Disclaimer

Not a legal interpretation

Several sections of the Information Commissioner's website outline certain aspects of the FOI Acts and provide a plain English version of them. By doing this the Commissioner hopes to assist the general public in its understanding of the rights which Ireland's FOI legislation confers on them, and of the responsibilities of public bodies under the Acts. These pages are intended as a non-technical guide to certain aspects of the Acts. They do not represent a legal interpretation and should not be taken as a definitive representation of anything contained in the Acts. The only definitive statement of the law relating to Freedom of Information in Ireland is the Freedom of Information Act 1997 and the Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2003, together with any associated regulations.

Applying on-line for review by the Commissioner

If you apply on-line for review by the Commissioner we will consider that you are aware of and have consented to the following:

Where an on-line application for review is received by the Office outside of office hours, it will be opened on the next working day and will be acknowledged to the sender on that day.
This Office cannot guarantee the confidentiality of any communications sent in an on-line form, or by email.