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Annual Report 2008 - Text

Charges

Unlike access under the FOI Act, there is no upfront fee when making a request. Neither is there any charge for the making of an internal review application. However, there is an upfront fee for appeal to my Office which is set at €150 with a reduced fee of €50 for medical card holders and their dependants.

A public authority may charge a fee where it makes information available. However, there is a provision that any such fee must be "reasonable having regard to the Directive". Where a public authority proposes to charge such fees, it is obliged to make a list of fees chargeable available to the public. There is provision for a right of appeal (internal and external) on the grounds that the fee charged is excessive. - see my decision in the Sligo County Council Case (CEI/07/06) later in this chapter.

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