Written answers

Tuesday, 10 July 2018

Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment

Freedom of Information Requests

Photo of Micheál MartinMicheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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774. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment 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. [30564/18]

Photo of Denis NaughtenDenis Naughten (Roscommon-Galway, Independent)
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Details of the FOI requests received by my Department in the period 1 January 2018 to 30 June 2018, as requested by the Deputy is set out in the Table below.

Total no. of requests received No. of requests dealt with outside of the FOI processNo. of requests processed

No. of requests refused No. of appeals No. of requests that are ongoing

16417113 32234

The basis for the refusal of the 32 FOI requests in the relevant period is as follows:

Section 15 -Records do not exist (19 cases)

Section 33- Matters relating to the defence or security of the State (5 cases)

Sections 29 & 30 – Deliberative process of FOI Bodies (4 cases)

Section 15 - Information already in the public domain ( 2 cases)

Section 42 -  Record relating to private papers of a member of the Oireachtas  (1 case)

Section 28 -  Meetings of Government (1 case)

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