Gerald Nash (Louth, Labour)
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100. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when his Department will satisfy its obligation to publish its freedom of information logs for 2021 and 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7643/23]

Micheál Martin (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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The Department of Foreign Affairs is diligent in ensuring that it fully complies with the Freedom of Information Act, including that it publishes at regular intervals, the logs of all non-personal Freedom of Information requests.

The logs for all such non-personal requests received each year from 2015 to 2022 are publicly available on DFA.ie at the following link www.dfa.ie/about-us/accountability/how-we-are-accountable/foi-requests/.

Over the course of 2021 and 2022, officials at the Department of Foreign Affairs received and responded to 581 Freedom of Information requests.

In responding to these requests, officials at my Department ensured that all official records that could be released to individuals, under the terms and provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, were released in a timely and appropriate manner.

Should the Deputy require any further information on how my Department oversees its Freedom of Information scheme, the relevant officials may be contacted via email on foi@dfa.ie