Department criticised for lack of detailed FoI data

Information Commissioner Emily O’Reilly has criticised the Department of Jobs, Enterprise, and Innovation over its failure to provide any detailed data on the number of Freedom of Information requests submitted to public bodies in 2012.

Normal statistics on the number of FoI requests made to almost 200 public bodies were unavailable for inclusion in the annual report of the information commissioner, published yesterday.

Ms O’Reilly expressed disappointment at the lack of information provided by the department, due to cutbacks, about the operation of FoI legislation last year.