Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 9 September 2021
1423. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Health the number of freedom of information requests responded to by his Department in each of the years 2016 to 2020 and to date in 2021; the number of responses that included documents related to text messages and other phone message communications such as messages sent through an application (details supplied) in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42967/21]
View answerThe following table sets out, as of 06 September 2021, the number of Freedom of Information requests processed in my Department from 2016 to date*.
|
YEAR |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021* |
|
NUMBER OF REQUESTS PROCESSED |
317 |
351 |
480 |
582 |
465 |
235* |
Please be advised that data on the specific types of documents released in each individual FOI request is not collated by the Department.
