Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 September 2024
237. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the total number of freedom of information requests submitted to his Department in 2022, 2023 and to date in 2024; the total number of such requests that were rejected in their entirety; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37599/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe table below sets out the number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to my Department in the years 2022, 2023 and in 2024 to date. The table also sets out the number of requests refused and deemed invalid for each of the years 2022, 2023 and 2024 to date.
|
Year |
Number of FOI requests received |
Number of requests refused* |
Invalid requests** |
|
2022 |
542 |
109* |
51 |
|
2023 |
569 |
145* |
53 |
|
2024 |
398 |
78* |
28 |
*Request Refused: refers to FOI requests where the decision was to refuse in full. The figure here represents the FOI requests both received and refused in the same calendar year.
** Submitted requests did not comply with FOI Act and were deemed invalid.
In line with the Freedom of Information Act, Code of Practice and Publication Scheme, my Department publishes a disclosure log of Non Personal FOI requests on a quarterly basis. The logs are available at: www.gov.ie/en/collection/24ae9-foi-request-logs/.
Details of the Non Personal FOI requests responded to, including a description of the request, the origin of the request and the decision, are contained in the logs.
