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Overview The Access to Information on the Environment Regulations (AIE) gives everyone the right to request environmental information that is held by a public body. The Regulations arise from an EU Directive and have been in force in Ireland for several years. Their aim is to open up the work of public bodies where it impacts on the environment. The Aarhus Convention established three main principal rights for the public – to receive environmental information, to participate in environmental decision making and access to justice. The aim is that allowing people access to more information would assist them when taking part in decision making processes where the environment would be impacted by the outcome. What is Environmental Information The definition of ‘environmental information as’ in the regulations is deliberately broad. It is any information in written, visual, aural, electronic or any other material form on (a) the state of the elements of the environment, such as air and atmosphere, water, soil, land, landscape and natural sites including wetlands, coastal and marine areas, biological diversity and its components, including genetically modified organisms and the interaction among these elements, (b) factors, such as substances, energy, noise, radiation or waste, including radioactive waste, emissions, discharges and other releases into the environment, affecting or likely to affect the elements of the environment, (c) measures (including administrative measures), such as policies, legislation, plans, programmes, environmental agreements, and activities affecting or likely to affect the elements and factors referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) as well as measures or activities designed to protect those elements, (d) reports on the implementation of environmental legislation, (e) cost-benefit and other economic analyses and assumptions used within the framework of the measures and activities referred to in paragraph (c), and (f) the state of human health and safety, including the contamination of the food chain, where relevant, conditions of human life, cultural sites and built structures inasmuch as they are, or may be, affected by the state of the elements of the environment referred to in paragraph (a) or, through those elements, by any of the matters referred to in paragraphs (b) and (c); Although the definition is deliberately broad, European and Irish courts as well as the Irish Commissioner for Environmental Information have ruled that a record must have more than a minimal connection with the environment to be released under AIE. Making a request You can make a request for environmental records held by RTE by emailing aie@rte.ie or by post at Access to Information on the Environment Office, Administration Building, RTE, Donnybrook, Dublin 4 You must state that your request is being made under the Access to Information on the Environment regulations. There is no fee to make a request although some charges may arise during its processing, €20 per hour for search, retrieval and copying; 4 cents per page of photocopying and €10 for CD. You will be advised in advance if your request will incur any charges. You can expect an answer to your request within one month. If you are dissatisfied with our reply or if you do not hear back from us within one month you make seek an internal review which is free of charge. This can be done via email or via post to the addresses outlined above. You have one month from receipt of our reply to you in which to make this appeal. If you remain dissatisfied after the internal review you can seek the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information to review the case. You should request an appeal from the OCEI within one month of receipt of our internal review. There is a fee of €50 (or €15 for medical card holders) for making such an appeal. Additional Information The following websites provide more information about AIE which might be of use. Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/about-us/compliance/access-to-information-on-the-environment-(aie)/aie-legislation/Pages/AIE-Legislation.aspx
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Forléargas Leis na Rialacháin um Rochtain ar Fhaisnéis maidir leis an gComhshaol (AIE), tugtar ceart do gach duine faisnéis faoin gcomhshaol atá á sealbhú ag comhlacht poiblí a shealbhú a iarraidh. Éiríonn na Rialacháin as Treoir AE agus tá siad i bhfeidhm in Éirinn le tamall de bhlianta. Is é is aidhm do na Rialacháin ná obair comhlachtaí poiblí a nochtadh don phobal i gcás ina n-imríonn sí tionchar ar an gcomhshaol. Le Coinbhinsiún Aarhus bunaíodh trí phríomhcheart bhunúsacha do dhaoine den phobal – is é sin le rá, ceart chun faisnéis a fháil faoin gcomhshaol, ceart chun bheith páirteach sa chinnteoireacht faoi chúrsaí comhshaoil agus ceart chun rochtain a fháil ar cheartas. Is é atá san aidhm i gcónaí ná go ligfear do dhaoine rochtain a fháil ar thuilleadh faisnéise a chabhródh leo nuair atá páirt á glacadh acu i bpróisis chinnteoireachta i gcás ina n-imreodh toradh na bpróiseas sin tionchar ar an gcomhshaol. Cad atá i gceist le Faisnéis faoin gComhshaol Tugtar sainmhíniú leathan ar ‘faisnéis chomhshaoil’ sna Rialacháin agus is d’aon turas a dhéantar amhlaidh. Is é atá inti ná aon fhaisnéis i bhfoirm scríofa, amhairc, éisteachta nó leictreonach nó in aon fhoirm ábharach eile, ar faisnéis í a bhaineann leis an méid seo a leanas: (a) an staid ina bhfuil eilimintí an chomhshaoil, amhail aer agus atmaisféar, uisce, ithir, talamh, tírdhreach agus láithreáin nádúrtha lena n-áirítear bogaigh, limistéir chósta agus limistéir mhuirí, éagsúlacht bhitheolaíochta agus a comhchodanna, lena n-áirítear orgánaigh ghéinmhodhnaithe, agus an idirghníomhaíocht idir na heilimintí sin, (b) nithe amhail substaintí, fuinneamh, torann, radaíocht nó dramhaíl, lena n-áirítear dramhaíl radaighníomhach, astaíochtaí, sceití agus scaoilte eile isteach sa chomhshaol, ar nithe iad a dhéanann difear, nó ar dóigh dóibh difear a dhéanamh, d’eilimintí an chomhshaoil, (c) bearta (lena n-áirítear bearta riaracháin), amhail beartais, reachtaíocht, pleananna, cláir, comhaontuithe comhshaoil agus gníomhaíochtaí a dhéanann difear, nó ar dóigh dóibh difear a dhéanamh, do na heilimintí agus do na nithe dá dtagraítear i míreanna (a) agus (b), mar aon le bearta nó le gníomhaíochtaí arb é is aidhm dóibh na heilimintí sin a chosaint, (d) tuarascálacha ar chur chun feidhme na reachtaíochta comhshaoil, (e) anailísí costais is tairbhe agus anailísí agus toimhdí eacnamaíocha eile a úsáidtear faoi chuimsiú na mbeart agus na ngníomhaíochtaí dá dtagraítear i mír (c), agus (f) staid shláinte agus shábháilteacht an duine, lena n-áirítear éilliú an tslabhra bia, más iomchuí, dálaí maireachtála daoine, láithreáin chultúir agus déanmhais thógtha sa mhéid go ndéanann an staid ina bhfuil eilimintí an chomhshaol dá dtagraítear i mír (a) difear dóibh, nó sa mhéid go bhféadfadh na heilimintí sin difear a dhéanamh dóibh, nó, trí na heilimintí sin, sa mhéid go ndéanann, nó go bhféadfadh aon cheann de na nithe dá dtagraítear i míreanna (b) agus (c) difear dóibh. Cé go dtugtar sainmhíniú leathan d’aon turas, tá rialú déanta ag cúirteanna Eorpacha agus ag cúirteanna Éireannacha, agus ag Coimisinéir na hÉireann um Fhaisnéis Chomhshaoil freisin, nach mór níos mó ná mionbhaint a bheith ag taifead leis an gcomhshaol le go bhféadfar é a scaoileadh faoi AIE. Iarraidh a dhéanamh Is féidir leat iarraidh ar thaifid chomhshaoil a shealbhaíonn RTÉ a dhéanamh trí theachtaireacht ríomhphoist a chur chuig aie@rte.ie nó leis an ngnáthphost ag An Oifig um Rochtain ar Fhaisnéis maidir leis an gComhshaol, An Foirgneamh Riaracháin, RTÉ, Domhnach Broc, Baile Átha Cliath 4 Ní mór duit a rá go bhfuil an iarraidh á déanamh faoi na Rialacháin um Rochtain ar Fhaisnéis maidir leis an gComhshaol. Ní ghearrtar aon táille ar iarraidh a dhéanamh ach d’fhéadfadh roinnt muirear a bheith i gceist le linn an iarraidh a phróiseáil, is é sin, €20 in aghaidh na huaire an chloig i ndáil le cuardach, aisghabháil agus cóipeáil; 4 cent in aghaidh an leathanaigh a fhótachóipeáiltear agus €10 le haghaidh CD. Tabharfar fógra duit roimh ré i dtaobh an ngearrfar aon mhuirir maidir leis an iarraidh. Is féidir leat a bheith ag súil go bhfaighidh tú freagra faoin iarraidh laistigh d’aon mhí amháin. Má bhíonn tú míshásta lenár bhfreagra, nó más rud é nach bhfaigheann tú freagra uainn, laistigh d’aon mhí amháin féadfaidh tú athbhreithniú inmheánach a lorg agus déanfar an t-athbhreithniú sin saor ó mhuirear. Is féidir an t-athbhreithniú a lorg le ríomhphost nó leis an ngnáthphost ag na seoltaí a shonraítear thuas. Beidh aon mhí amháin agat, tar éis an dáta a bhfaigheann tú freagra uainn, chun an t-achomharc sin a dhéanamh. Má bhíonn tí míshásta fós tar éis an athbhreithnithe inmheánaigh is féidir leat a iarraidh ar Oifig an Choimisinéara um Fhaisnéis maidir leis an gComhshaol (OCEI) an cás a athbhreithniú. Is ceart duit achomharc a iarraidh ar OCEI laistigh d’aon mhí amháin ón dáta a bhfaightear toradh ár n-athbhreithnithe inmheánaigh. Gearrtar táille €50 (nó €15 do dhaoine a bhfuil cárta liachta acu) i leith achomharc den sórt sin a dhéanamh. Faisnéis Bhreise Tá tuilleadh faisnéise le fáil maidir le AIE ar na láithreáin ghréasáin seo a leanas agus d’fhéadfaidís a bheith úsáideach. Oifig an Choimisinéara um Fhaisnéis maidir leis an gComhshaol An Roinn Comhsaoil, Aeráide agus Cumarsáide https://www.dccae.gov.ie/en-ie/about-us/compliance/access-to-information-on-the-environment-(aie)/aie-legislation/Pages/AIE-Legislation.aspx