1998. Deputy Matt Carthy asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of FOI requests his Department, and each agency under his auspices, received in each year 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026; the number that were refused on original decision; the number for which reviews were sought and the number of those reviews whereby the original decision was amended; the number for which subsequent appeals were submitted; the number of those appeals which resulted in an amendment to the original decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [61056/26]

The detailed information requested by the Deputy in respect of my Department and each agency under its aegis for each of the years 2020 to 2025, and to date in 2026, is set out in the tables below.

As requested by the Deputy, the tables summarise the total number of FOI requests received, the number of requests refused, the number of internal reviews received, the number of subsequent appeals to the Office of the Information Commissioner and the number of those appeals which resulted in the original decision being amended.

It should be noted that data on the number of internal reviews resulting in a change to the original decision is not readily available for the Department of Social Protection as a whole. Data has been provided, where available.

2020

(*) Responsibility for the Low Pay Commission transferred to the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment in October 2020.

2021

2022

2023

2024

2025

(*) NAERSA (National Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings Authority), was formally established in October 2025

2026 (to date)