Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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211. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by her Department, and by any body or entity under the aegis of the Department, who are specifically assigned to processing freedom of information requests (details supplied), in each of the past three years; the Civil Service grade of each; the number of freedom of information requests dealt with by her Department, or any body or entity under its aegis, in each of the past three years; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [27229/24]

Norma Foley (Kerry, Fianna Fail)
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My Department has 3 staff working in its Freedom of Information Unit. A full-time Executive Officer who works full-time on FOI requests and a Higher Executive Officer and Executive Officer (both employed on a full-time basis) who work for part of their time on FOI requests. The Assistant Principal Officer and Principal Officer of the section have overall responsibility for the FOI unit and advise and assist as required.

Information regarding the numbers of staff dealing with Freedom of Information requests in bodies under the aegis of my Department is not held centrally by my Department. Contact details for the aegis bodies are published on the Department’s website at should you wish to contact them directly for this information.

The numbers of Freedom of information requests dealt with by my Department and bodies under the aegis of my Department for the last 3 years is contained in the table below.