Written answers
Thursday, 20 June 2019
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Freedom of Information Data
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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32. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of freedom of information requests made to his Department and bodies under his aegis that were granted, part-granted and refused in 2018; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25831/19]
Paschal Donohoe (Dublin Central, Fine Gael)
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The information which has been requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department and the bodies under its aegis is set out below:
Organisation | Number of FOI Requests Granted in 2018 | Number of FOI Requests Part Granted in 2018 | Number of FOI Requests Refused in 2018 |
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Department of Public Expenditure and Reform | 60 | 68 | 67 |
Office of Public Works | 29 | 36 | 39 |
Office of the Ombudsman | 3 | 2 | 13 |
Public Appointments Service | 59 | 23 | 13 |
National Shared Services Office | 21 | 0 | 4 |
Office of the National Lottery Regulator | 0 | 4 | 4 |
More generally, the Deputy may wish to note that the Annual Report of the Office of the Information Commissioner includes Freedom of Information statistics for all public bodies. I understand that the Office of the Information Commissioner’s report for 2018 will be available in the coming weeks and will be found at the following link:
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