Written answers
Tuesday, 10 July 2018
Department of Health
Freedom of Information Requests
Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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601. To ask the Minister for Health the number of FOI requests his Department has received since January 2018; the number of refusals; the number that have been appealed and that are ongoing; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [30571/18]
Simon Harris (Wicklow, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the following table.
The figures for 2018 are provided. For completeness the number of appeals ongoing for 2017 FOI requests are also provided.
For the first six months of 2018 the number of requests has increased by 32%.
2018 | |
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Freedom of Information Requests received | 255 |
Refused | 51 |
Internal Review Appeals | 2 |
Ongoing Appeals | Nil |
2017 | |
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Ongoing Appeals | 2 |
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