Written answers
Tuesday, 28 February 2017
Department of Social Protection
Freedom of Information Data
Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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412. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the legal fees incurred on freedom of information, FOI, requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9684/17]
Leo Varadkar (Dublin West, Fine Gael)
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No legal fees were incurred by the Department of Social Protection on FOI requests over the past three years.
The following FOI requests were received over the last 3 years:
FOI Requests Received
YEAR | PERSONAL | NON-PERSONAL | MIXED | TOTAL |
---|---|---|---|---|
2014 | 2070 | 119 | 4 | 2193 |
2015 | 1932 | 223 | 1 | 2156 |
2016 | 1848 | 231 | 10 | 2089 |
The total staff hours involved in the processing of FOI requests was not monitored separately over the past 3 years. However in 2016 my Department estimated an overall cost of processing FOI requests, based on the hourly rate of the total staff involved. This estimate was calculated on a 1% sample of requests received. The estimated cost, based on the 1% sample, was €340 per FOI request.
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