Written answers

Wednesday, 21 October 2015

Department of Environment, Community and Local Government

Freedom of Information Data

Photo of Seán FlemingSeán Fleming (Laois-Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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164. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the number of freedom of information requests, in tabular form, received by his Department in 2015 to date; the number of these where the period of consideration was completed within four weeks of the receipt of the request; and the number where the period of consideration was extended by up to four weeks because the necessary resources to complete the request within the original timeframe were not available. [36747/15]

Photo of Alan KellyAlan Kelly (Tipperary North, Labour)
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The information in respect of Freedom of Information requests for the period January 2015 to date received by my Department is set out in the following table.

Total FOI requests received January 2015 to date Completed within the initial four week timeframe
308 199

Cases may take longer than 4 weeks to be completed for a range of reasons, including the requirement for search and retrieval fees, the refinement or clarification of a request or the requirement to undertake third party consultations. While the broad scope of particular Freedom of Information requests may present challenges in finalising responses within a 4 week period, I am satisfied that the processing of FOI is appropriately prioritised in my Department and is kept under regular review.

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