Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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539. To ask the Minister for Health the legal fees incurred on freedom of information requests received by his Department; the staff hours involved in the processing of these requests for the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9680/17]

Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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No legal fees have been incurred in relation to FOI requests received by the Department of Health.

Dealing with FOI requests forms part of the normal duties of officials in the Department. As with any other duties, the number of hours spent on such work is not monitored separately. However, in order to give an indication of the work involved, the table below sets out details of the total number of requests received in 2014, 2015 and 2016.