Written answers
Thursday, 18 December 2014
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Freedom of Information Requests
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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168. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [49249/14]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's question the following table outlines the Freedom of Information request details you are seeking concerning my Department since its formation in March 2011:
Freedom of Information Request details 2011 - 2014
| Details | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Requests received | 61 | 178 | 99 | 110 |
| Number of Requests refused | 5 | 20 | 8 | 14 |
| Number of Requests granted | 38 | 51 | 29 | 55 |
| Number of Requests Part-Granted | 14 | 66 | 61 | 32 |
| Number of Requests Withdrawn or Handled outside FOI | 4 | 37 | 1 | 8 |
| Number of Requests transferred | - | 4 | - | 1 |
| Number of Internal Reviews | 1 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Number of Internal Reviews (partially successful) | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| Number of Appeals to the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Number of OIC Appeals (partially successful) | - | - | - | - |
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