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Annual Report 2024
From Office of the Information Commissioner (OIC)
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41,660 Freedom of Information (FOI) requests were made to public bodies, including government departments, health sector bodies and local authorities, in 2024 - an increase of 11% on 2023. Speaking today [3 July 2025] on the publication of his annual report for 2024, the Information Commissioner, Ger Deering, said that his Office, which reviews decisions made by public bodies under the FOI Act, saw a 16% rise in applications for review received last year.
The FOI Act provides a number of rights for the public including a right to access records held by public bodies. The number of FOI requests made in 2024 is the highest since a new FOI Act was introduced in 2014, and is up 49% since 2015.
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