Frequently Asked Questions

Since 2004, registration authorities are required to publish two versions of the Register - the Full Register and the Edited Register.  The full register lists everyone who is entitled to vote and can only be used for an electoral or other statutory purpose.  The edited Register contains the names and addresses of persons whose details can be used for a purpose other than an electoral or other statutory purpose e.g. direct marketing use by a commercial or other organisation.  To ensure your details are not included on the Edited Register, choose the 'opt-out box' on the registration form.

You can remain on the Register if you intend to return to your residence within 18 months.

There are six categories of information available as follows:

• the state of the elements of the environment e.g. air, water, soil, land, landscape, biological diversity
• factors affecting, or likely to affect, the elements of the environment, e.g. energy, noise, radiation, waste and other releases into the environment
• measures designed to protect the elements of the environment e.g. policies, legislation, plans, programs, environmental agreements
• reports on the implementation of environmental legislation
• analyses and assumptions used within the framework of measures designed to protect the environment
• the state of human health and safety, the food chain, cultural sights and built structures in as much as they may be affected by the elements of the environment.

Under the mandate of legislation, we must refuse to give you access to environmental information on the following grounds:

• personal information
• information supplied by a third party voluntarily
• material the disclosure of which would make it more likely that the environment to which such material related would be damaged
• confidentiality of the proceedings of public authorities.

Under the AIE Regulations we may refuse to give you access to information on certain grounds:

• international relations, national defence or public security
• the course of justice
• commercial or industrial confidentiality
• intellectual property rights
• material in the course of completion
• internal communications with public authorities
• the request is considered to be unreasonable due to the volume or range of information sought or the request is too general.

If you are not satisfied with the response to your request or if the Council fail to respond within the assigned timeframe, you can request an internal review of the matter.   That review will be undertaken by an officer of the Council who was unconnected to the original decision.  You must make your appeal within one month of receiving the original decision letter and the Council must respond to your appeal within one month of receipt of same.

Please submit your appeal to:

Appeals Officer
Freedom of Information 
Corporate Affairs Department
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council
Marine Road
Dún Laoghaire
Co. Dublin

Tel:  01 2054700

Email: foi@dlrcoco.ie

Councillors (Total: 14)

Emma Blain

Chris Curran

Kevin Daly
Liam Dockery
Kate Feeney
Melisa Halpin
Mary Hanafin

John Kennedy
Lettie McCarthy
Tom Murphy
Peter O'Brien

Shane O'Brien

Denis O'Callaghan

Barry Ward (Chair)

Sectoral Representatives (Total: 7)

Environment/Conservation Sector (1) 
- Miriam Hennessy (PPN)

Development/Construction Sector (1) 
- Sean O'Neill (Chambers Ireland)

Business/Commercial Sector (2) 
- Dr Josephine Browne (Chambers Ireland)
- Ann Marie Walsh (Chambers Ireland)

Trade Union Sector (1) 
- Rosheen Callendar (ICTU)

Community/Voluntary Sector (1) 
- Aileen Eglinton (PPN)

Social Inclusion Sector (1) 
- Fardus Sultan (PPN)

Councillors (Total: 14)

Marie Baker

Shay Brennan

Anne Colgan

Jennifer Cuffe
Kevin Daly

Karen Furlong

Jim Gildea
Carron McKinney
Michael Merrigan (Chair)
Brian Murphy
Tom Murphy

Dave O'Keeffe
Patricia Stewart
Grace Tallon

Sectoral Representatives (Total: 7)

Environmental/Conversation Sector (2)
- Goff Lalor (PPN)
- Rob Goodbody (PPN)

Development/Construction Sector (2)
- Matt Gallagher (Chambers Ireland)
- Martin O'Donnell (Chambers Ireland)

Business/Commercial Sector (1)
- Kevin Fitzgerald (Chambers Ireland)

Community/Voluntary Sector (1)
- Paul O'Callaghan (PPN)

Social Inclusion Sector (1)
- Veronica Heywood (PPN)

Councillors (Total: 14)

John Bailey

Shay Brennan (Chairperson)
Liam Dockery
Deirdre Donnelly
Pat Hand
Deirdre Kingston
Hugh Lewis
Lettie McCarthy
Shane O'Brien
Seamas O'Neill
Barry Saul

Dónal Smith
Ossian Smyth
Barry Ward

Sectoral Representatives (Total: 7)

Environmental/Conversation Sector (2)

- Keith Byrne (PPN)
- Clare Sullivan (PPN)

Development/Construction Sector (2)
- Pat Neill (Chambers Ireland)
- Gregory Alken (Chambers Ireland )

Business/Commercial Sector (1)
- Tom Nolan (Chambers Ireland )

Community/Voluntary Sector (1)
- Jim Colgan (PPN)

Social Inclusion Sector (1)
- John Nolan (PPN)

Fees

Requests for personal information under FOI are free. Requests for non-personal information may incur fees as listed below if there is a lot of search and retrieval work involved, including photocopying.

• There is no fee where the cost of search, retrieval and copying is less than €101 (less than five hours work).
• There is a €20.00 per hour search and retrieval fee and €0.04 per sheet for a photocopy where this exceeds the €101 free allowance.
• Where the cost of search, retrieval and copying is greater than €700, we can refuse to process the request. You will be given the opportunity to refine your request.
• Internal review for non-personal requests incurs a fee of €30 (€10 for medical card holders).
• An appeal to the Information Commissioner for non-personal requests costs €50 (€15 for medical card holders).

Fees and charges paid by money order or cheque should be made payable to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council.

All requests for personal details must be made in writing, either by post or email. You may be asked for evidence of your identity. This is to make sure that personal information is not given to the wrong person. Please address your request to:

Data Protection Co-ordinator

Corporate Affairs Department

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

Marine Road

Dún Laoghaire

Co. Dublin

Telephone: 01 205 4700

Email: dataprotection@dlrcoco.ie

In your request, you should give any details that will help the County Council to identify you and find your data e.g. any previous address and/or date of birth.  Also, be clear about which details you are looking for if you are only looking for certain information.

You should receive these details within one month of your request. This can be extended by a further two months if the request is complex or there is a number of requests from the same individual.

In most cases individuals cannot be required to pay a fee to make a subject access request. However, in certain very limited circumstances, per Article 12(5) GDPR, where the initial request is ‘manifestly unfounded or excessive’ or where an individual requests additional copies of their personal data undergoing processing Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council may charge a ‘reasonable fee’ for the administrative costs of complying with the request.

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