Dara Calleary (Mayo, Fianna Fail)
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282. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests received by her Department in each of the years 2013 to 2017; the average time taken in these years to complete the requests by her Department; the number of requests to her Department for these years that ran beyond the deadline for the request; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [6891/18]

Regina Doherty (Meath East, Fine Gael)
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The number of freedom of information (FOI) requests received in the Department is set out in the table:

Number of Freedom of Information (FOI) Requests Received in the Dept 2013 - 2017

Regarding the average time taken, and the number of requests met within the deadlines, I regret that this information is not collected on the Departments IT system and therefore is not available.