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Number 30 of 2014
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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2014
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CONTENTS
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PART 1
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Preliminary and General
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Section
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1. Citation and commencement
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2. Interpretation
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3. Regulations and orders
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4. Expenses
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5. Repeals
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PART 2
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FOI Bodies
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6. Public bodies
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7. Prescribed bodies
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PART 3
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Rights in Relation to Records
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Chapter 1
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General rights in relation to records and decisions
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8. Publication of information about FOI bodies
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9. Amendment of records relating to personal information
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10. Right of person to information regarding acts of FOI bodies affecting the person
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Chapter 2
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FOI Requests
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11. Access to records
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12. Requests for access to records
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13. Decisions on FOI requests and notification of decisions
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14. Extension of time for consideration of FOI requests
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15. Refusal on administrative grounds to grant FOI requests
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16. Deferral of access to records
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17. Manner of access to records
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18. Access to parts of records
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19. Decisions deemed to have been made in certain cases
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20. Delegation of certain functions of heads
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Chapter 3
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Internal Review
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21. Review by heads of decisions under Chapters 1 and 2
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Chapter 4
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Review by Information Commissioner
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22. Review by Commissioner of decisions
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23. Requests for further information by Commissioner
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Chapter 5
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Appeal to High Court
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24. Appeal to High Court, etc.
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Chapter 6
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Miscellaneous
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25. Precautions by High Court and Commissioner against disclosure of certain information
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26. Stay on certain decisions
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27. Fees and charges
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PART 4
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Exempt Records
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28. Meetings of the Government
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29. Deliberations of FOI bodies
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30. Functions and negotiations of FOI bodies
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31. Parliamentary, court and certain other matters
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32. Law enforcement and public safety
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33. Security, defence and international relations
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34. Conclusiveness of certain decisions pursuant to sections 32 and 33
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35. Information obtained in confidence
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36. Commercially sensitive information
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37. Personal information
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38. Procedure in relation to certain FOI requests to which section 35, 36 or 37 applies
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39. Research and natural resources
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40. Financial and economic interests of the State
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41. Enactments relating to non-disclosure of records
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PART 5
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Restriction of Act
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42. Restriction of Act
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PART 6
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The Information Commissioner
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43. Continuance of office of Information Commissioner
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44. Review of operation of Act and investigations by Commissioner
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45. Powers of Commissioner
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46. Publication of commentaries by Commissioner on practical application, etc., of Act
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47. Reports of Commissioner
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PART 7
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Miscellaneous
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48. Code of practice and guidelines
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49. Immunity from legal proceedings
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50. Amendment of Central Bank Act 1942
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51. Amendment of Official Secrets Act 1963
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52. Offence and penalty
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53. Proceedings for offences
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54. Saver
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55. Transitional provisions
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SCHEDULE 1
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PART 1
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Partially Included Agencies
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PART 2
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Exempt Agencies
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SCHEDULE 2
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The Information Commissioner
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SCHEDULE 3
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Enactments Excluded from Application of Section 41
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PART 1
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Statutes
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PART 2
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Statutory Instruments
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SCHEDULE 4
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Repeals
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PART 1
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Statutes
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PART 2
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Statutory Instruments
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SCHEDULE 5
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Statutory Instruments Continuing in Force
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Acts Referred to
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Adoption Act 2010
(No. 21)
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Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act 1988
(No. 18)
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Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998
(No. 24)
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Air Pollution Act 1987
(No. 6)
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An Bord Bia Act 1994
(No. 22)
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Arts Act 2003
(No. 24)
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Aviation Regulation Act 2001
(No. 1)
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Central Bank Act 1942
(No. 22)
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Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011
(No. 27)
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Children Act 2001
(No. 24)
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Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011
(No. 23)
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Civil Registration Act 2004
(No. 3)
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Civil Service Regulation Act 1956
(No. 46)
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Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005
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Comhairle Act 2000
(No. 1)
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Commission To Inquire Into Child Abuse Act 2000
(No. 7)
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Commissions of Investigation Act 2004
(No. 23)
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Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011
(No. 3)
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Communications Regulation Act 2002
(No. 20)
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Companies Acts
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Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1923 to 1993
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Consumer Protection Act 2007
(No. 19)
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Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000
(No. 28)
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Coroners Act 1962
(No. 9)
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Credit Reporting Act 2013
(No. 45)
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Criminal Justice (Location of Victims’ Remains) Act 1999
(No. 9)
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Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009
(No. 19)
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Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005
(No. 2)
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Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006
(No. 11)
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Data Protection Act 1988
(No. 25)
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Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003
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Defence Act 1954
(No. 18)
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Dentists Act 1985
(No. 9)
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Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003
(No. 23)
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Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008
(No. 15)
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Education Act 1998
(No. 51)
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Electricity Regulation Act 1999
(No. 23)
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Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011
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Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992
(No. 7)
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Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2012
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European Parliament Elections Act 1997
(No. 2)
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Exchequer and Audit Department Acts 1866 and 1921
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Family Support Agency Act 2001
(No. 54)
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Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998
(No. 29)
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Forestry Act 1988
(No. 26)
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Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003
(No. 9)
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Freedom of Information Act 1997
(No. 13)
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Garda Síochána Act 2005
(No. 20)
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Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002
(No. 10)
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Gas Act 1976
(No. 30)
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Harbours Act 1996
(No. 11)
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Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006
(No. 17)
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Health Act 1947
(No. 28)
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Health Act 2004
(No. 42)
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Health Act 2007
(No. 23)
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Health Insurance Act 1994
(No. 16)
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Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013
(No. 33)
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Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002
(No. 9)
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Independent Monitoring Commission Act 2003
(No. 40)
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Industrial Development Act 1986
(No. 9)
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Industrial Development Act 1993
(No. 19)
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Industrial Relations Act 1946
(No. 26)
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Industrial Relations Act 1969
(No. 14)
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Industrial Relations Act 1990
(No. 19)
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Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2012
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Inland Fisheries Act 2010
(No. 10)
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Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993
(No. 10)
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Interpretation Act 2005
(No. 23)
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Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993
(No. 29)
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Irish Film Board Act 1980
(No. 36)
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Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994
(No. 18)
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Irish Medicines Board Act 1995
(No. 29)
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Labour Services Act 1987
(No. 15)
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Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009
(No. 8)
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Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1926
(No. 39)
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Local Government Act 2001
(No. 37)
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Marine Institute Act 1991
(No. 2)
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Medical Practitioners Act 2007
(No. 25)
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Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act 1994
(No. 25)
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Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924
(No. 16)
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National Archives Act 1986
(No. 11)
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National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006
(No. 21)
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National Lottery Act 1986
(No. 28)
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National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007
(No. 7)
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National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006
(No. 19)
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National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003
(No. 10)
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National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000
(No. 39)
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National Treasury Management Agency Act 1990
(No. 18)
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Nurses and Midwives Act 2011
(No. 41)
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Offences Against the State Act 1939
(No. 13)
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Offences against the State Acts 1939 to 1998
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Official Secrets Act 1963
(No. 1)
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Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004
(No. 36)
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Ombudsman Act 1980
(No. 26)
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Ombudsman Acts 1980 to 2012
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Ombudsman for Children Act 2002
(No. 22)
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Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001
(No. 43)
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Organisation of Working Time Act 1997
(No. 20)
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Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002
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Pensions Act 1990
(No. 25)
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Pensions Acts 1990 to 2012
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Personal Insolvency Act 2012
(No. 44)
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Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851
(4 & 5 Vict., c. 93)
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Postal and Telecommunications Services Act 1983
(No. 24)
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Prisons Acts 1826 to 2007
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Public Service Management (Recruitment and Appointments) Act 2004
(No. 33)
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Qualifications and Quality Assurance (Education and Training) Act 2012
(No. 28)
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Radiological Protection Act 1991
(No. 9)
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Railway Safety Act 2005
(No. 31)
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Residential Institutions Redress Act 2002
(No. 13)
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Road Safety Authority Act 2006
(No. 14)
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Road Traffic Acts 1961 to 2014
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Roads Act 1993
(No. 14)
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Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005
(No. 10)
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Sea-Fisheries and Maritime Jurisdiction Act 2006
(No. 8)
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Social Welfare Acts
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State Authorities (Public Private Partnership Arrangements) Act 2002
(No. 1)
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Taxes Consolidation Act 1997
(No. 39)
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Transport (Railway Infrastructure) Act 2001
(No. 55)
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Transport (Re-organisation of Córas Iompair Éireann) Act 1986
(No. 31)
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Tribunals of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921
(11 & 12 Geo. 5, c. 7)
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Údarás na Gaeltachta Act 1979
(No. 5)
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Veterinary Practice Act 2005
(No. 22)
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Voluntary Health Insurance (Amendment) Act 1996
(No. 4)
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Western Development Commission Act 1998
(No. 42)
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Number 30 of 2014
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Freedom of Information Act 2014
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An Act to enable members of the public to obtain access, to the greatest extent possible consistent with the public interest and the right to privacy, to information in the possession of public bodies, other bodies in receipt of funding from the State and certain other bodies and to enable persons to have personal information relating to them in the possession of such bodies corrected and, accordingly, to provide for a right of access to records held by such bodies, for necessary exceptions to that right and for assistance to persons to enable them to exercise it, to provide for the independent review both of decisions of such bodies relating to that right and of the operation of this Act generally (including the proceedings of such bodies pursuant to this Act) and, for those purposes, to provide for the continuance of the office of Information Commissioner and to define its functions, to provide for the publication by such bodies of certain information about them relevant to the purposes of this Act, to repeal the
Freedom of Information Act 1997
and the
Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003
, to amend the
Central Bank Act 1942
, to amend the
Official Secrets Act 1963
, to repeal certain other enactments, and to provide for related matters. [14 th October, 2014]
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Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:
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