Written answers

Tuesday, 16 June 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Freedom of Information Requests

Photo of Barry CowenBarry 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]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan 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 It should be noted that, of the total number of FOI requests received by my Department, a portion get withdrawn by the requestor, a portion are dealt with outside of the FOI process and a portion are transferred to another FOI body in possession of the requested records.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
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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