Written answers
Tuesday, 10 December 2019
Department of Justice and Equality
Freedom of Information Data
Jack Chambers (Dublin West, Fianna Fail)
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259. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of freedom of information requests in which his Department made a decision to deny; and the number in which the Information Commissioner overturned the decision of his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2018 and to date in 2019. [51465/19]
Charles Flanagan (Laois, Fine Gael)
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The table below sets out the information requested by the Deputy. The number of requests where the Information Commissioner overturned or varied the decision of my Department is set out in the last line of the table. To assist the Deputy, information on the outcomes of internal reviews has also been included.
| Year | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 (YTD 30/11/2019) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. FOI requests received | 583 | 769 | 827 | 828 |
| Outcome | ||||
| Granted | 159 | 163 | 235 | 197 |
| Part granted | 206 | 250 | 302 | 309 |
| Refused | 161 | 274 | 201 | 191 |
| Transferred | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| Withdrawn | 26 | 45 | 48 | 58 |
| Withdrawn and handled outside of Act | 32 | 45 | 63 | 11 |
| Cases on hand at year end | 109 | 125 | 99 | 160 |
| Appeals* | ||||
| Internal Appeals Total | 76 | 125 | 72 | 61* |
| Internal Appeals Granted/Part granted/Withdrawn and handled outside the Act | 47 | 45 | 37 | 28 |
| Internal Appeals Refused | 29 | 80 | 35 | 23 |
| Information Commissioner Reviews | ||||
| Overturned / Varied | 12 | 28 | 7 | 1 |
*A number of reviews are still being processed.
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