Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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246. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government 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. [25966/18]

Eoghan Murphy (Dublin Bay South, Fine Gael)
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The number of FOI requests that my Department has received from 1 January 2018 to 11 June 2018 is 236. A total of 8 cases sought internal review (i.e. were appealed), 48 requests were refused and 97 were granted or part-granted.

The remainder were either withdrawn, lapsed or are as yet undecided.

My Department does not routinely compile figures on the costs applied; however, €370 in fees were received, which includes €220 in search and retrieval fees and €150 for appeals.