Fergus O'Dowd (Louth, Fine Gael)
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331. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of contracted staff, full-time and part-time, employed by his 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 his Department, or any body or entity under its aegis, in each of the past three years; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27226/24]

Charlie McConalogue (Donegal, Fianna Fail)
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My Department's Freedom of Information Unit has a team dedicated to effectively meeting our statutory obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. All the team works full time except for one person who works a 60% week. The information requested by the Deputy is contained in the tables below.

As regards the 13 State Bodies under the aegis of my Department, the information requested is an operational matter for the State Bodies themselves. I have referred the Deputy’s question to the Agencies and have requested that a response should issue within 10 days.