Mairead Farrell (Galway West, Sinn Fein)
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365. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of requests submitted under freedom of information legislation to her Department in each of the years 2009 to 2019; the average initial estimated cost of FOI requests in each of the years; the quantity and value of estimated costs that were in excess of the overall maximum fee in each year; the quantity of requests in each year pursued by the applicant after having been provided with an initial estimated cost; and the average fee paid by applicants that received information from her Department under FOI legislation in each year, in tabular form (details supplied). [15465/20]

Catherine Martin (Dublin Rathdown, Green Party)
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My Department in its current configuration was established on 2nd June 2011 bringing together functions previously under the remit of three different Departments.

Details of the number of FOI Requests received by my Department and the charging provisions applicable to such requests are available on my Department’s website at www.chg.gov.ie.

Charges, if any, arising in the case of individual FOI requests are dependent on the nature of the request received.It is the policy of my Department to seek to assist requesters in minimizing or eliminating costs where possible with a view to ensuring efficiency in the operation of the FOI legislation to the mutual benefit of the requester and the Department.

Following a review of FOI requests received during the period specified the information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table below.