Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 September 2024
54. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Taoiseach the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; and the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety. [37604/24]
View answerThe information requested by the Deputy is set out in the table beneath.
|
Year |
Number of FOI Requests Received |
Number of FOI Request Refused |
|
2022 |
325 |
107 |
|
2023 |
342 |
91 |
|
2024 (to date) |
188 |
47 |
It should be noted that requests were refused for a variety of reasons in accordance with relevant provisions in the Freedom of Information Act, including where no records relevant to requests were found to exist and where personal information or commercially sensitive information was withheld
