Written answers

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Department of Health

Freedom of Information Requests

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál 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]

Photo of Simon HarrisSimon 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


Freedom of Information Requests received


255


Refused


51


Internal Review Appeals


2


Ongoing Appeals


Nil

2017
Ongoing Appeals2

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