Written answers
Wednesday, 4 December 2019
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Freedom of Information Data
Barry 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]
Michael 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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