Carol Nolan (Laois-Offaly, Independent)
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256. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the total number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to her Department in 2022 and to date in 2023; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51969/23]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department reports annually to both the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Office of the Information Commissioner on Freedom of Information activity. The Office of the Information Commissioner publish this data in its annual report and the annual reports up to 2022 are available on the OIC’s website - www.oic.ie/publications/annual-reports/.

In 2022 my Department received 359 requests. 64 of these requests were refused.

To date in 2023 my Department has received 352 request. 61 of these requests have been refused.