Family Support Agency Act, 2001

Disclosure of information.

21.—(1) Save as otherwise provided by law, a person shall not, without the consent of the Agency, disclose confidential information obtained by him or her while performing, or as a result of having performed, duties as a member of the Agency, a member of staff of the Agency, (including the chief executive), a member of a committee established under section 13 or a consultant or adviser to the Agency.

(2) A person who contravenes subsection (1) is guilty of an offence and shall be liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding €3,000 (£2,362.69).

(3) Nothing in subsection (1) shall prohibit the disclosure of information by means of a report made—

(a) to the Agency, or

(b) by or on behalf of the Agency to the Minister.

(4) In this section “confidential information” includes information that is expressed by the Agency to be confidential either as regards particular information or as regards information of a particular class or description.

(5) The Third Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 , is amended by the insertion in Part I at the end thereof:

(a) in column (2) of “Family Support Agency Act, 2001”, and

(b) in column (3) of “Section 21 ”.