Just 7% of FoI requests to An Garda Síochána granted

Just 7% of Freedom of Information requests made to An Garda Síochána were granted in the first 14 months after the 2014 FOI Act was extended to include the force.

However, that was because most of the requests — 67% — fell outside the scope of the legislation, according to Superintendent Helen Deely, head of the Garda FOI unit.

Speaking at the second national FOI conference in Kilkenny yesterday, Supt Deely said the current status of FOI is that 225 requests have been refused since the legislation to include the organisation came into force in October 2014.