FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2014

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR No. 30/2014

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Number 30 of 2014

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2023

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This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including the Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022, and all statutory instruments up to and including the Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

Disclaimer: While every care has been taken in the preparation of this Revised Act, the Law Reform Commission can assume no responsibility for and give no guarantees, undertakings or warranties concerning the accuracy, completeness or up to date nature of the information provided and does not accept any liability whatsoever arising from any errors or omissions. Please notify any errors, omissions and comments by email to

revisedacts@lawreform.ie.

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Number 30 of 2014

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2023

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Introduction

This Revised Act presents the text of the Act as it has been amended since enactment, and preserves the format in which it was passed.

Related legislation

This Act is not collectively cited with any other Act.

Annotations

This Revised Act is annotated and includes textual and non-textual amendments, statutory instruments made pursuant to the Act and previous affecting provisions.

An explanation of how to read annotations is available at

www.lawreform.ie/annotations.

Material not updated in this revision

Where other legislation is amended by this Act, those amendments may have been superseded by other amendments in other legislation, or the amended legislation may have been repealed or revoked. This information is not represented in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the amended legislation if one is available.

Where legislation or a fragment of legislation is referred to in annotations, changes to this legislation or fragment may not be reflected in this revision but will be reflected in a revision of the legislation referred to if one is available.

A list of legislative changes to any Act, and to statutory instruments from 1972, may be found may be found linked from the page of the Act or statutory instrument at

www.irishstatutebook.ie.

Acts which affect or previously affected this revision

• Assisted Decision -Making (Capacity) (Amendment) Act 2022 (46/2022)

• Personal Injuries Resolution Board 2022 (42/2022)

• Protected Disclosures (Amendment) Act 2022 (27/2022)

• Land Development Agency Act 2021 (26/2021)

• Credit Union Restructuring Board (Dissolution) Act 2020 (22/2020)

• Judicial Council Act 2019 (33/2019)

• CervicalCheck Tribunal Act 2019 (31/2019)

• Home Building Finance Ireland Act 2018 (28/2018)

• Data Protection Act 2018 (7/2018)

• Independent Reporting Commission Act 2017 (25/2017)

• Minerals Development Act 2017 (23/2017)

• Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 (22/2017)

• Prisons Act 2015 (57/2015)

• National Minimum Wage (Low Pay Commission) Act 2015 (22/2015)

• Workplace Relations Act 2015 (16/2015)

• Public Service Superannuation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2004 (7/2004)

All Acts up to and including Local Government (Maternity Protection and Other Measures for Members of Local Authorities) Act 2022 (52/2022), enacted 21 December 2022 were considered in the preparation of this revision.

Statutory instruments which affect or previously affected this revision

• European Union (Electronic Communications Code) Regulations 2022 (S.I. No. 444 of 2022)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Sections 9(6), 10(6) and 37(8)) Regulations 2017 (S.I. No. 53 of 2017)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Sections 9(6), 10(6) and 37(8)) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 558 of 2016)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Section 34(6)(b)) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 452 of 2016)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Amendment of Schedule 3) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 330 of 2016)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Section 37(8)) Regulations 2016 (S.I. No. 218 of 2016)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Effective Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 148 of 2015)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Exempted Public Bodies) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 144 of 2015)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Commencement Date for Certain Bodies) Order 2015 (S.I. No. 103 of 2015)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Fees) (No. 2) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 531 of 2014)

• Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Fees) Regulations 2014 (S.I. No. 484 of 2014)

All statutory instruments up to and including Planning And Development And Foreshore (Amendment) Act 2022 (Commencement) Order 2023 (S.I. No. 1 of 2023), made 9 January 2023, were considered in the preparation of this revision.

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Number 30 of 2014

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FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2023

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Acts Referred to

Adoption Act 2010 (No. 21)

Agriculture (Research, Training and Advice) Act 1988 (No. 18)

Air Navigation and Transport (Amendment) Act 1998 (No. 24)

Air Pollution Act 1987 (No. 6)

An Bord Bia Act 1994 (No. 22)

Arts Act 2003 (No. 24)

Aviation Regulation Act 2001 (No. 1)

Central Bank Act 1942 (No. 22)

Central Bank and Credit Institutions (Resolution) Act 2011 (No. 27)

Children Act 2001 (No. 24)

Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2011 (No. 23)

Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3)

Civil Service Regulation Act 1956 (No. 46)

Civil Service Regulation Acts 1956 to 2005

Comhairle Act 2000 (No. 1)

Commission To Inquire Into Child Abuse Act 2000 (No. 7)

Commissions of Investigation Act 2004 (No. 23)

Communications (Retention of Data) Act 2011 (No. 3)

Communications Regulation Act 2002 (No. 20)

Companies Acts

Comptroller and Auditor General Acts 1923 to 1993

Consumer Protection Act 2007 (No. 19)

Copyright and Related Rights Act 2000 (No. 28)

Coroners Act 1962 (No. 9)

Credit Reporting Act 2013 (No. 45)

Criminal Justice (Location of Victims’ Remains) Act 1999 (No. 9)

Criminal Justice (Surveillance) Act 2009 (No. 19)

Criminal Justice (Terrorist Offences) Act 2005 (No. 2)

Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006 (No. 11)

Data Protection Act 1988 (No. 25)

Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003

Defence Act 1954 (No. 18)

Dentists Act 1985 (No. 9)

Digital Hub Development Agency Act 2003 (No. 23)

Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008 (No. 15)

Education Act 1998 (No. 51)

Electricity Regulation Act 1999 (No. 23)

Employment Equality Acts 1998 to 2011

Environmental Protection Agency Act 1992 (No. 7)

Equal Status Acts 2000 to 2012

European Parliament Elections Act 1997 (No. 2)

Exchequer and Audit Department Acts 1866 and 1921

Family Support Agency Act 2001 (No. 54)

Food Safety Authority of Ireland Act 1998 (No. 29)

Forestry Act 1988 (No. 26)

Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 9)

Freedom of Information Act 1997 (No. 13)

Garda Síochána Act 2005 (No. 20)

Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002 (No. 10)

Gas Act 1976 (No. 30)

Harbours Act 1996 (No. 11)

Health (Repayment Scheme) Act 2006 (No. 17)

Health Act 1947 (No. 28)

Health Act 2004 (No. 42)

Health Act 2007 (No. 23)

Health Insurance Act 1994 (No. 16)

Houses of the Oireachtas (Inquiries, Privileges and Procedures) Act 2013 (No. 33)

Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 (No. 9)

Independent Monitoring Commission Act 2003 (No. 40)

Industrial Development Act 1986 (No. 9)

Industrial Development Act 1993 (No. 19)

Industrial Relations Act 1946 (No. 26)

Industrial Relations Act 1969 (No. 14)

Industrial Relations Act 1990 (No. 19)

Industrial Relations Acts 1946 to 2012

Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (No. 10)

Interception of Postal Packets and Telecommunications Messages (Regulation) Act 1993 (No. 10)

Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)

Irish Aviation Authority Act 1993 (No. 29)

Irish Film Board Act 1980 (No. 36)

Irish Horseracing Industry Act 1994 (No. 18)

Irish Medicines Board Act 1995 (No. 29)

Labour Services Act 1987 (No. 15)

Legal Services Ombudsman Act 2009 (No. 8)

Local Authorities (Officers and Employees) Act 1926 (No. 39)

Local Government Act 2001 (No. 37)

Marine Institute Act 1991 (No. 2)

Medical Practitioners Act 2007 (No. 25)

Milk (Regulation of Supply) Act 1994 (No. 25)

Ministers and Secretaries Act 1924 (No. 16)

National Archives Act 1986 (No. 11)

National Economic and Social Development Office Act 2006 (No. 21)

National Lottery Act 1986 (No. 28)

National Oil Reserves Agency Act 2007 (No. 7)

National Sports Campus Development Authority Act 2006 (No. 19)

National Tourism Development Authority Act 2003 (No. 10)

National Treasury Management Agency (Amendment) Act 2000 (No. 39)

National Treasury Management Agency Act 1990 (No. 18)

Nurses and Midwives Act 2011 (No. 41)

Offences Against the State Act 1939 (No. 13)

Offences against the State Acts 1939 to 1998

Official Secrets Act 1963 (No. 1)

Ombudsman (Defence Forces) Act 2004 (No. 36)

Ombudsman Act 1980 (No. 26)

Ombudsman Acts 1980 to 2012

Ombudsman for Children Act 2002 (No. 22)

Ordnance Survey Ireland Act 2001 (No. 43)

Organisation of Working Time Act 1997 (No. 20)

Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002) (No. 18)

Pensions Act 1990 (No. 25)

Pensions Acts 1990 to 2012

Personal Insolvency Act 2012 (No. 44)

Petty Sessions (Ireland) Act 1851 (4 & 5 Vict., c. 93)

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