South West Regional Authority

The Freedom of Information legislation was enacted on 21 April 1997.

It was applied to local authorities and health boards on 21 October 1998. Since then, the Act has encompassed more public bodies including the regional authorities.

The Freedom of Information legislation establishes three statutory rights:

• A legal right for each person to access information held by public bodies.
• A legal right for each person to have official information relating to him or her amended where it is incomplete, incorrect or misleading.
• A legal right to obtain reasons for decisions affecting oneself.

Contact

Freedom of Information requests to the Authority should be addressed to:

• Mr. Eoghan Allen

  Freedom of Information Officer
  South West Regional Authority
  Innishmore
  Ballincollig
  Co Cork
  Email: eallen@swra.ie