• Your rights to information
  • Access to Information on the Environment
  • Re-use of public sector information
• Complaints
• Official Languages Act

To submit a request, write us a letter that outlines the type of information you want and send it to

Nessa McCartan
Freedom Of Information Officer
Louth County Council
County Hall, Millennium Centre
Dundalk, Co. Louth

Note: When writing your letter make sure to state that you are seeking access to information under 'Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007'.

We will reply to within 1 month of receiving your application.

Categories of information you can access

The Directive covers information held in written, visual, aural, electronic or any other material form. There are 6 categories of information within this Directive:

• 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, other releases into the environment
• Measures designed to protect the elements of the environment, e.g. policies, legislation, plans, programmes, 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 sites and built structures in as much as they may be affected by the elements of the environment

Charges

Louth County Council may apply charges for search and retrieval of records and photocopying of documents. Charges will be on the same basis as those currently applied under the Freedom of Information Acts i.e.

• Search and retrieval: €20.95 per hour
• Photocopy : €0.04 per A4 page
• CD: €10.16

Right of appeal

If you are not satisfied with the response to your letter, you can request an internal review to a higher officer within Louth County Council.

If you are not satisfied with the response from the Higher Officer, you can then contact the Office of the Information Commissioner to submit an appeal.

Visit the website of the Office of the Information Commissioner

For more information

Fiona Healy
Designated Environmental Information Officer
Louth County Council
County Hall,Millennium Centre
Dundalk, Co Louth.

Tel: (042) 9324240

Email: fiona.healy@louthcoco.ie

See Also

Copy of 2007 Regulations

Guidance Notes

Visit the Information Commissioner's website for Access to Information on the Environmen