If a fee applies, we cannot accept or process your application until you pay the fee.
The date of receipt of your email or letter is not the date of the application. The date of the application is the date when we have received both the application and the correct fee.
You can pay your fee online. Online applications are valid only if you use the application form provided on this site. Applications sent to the email addresses of individual staff members are not valid.
Please check the following table to see if you should pay a fee. If you have any questions please contact us.
| Access to a personal record relating to you | No fee |
| Amendment to records (section 9 of the Freedom of Information Act) | No fee |
| Statement of reasons (section 10 of the Freedom of Information Act) | No fee |
| Appeal decision of a public body to charge a fee Note: Fees may apply for search and retrieval and/or copying of records which are the subject of an FOI Request |
No fee |
| Request to which section 37(8) of the Freedom of Information Act applies | No fee |
| Access to a non-personal record | €50 |
| Access to a non-personal record by the holder of an Irish medical card or a dependant of a medical card holder Note: We need a photocopy of the medical card |
€15 |
| Third parties appealing a public body's decision to release their information on public interest grounds (section 38 of the Freedom of Information Act) |
€15 |
| Appeal decision of a public body to extend the time for the consideration of an FOI request (section 14 of the Freedom of Information Act) | €50 |
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Appeal decision of a public body to extend the time for the consideration of an FOI request by the holder of an Irish medical card or a dependant of a medical card holder (section 14 of the Freedom of Information Act) |
€15 |