Written answers
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Freedom of Information Requests
Barry Cowen (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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309. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide, in tabular form, by 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; part-granted; successful appeals; part-successful appeals, and refusals of appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23613/15]
Brendan Howlin (Wexford, Labour)
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In response to the Deputy's question, the following table outlines the number of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department since its formation in 2011:
| Freedom of Information Requests | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of requests received | 61 | 178 | 99 | 110 | 113 |
| Number of requests refused | 5 | 20 | 8 | 14 | 9 |
| Number of requests granted | 38 | 51 | 29 | 55 | 23 |
| Number of requests part-granted | 14 | 66 | 61 | 32 | 14 |
| Number of requests withdrawn or handled outside FOI | 4 | 37 | 1 | 8 | 37 |
| Number of requests transferred | - | 4 | - | 1 | 20 |
| Number of internal reviews | 1 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
| Number of internal reviews (partially successful) | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 |
| Number of appeals to the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Number of OIC Appeals (partially successful) | - | - | - | - | - |
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