Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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383. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he is satisfied in the context of the freedom of information publication scheme that all logs are published and up to date in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014; if not, the reason they are not published; and if he will update them as a matter of priority. [36119/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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The logs of Freedom of Information requests processed by my Department are published on my Department's website at gov.ie. I am informed that the log is up to date up to and including 31 March 2021 and the log for the period covering April to June 2021 will be published shortly.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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384. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount collected on an annual basis since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced in respect of fees attached to freedom of information requests submitted to his Department. [36137/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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Since the establishment of my Department, €200 in fees have been charged for Search and Retrieval in relation to the processing of Freedom of Information requests.

Catherine Murphy (Kildare North, Social Democrats)
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385. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of freedom of information requests refused by his Department since the Freedom of Information Act 2014 commenced for the reason that search and copy costs would exceed the maximum threshold; the number of requests that were subsequently granted following engagement with the requester to narrow the scope of the request; and the costs associated with same. [36155/21]

Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party)
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When a Freedom of Information request is deemed valid and accepted for processing, and if the estimated fees for search and retrieval involved in processing the request are found to exceed the maximum threshold, the requestor is offered the opportunity to revise the request and offered assistance to do so. Since the establishment of my Department, no requests have been refused on the basis that it exceeded the threshold and engagement with the requestor to refine the scope of the request has not been required.