Written answers
Tuesday, 25 June 2019
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Freedom of Information Data
Jonathan O'Brien (Cork North Central, Sinn Fein)
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115. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests granted, part granted, refused, transferred to an appropriate body, withdrawn or handled outside freedom of information in 2018, in tabular form. [26393/19]
Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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A breakdown of the Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received by my Department in 2018 is set out in the table below. A total of 320 requests were received in 2018, plus 16 requests received in 2017 which were carried over into 2018 for reply.
Freedom of Information | Number of requests |
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Number of FOI requests granted | 60 |
Number of FOI requests part-granted | 91 |
Number of FOI requests refused | 40 |
Number of FOI requests withdrawn | 51 |
Number of FOI requests withdrawn and handled outside of the Act | 69 |
Number of FOI requests transferred to other FOI bodies | 7 |
Number of FOI requests carried over into 2019 for reply | 18 |
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