Written answers

Thursday, 18 December 2014

Department of Defence

Freedom of Information Requests

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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265. To ask the Minister for Defence 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. [49241/14]

Photo of Simon CoveneySimon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the tables below:



FOI Requests:

Year
Number of Requests

*
Refused
Granted
Part Granted
2009
62
10
30
10
2010
63
8
12
20
2011
40
5
20
7
2012
50
5
15
11
2013
40
5
7
11
2014 to date
29
2
8
9
*Please note that this figure includes requests received which were subsequently withdrawn, withdrawn and handled outside FOI and requests transferred to another body.



FOI Appeals/Internal Review:
Year
Total Appealed
Successful
Part Successful
Unsuccessful
2009
3
3
2010
2
1
1
2011
4
1
3
2012
2
1
1
2013
3
1
2
2014 to date
1
1


FOI Appeals to Office of Information Commissioner:
Year
Total Appealed
Successful
Part Successful
Unsuccessful
2009
0
2010
1
1
2011
1
1
2012
0
2013
2
1
1
2014 to date
0

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