Print this PageFreedom of Information
The Freedom of Information Acts, 1997 & 2003 provides that every person has the legal right to:
- access official records held by public bodies listed in the Act;
- have personal information held on them corrected or updated where such information is incomplete, incorrect or misleading; and
- be given reasons for decisions taken by public bodies that affect them.
Freedom of Information and the Affordable Homes Partnership
The Act requires Affordable Homes Partnership to respond to requests from the public for information held by the Affordable Homes Partnership.
The Affordable Homes Partnership is obliged to:
- acknowledge receipt of the request within two weeks
- make a decision within four weeks of the receipt, eight weeks in certain cases.
If the Affordable Homes Partnership does not respond within four weeks the request is deemed to have been refused and the requester can proceed to the review stage.
Assistance Manuals
The Affordable Homes Partnership has produced a Section 15 and 16 manual as required by the Act. This is available to help you in understanding the structure of the organisation and the types of information held.
Section 15 and 16
This is a guide to the structure, functions, services and records of the Affordable Homes Partnership. It gives a guide on the process of requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act and details on fees that apply.
It also sets out rules, procedures, practices, guidelines, interpretations and precedents used by the Affordable Homes Partnership for the purposes of decisions, determinations or recommendations.
Click here to download Section 15 and 16 F.O.I. Manual (PDF, 158KB).
A copy of the manual is also available from:
Affordable Homes Partnership,
2nd Floor,
Cumberland House,
Fenian, Street,
Dublin 2.
Tel: 01 656 4100
Email: info@ahp.ie
The Information Commissioner
The Office of the Information Commissioner is an independent office with powers to review decisions made by the Affordable Homes Partnership.
Where a review has been undertaken, the Information Commissioner's decision is binding on the parties concerned subject to appeal to the High Court on a point of law.
Appeals in writing may be made to the Information Commissioner at the following address:
Office of the Information Commissioner,
18 Lower Leeson Street,
Dublin 2.
Tel: 01 639 5689
Email: info@oic.ie
www.oic.gov.ie
