Freedom of Information
Freedom of Information
Freedom of Information Officer
Fingal County Council
County Hall
Swords
Fingal
Co Dublin
Phone: 8905834 fax: 8905169
Email: foi@fingalcoco.ie
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Acts 1997 and 2003 were introduced to help the citizen
access official information to records created after 21st October 1998.
The Act gives the citizen the legal right to:
* Access information held by public bodies
* Have official information relating to them amended where it is incomplete, incorrect or misleading.
* Be informed of reasons for decisions that affect them.
Fee:
A fee of €15 must accompany each request, when seeking information of a non-personal nature. If request is personal the fee does not apply. A reduced fee of €10 applies to person covered by a medical card (please provide medical registration number).
Your request should be in writing, or by Email/Fax, and it should indicate that the information is sought under the Freedom of Information Act 1997.
Your request will be acknowledged within 3 working days and a decision given within four weeks unless an extension is requested by the council because of details of request.
An Internal Review can be requested if you are not happy with our decision and must be made within four weeks of the decision at a fee of €75
You may seek independent review by the Information Commissioner if you are dissatisfied with the decision by contacting the following address:
Office of the Information Commissioner
18 Lower Leeson Street
Dublin 2
Phone: 6785222 Fax: 6610570
Email: ombudsman@ombudsman.irlgov.ie
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