Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Freedom of Information Requests
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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789. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he 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 his Department; the total refused; granted; partially granted; successful appeals; partly successful appeals; and refusals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23607/15]
Alan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The information sought in respect of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department is set out in the following table. It should be noted that, of the total number of FOI requests received by my Department, a portion get withdrawn by the requestor, a portion are dealt with outside of the FOI process and a portion are transferred to another FOI body in possession of the requested records. There are also a number of requests each year which lapse, due to inaction on the part of the requestor or due to the requestor withholding payment of required fees.
Year | Total number of requests received | Total Refused | Total Granted | Total Part-granted | Total Appeals | Total Successful / part-successful appeals | Total Refusals |
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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 | 180 | 32 | 49 | 42 | 7 | 1 | 6 |
2015 (To 11 June) | 162 | 38 | 43 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
TOTAL | 1062 | 164 | 363 | 233 | 49 | 16 | 33 |
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