Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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278. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of freedom of information requests that are currently with his Department seeking an internal review of a decision in tabular form. [58849/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department currently has two requests for an internal review of freedom of information requests.

Sorca Clarke (Longford-Westmeath, Sinn Fein)
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279. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the number of complaints that have been made to the Office of the Ombudsman regarding Freedom of Information requests to his Department. [58850/21]

Simon Coveney (Cork South Central, Fine Gael)
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My Department is only aware of two complaints to the Office of the Ombudsman about Freedom of Information matters since the FOI Act was enacted.

The first, made in 2020, is closed and marked 'Resolved' by the Office of the Ombudsman. The second was made this year. My Department’s report to the Office of the Ombudsman in response to the latter complaint will issue this week.