Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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192. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform 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. [30574/18]

Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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Details of the FOI requests received by my Department from 1 January 2018 to 6 July 2018 are outlined in the table below.

Appeals on FOI decisions issued by my Department can be made by seeking an Internal Review of the matter.  The appeal will involve a complete reconsideration of the matter by a more senior member of staff of the Department and a decision will be communicated within three weeks.  My Department received five requests for an Internal Review in the period in question, none of which are outstanding.

An appeal of an Internal Review decision can be applied for by writing to the Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC).  To date, my Department has not received notification from the OIC of any external reviews for the period in question.