Written answers

Thursday, 9 September 2021

Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection

Freedom of Information

Photo of Matt CarthyMatt Carthy (Cavan-Monaghan, Sinn Fein)
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730. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of freedom of information requests responded to by her Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42972/21]

Photo of Heather HumphreysHeather Humphreys (Cavan-Monaghan, Fine Gael)
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The number of Freedom of Information requests received by my Department since 2016 is set out in the table below:

Year  Number of FOI Requests
2016 2,089 
2017 2,443 
2018 2,510 
2019 2,614 
2020 1,706 
2021 to date 1,099
TOTAL 12,461

17 requests received over the period in question did specify the application referred to and-or text messages in the wording of the request.  

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