Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 24 September 2024
76. Deputy Carol Nolan asked the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications 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. [37594/24]
Amharc ar fhreagraThe processing of Freedom of Information reqFOI Act 2014; www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2014/act/30/enacted/en/print.html and its associated secondary legislation together with the
FOI Code of Practice; dccae.cloud.gov.ie/KnowledgeBase/FreedomofInformationFOI/PublishingImages/04%2009%202015%20FOI%20Code%20of%20Practice%20-%20Rev%2001.0.pdf
and the FOI Model Publication Scheme; dccae.cloud.gov.ie/KnowledgeBase/FreedomofInformationFOI/PublishingImages/Model-Publication-Scheme-Guidance%20July%20-2016.pdf
The table below sets out the information requested.
Freedom of Information Requests submitted and rejected in their entirety
01 January 2022 - 18 September 2024
|
Freedom of Information Requests received |
Freedom of Information Requests rejected |
|
|
2022 |
315 |
119* |
|
2023 |
251 |
92** |
|
2024 |
195 |
58*** |
* 8 requests rejected in 2022 had been carried forward from 2021.
** 19 requests rejected in 2023 had been carried forward from 2022.
*** 8 requests rejected in 2024 had been carried forward from 2023.
