Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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174. To ask the Minister for Finance 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. [30569/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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In response to the Deputy, as of Thursday 5 July 2018, a total of 206 FOI requests have been received by the Department of Finance, 21 of which are currently in process.

The Department has refused 38 FOI requests in 2018 to date.

The Department has received four appeals for Internal Review to date, with all cases fully concluded. There was one appeal to the Office of the Information Commissioner, which was subsequently withdrawn by the requestor.

The Department of Finance publishes a Quarterly FOI Disclosure Log on a quarterly basis since January 2015 on the Department's website; this log details the requestor category, the request itself and the final decision.