Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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193. To ask the Minister for Finance the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51972/23]

Michael McGrath (Cork South Central, Fianna Fail)
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My department received 272 FOI requests over the course of 2022; of that number, 53 requests were refused. 233 FOI requests have been received in 2023 to date, with 52 of those requests being refused as of 24 November 2023.

It is worth noting that any case where records do not exist are deemed to be 'Refused' under the FOI Act.