Written answers

Thursday, 14 June 2018

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Freedom of Information Data

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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192. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the number of FOI requests his Department has received since January 2018; the number that were appealed, refused and granted, respectively; the costs that were applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25958/18]

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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My Department received 148 FOI requests this year up to 8 June:- 21 requests were granted,

- 31 requests were part-granted, 

- 30 requests were refused,

- 16 requests were transferred/withdrawn or dealt with outside the FOI process, and 

- 50 requests are currently live.

3 internal reviews were sought, one of which related to a 2017 request. There was one appeal to the Office of the Information Commissioner  also relating to a 2017 request.

€90 was received in internal review fees and €242 was received in search and retrieval fees.

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