[2014.]
Freedom of Information Act 2014.
[No. 30.]PT.1 S.2
transmit data;
“enactment” means a statute or an instrument made under a power conferred by a
statute;
“entity” means a person, body of persons, organisation or group;
“exempt record” means—
(a) a record in relation to which the grant of an FOI request would be refused
pursuant to Part 4 or by virtue of Part 5, or
(b) a record that is created for or held by an office holder and relates to the functions
or activities of—
(i) the office holder as a member of the Oireachtas or a political party, or
(ii) a political party;
“factual information” includes information of a statistical, financial, econometric or
empirical nature, together with any analysis thereof;
“FOI body” means a public body or a prescribed body;
“FOI request” means a request for access to a record pursuant to section 12;
“give” includes send, whether by post, electronic or other means;
“head” means head of an FOI body;
“head of an FOI body” means—
(a) in relation to a Department of State, the Minister of the Government having
charge of it,
(b) in relation to the Office of the Attorney General, the Attorney General,
(c) in relation to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions, the Director of
Public Prosecutions,
(d) in relation to the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, the Comptroller
and Auditor General,
(e) in relation to the Office of the Ombudsman, the Ombudsman,
(f) in relation to the Office of the Information Commissioner, the Commissioner,
(g) in relation to the Financial Services Ombudsman’s Bureau, the Financial Services
Ombudsman,
(h) in relation to the Office of the Local Appointments Commissioners, the Local
Appointments Commissioners,
(i) in relation to the Houses of the Oireachtas Service, the Chairman of Dáil Éireann,
(j) in relation to the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission, its chairperson,
(k) in relation to the Office of the Ombudsman for Children, the Ombudsman for
Children,
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