 5 ** 1 3
TOTAL 800 121 306 193 43 15 27
*A number of FOI requests received in 2014 are awaiting a decision.

**One appeal currently in progress

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