Written answers

Wednesday, 4 December 2019

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Freedom of Information Data

Photo of Barry CowenBarry Cowen (Offaly, Fianna Fail)
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186. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of freedom of information requests made to his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019; the number of requests fully denied by reason; the number of requests partially denied; the number of appeals made against denials; the number of such appeals upheld; the number of such appeals rejected; the number of requests that required a fee; the amount received for freedom of information requests in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50589/19]

Photo of Michael CreedMichael Creed (Cork North West, Fine Gael)
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The information requested by the Deputy is set out in the following table.



2016 2017 2018 2019 to  29.11.2019
No of requests 347 391 535 358
Refused 44 59 61 47
Reason for refusal Article 15(1): 19

Article 29(1): 6 

Article 30(1): 1

Article 32(1): 1

Article 35(1): 1

Article 36(1):  2

Article 37(1) 11

Article 42(m):  3
Article 11(4):  1

Article 15(1):  28

Article 28(1):  1

Article 29(1): 3

Article 30(1): 1

Article 31(1):  1

Article 35(1):  6

Article 36(1):  5

Article 37(1): 13
Article 11(4): 1

Article 15(1):  34 

Article 28(1) : 1

Article 29(1):  3

Article 30(1):  2

Article 31(1):  3

Article 35(1):  6 

Article 36(1):  2

Article 37(1):  9
Article 15(1): 25

Article 29(1): 10

Article 31(1): 1

Article 35(1): 2

Article 36(1): 2

Article 37(1): 7
Part grant 108 122 121 100
Appeals 21 45 37 14
Appeal Upheld - decision overturned 0 1 1 0
Decision varied 3 12 7 6
Appeal Rejected- decision confirmed 18 32 29 8
Fees NIL NIL NIL NIL

Articles

7.1 Prescribed bodies

11.4 Access to records

15.1 Refusal on administrative grounds

28.1 Meetings of Government

29.1 Deliberations of FOI bodies

30.1 Functions and negotiations of FOI bodies

31.1 Parliamentary, court and other matters

32.1 Law enforcement and public safety

35.1 Information obtained in confidence

36.1 Commercially sensitive information

37.1 Personal information

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