Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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131. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests received by his Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these years to complete the requests by his Department; the number of requests to his Department for these years that ran beyond the deadline for the request; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6656/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The number of freedom of information requests received by my Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017 is set out in the following table:

A determination on a Freedom of Information request must be provided within 20 days after the receipt of the request and the majority handled by my Department are completed within this period.  Deadlines are subject to change with the agreement of requestors, as provided for in the Freedom of Information Act 2014.  Time spent dealing with Freedom of Information requests forms part of the normal duties of officials in the Department and the time spent on processing all such requests is not monitored separately.