Ireland · FOI & Data Protection

FOI and data protection for Irish public bodies, in one platform

AccessPoint runs Freedom of Information Act 2014 requests and GDPR data subject requests together — the four-week clock, the fee rules, the Office of the Information Commissioner, and breach notification to the DPC — inside your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

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Ireland at a glance

FOI response deadline
Four weeks from receipt (section 13)
Extensions
Up to a further four weeks for a large number of records (section 14)
FOI fees
No application fee; search, retrieval and copying at €20/hour, with no charge below a €101 threshold and an overall cap; personal-records requests are generally exempt
Review fees
Internal review €30 (€10 reduced); review by the Information Commissioner €50 (€15 reduced)
Breach notification
To the DPC without undue delay, within 72 hours where feasible (Article 33)
Impact assessments
DPIA required for high-risk processing (Article 35)
Oversight
Office of the Information Commissioner; Data Protection Commission
Languages
English and Irish

Built for Ireland

One platform for the whole access-and-privacy mandate, pre-configured for this regime and running in your own Microsoft 365 tenant.

FOI Act 2014 lifecycle

Intake to decision on the four-week clock, with the section 14 extension, the exemption provisions, fee estimates, and OIC-ready records, all built on Microsoft 365.

GDPR data subject requests

Run access and rectification requests on the GDPR one-month clock, with identity checks and third-party redaction, beside your FOI requests in one system.

Irish FOI fees

Apply the fee rules the Act sets — €20/hour search and retrieval above the €101 threshold, the overall cap, and the reduced rates for internal review and Commissioner review — with estimates and notices generated for you.

Breach notification to the DPC

Log a personal data breach, assess the risk to rights and freedoms, and get a live checklist of what must reach the Data Protection Commission within 72 hours and the individuals affected.

OIC review and appeals

Track internal review and review by the Information Commissioner, each with its own clock, an investigation workspace, and a guided disposition.

In your own tenant

Every request, assessment, and record stays inside your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant — no third-party cloud and no cross-border transfer of your data.

FOI and data protection, together

Irish public bodies answer FOI requests and data-protection requests side by side. AccessPoint runs both.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, anyone can ask an FOI body for its records and get a decision within four weeks, subject to review by the Office of the Information Commissioner. Under the GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, the same body must give individuals access to their personal data within a month and report serious breaches to the Data Protection Commission. AccessPoint runs FOI requests, data subject requests, breach response, and DPIAs on one platform in your own tenant, so both regimes — and both regulators — live in one system.

FOI, four weeks The exemption catalogue and fee rules, OIC-ready.
GDPR, one month Access and rectification with third-party redaction.
The DPC breach clock A live 72-hour checklist computed for the Data Protection Commission.

Configured out of the box

Installing the ie-foi-dp configuration pack seeds your tenant with everything this regime needs — a starting point you can adjust, not a lock-in.

Related guide: FOI Workflow Quick Check
  • The FOI Act 2014 and the GDPR / Data Protection Act 2018 as the legal-authority spine
  • The four-week FOI clock and the section 14 extension, on the Irish working-day calendar
  • The FOI exemption provisions with the public-interest test
  • Search, retrieval and copying fees — the €20/hour rate, the €101 threshold, and the overall cap
  • Internal-review and Information-Commissioner review fees, with reduced rates
  • GDPR data-subject request types — access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability
  • Article 33 and 34 breach-notification rules for the DPC on the 72-hour clock
  • Article 35 DPIA questionnaires and the Article 30 ROPA register
  • OIC review grounds and dispositions
  • Correspondence templates in English and Irish

Ireland Questions

What is the FOI response deadline in Ireland?
Four weeks from receipt of a valid request, with an extension of up to a further four weeks where the request covers a large number of records or would require a large volume of searching (section 14). AccessPoint calculates both on the Irish working-day calendar and drives the decision to a defensible close.

How do FOI fees work?
There is no application fee. Search, retrieval and copying is charged at €20 per hour, with no charge below a €101 threshold and an overall cap; requests for your own personal records are generally not subject to these fees. Internal review costs €30 (€10 reduced) and a review by the Information Commissioner €50 (€15 reduced). AccessPoint generates the estimates and notices.

Does it cover data protection as well as FOI?
Yes. The same pack runs GDPR data subject access and rectification on the one-month clock, DPIAs under Article 35, and breach notification to the Data Protection Commission — the FOI and data-protection sides in one system, with one audit trail.

Where does Irish data reside?
Entirely within your own Microsoft 365 and Azure tenant. Requests, documents, assessments, and audit history never leave your control — no third-party cloud, no vendor access, and no cross-border transfer of your data.

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