Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Department of Justice and Equality
Freedom of Information Requests
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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468. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide, in tabular form, for each year from 2009 to 2014 and for 2015 to date, the total number of freedom of information requests received by her Department; the total refused; granted; part-granted; successful appeals; part-successful appeals; and refusals of appeals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23612/15]
Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy in respect of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department from 2009 to date is set out in the tables.
The total figure of requests and appeals received also includes requests withdrawn, handled outside FOI or transferred.
Year | Number received | Number Granted | Number Part Granted | Number refused | Number Appealed | Number Granted or Decision set aside | Number of Appeals Refused |
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2009 | 844 | 214 | 187 | 123 | 61 | 27 | 24 |
2010 | 598 | 170 | 174 | 149 | 78 | 32 | 40 |
2011 | 597 | 116 | 263 | 117 | 67 | 28 | 37 |
2012 | 594 | 184 | 226 | 142 | 60 | 22 | 38 |
2013 | 550 | 176 | 233 | 116 | 84 | 28 | 52 |
2014 | 920 | 191 | 455 | 147 | 67 | 26 | 32 |
2015* (12 June 2015) | 623 | 81 | 314 | 112 | 38 | 8 | 14 |
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