Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Fees) Regulations 2014

JurisdictionIreland
CitationIR SI 484/2014
Year2014

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 28th October, 2014.

I, BRENDAN HOWLIN, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 3 and 27 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014), hereby make the following Regulations:

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (Fees) Regulations 2014.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 16 October 2014.

2. In these Regulations a reference to a section is a reference to that section of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 (No. 30 of 2014) and, save where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a paragraph is a reference to a paragraph of the Regulation in which the reference occurs.

3. (1) Subject to paragraphs (2), (3) and (4), an amount of €20.00 per hour is hereby prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (a) of section 27(3).

(2) Subject to paragraph 4, the appropriate maximum amount under paragraph (1), for the purposes of paragraph (c) of section 27(3) is hereby prescribed as €500.

(3) The appropriate minimum amount under paragraph (1), for the purposes of paragraph (d) of section 27(3) is hereby prescribed as €100.

(4) The overall ceiling limit, for the purposes of paragraph (b) of section 27(12) is hereby prescribed at €700.

4. (1) Subject to paragraph (3)(a), a fee of €30.00 is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (a)(i) of section 27(13), in respect of a person who makes an application under section 21, not being

(a) an application in relation to a decision under section 9 or 10, or

(b) an application in relation to a decision to charge a fee or deposit, or a fee or deposit of a particular amount, under section 27.

(2) Subject to paragraph (3)(b), a fee of €50.00 is prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (a)(ii) of section 27(13), in respect of a person who makes an application under section 22, not being an application in relation to

(a) a decision under section 21 relating to a decision under section 9 or 10, or

(b) a decision made by a head under section 9 or 10, or

(c) a decision under section 21, or a decision under section 27, that a fee or deposit of an amount prescribed under Regulation 6 of these Regulations should be charged under section 27.

(3)(a) In respect of persons referred to in paragraph (1) who are

(i) medical card holders, or

(ii) dependants of medical card holders,

the amount of the fee referred to in paragraph (1) is prescribed as the amount specified in that paragraph less €20.00.

(b) In respect of persons referred to in paragraph (2) who are

(i) medical card holders, or

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