[2014.] Freedom of Information Act 2014. [No. 30.]PT.3 S.15 (a) a record that is available for inspection by members of the public whether upon payment or free of charge, or (b) a record a copy of which is available for purchase or removal free of charge by members of the public, whether by virtue of an enactment (other than this Act) or otherwise. (3) A record shall not be within subsection (2) by reason only of the fact that it contains information constituting personal data to which the Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 apply. (4) A head shall not refuse, pursuant to paragraph (b) or (c) of subsection (1), to grant an FOI request unless he or she has assisted, or offered to assist, the requester concerned in an endeavour so as to amend the request for re-submission such that it no longer falls within those paragraphs. Deferral of access to records 16. (1) Where an FOI request is made, and— (a) the record concerned was prepared solely for the information of either or both of the Houses of the Oireachtas or a committee of either or both of such Houses and copies of the record are intended to be laid before either or both of such Houses or given to such a committee or otherwise published to members of either or both of such Houses or such a committee on a day falling within a reasonable period after the receipt by the head concerned of the request (the “specified day”), or (b) information contained in the record concerned falls within paragraph (b), (d) or (e) of section 29(2) and the giving of access to the record on or before a particular day (the “specified day”) would, in the opinion of the head concerned, be contrary to the public interest, or (c) the record concerned is held by a Department of State and the Minister of the Government in whom functions in relation to that Department are vested considers that the record or part thereof or any matter to which it relates is of such interest to the public generally that he or she intends to inform either or both of the Houses of the Oireachtas of the contents of the record or part or of the matter or otherwise to publish the contents of the record or part or information relating to the matter on a day not later than one week after the appropriate time specified in section 13(3) (the “specified day”), the head concerned may defer the offering of access to the record to the requester concerned until the day immediately after the specified day. (2) Section 13(3) shall be construed and have effect in relation to a case in which the offering of access to a record is deferred under this section as if— (a) paragraph (a) thereof required access to the record to be offered to the requester concerned forthwith upon the expiration of the period of the deferral and the record to be kept available for the purpose of such access for a period of 4 weeks thereafter, and 33