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The Freedom of Information Act 2014 allows the public to request and obtain records held by a wide range of public bodies including RTÉ. This access, as stated in the Act, should be to the ‘greatest extent possible consistent with the public interest and the right to privacy’. It gives every person; - The right to access records held by RTÉ - The right to have personal information about them and held by RTÉ corrected or updated where the information is incomplete, incorrect or misleading - The right to be given reasons for decisions taken by RTÉ that affect them. The Act means that records created after April 21st, 1998 and held by RTÉ can be requested under the Freedom of Information Act. Personal information can be requested regardless of when it was created. A record is effectively defined in the Act as something that can be read, viewed or listened to. The work of some public bodies is entirely subject to FOI while for others only some of their functions can be subject to FOI requests. RTÉ is one of the latter. Statutory Instrument 115/2000 [click here] defines the functions of the national broadcaster which come within the scope of the legislation. These are management, administration, finance, commercial, communications and the making of contracts. Schedule 3 of the SI limits the scope of the legislation and according to the Explanatory Note the Freedom of Information Act only applies to ‘non-programme related functions’. However, as the national broadcaster RTÉ is committed to being as open and transparent as possible and regularly releases information – including programmes details – when it is possible to do so. It is important to note that the Freedom of Information Act allows for access to records and not necessarily information. Requests that are a series of questions may be refused on the grounds that they are not valid. Further information on Freedom of Information in Ireland is available by clicking on the following links:
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Faoin Acht um Shaoráil Faisnéise 2014, is féidir le daoine den phobal taifid atá ar coimeád ag réimse forleathan comhlachtaí poiblí, RTÉ san áireamh, a iarraidh agus a fháil. Luaitear san Acht gur cheart an teacht seo ar thaifid a bheith, chomh mór agus is féidir, ag teacht le leas an phobail agus leis an gceart chun príobháideachais. Tugtar de cheart don uile dhuine faoin Acht; - Teacht a bheith acu ar thaifid atá ar coimeád ag RTÉ - A thabhairt go ndéantar sonraí pearsanta ina leith atá ar coimeád ag RTÉ a choigeartú nó a leasú má tá an fhaisnéis neamhiomlán, mícheart nó míthreorach - A thabhairt go gcuirtear in iúl dóibh na cúiseanna le cinntí a dhéanann RTÉ agus a bhaineann leosan. Mar gheall ar an Acht, is féidir taifid a cruthaíodh ón 21 Aibreán 1998 ar aghaidh agus atá ar coimeád ag RTÉ a iarraidh faoin Acht um Shaoráil Faisnéise. Is féidir faisnéis phearsanta a iarraidh gan bheann ar thráth a cruthaithe. Tugtar de shainmhíniú ar thaifead faoin Acht gur ionann é agus rud ar féidir a léamh nó a bhreathnú nó ar féidir éisteacht leis. Tagann obair iomlán chomhlachtaí poiblí áirithe faoi scáth SF agus tá comhlachtaí poiblí eile ann nach féidir iarratas SF a dhéanamh maidir le hiomlán a gcuid feidhmeanna. Tá RTÉ ar cheann den dara cineál comhlacht poiblí sin. Luaitear go sonrach in Ionstraim Reachtúil 115/2000 [cliceáiltear anseo] na feidhmeanna de chuid an chraoltóra náisiúnta a thagann faoi scáth na reachtaíochta. Is iad na feidhmeanna sin, bainistíocht, riarachán, cúrsaí airgeadas, gnóthaí tráchtála, cumarsáid agus conarthaí a shocrú. Cuirtear teorainn le scóip na reachtaíochta faoi Sceideal 3 leis an IR agus de réir mar a luaitear sa Nóta Mínithe, is i ndáil le feidhmeanna nach mbaineann le cláir amháin atá feidhm leis an Acht um Shaoráil Faisnéise. Ina ainneoin sin, tá RTÉ, an craoltóir náisiúnta, tugtha do bheith chomh hoscailte follasach agus is féidir agus foilsítear eolas go rialta – sonraí faoi chláir san áireamh – nuair is féidir sin a dhéanamh. Is den tábhacht a thabhairt chun aire gur teacht ar thaifid a cheadaítear faoin Acht um Shaoráil Faisnéise agus nach móide gur teacht ar fhaisnéis. D’fhéadfadh go ndiúltófaí iarrataí ar sraith ceisteanna atá iontu ar an bhforas nach iarraidh dhlisteanach atá ann. Tá breis eolais faoi Shaoráil Faisnéise in Éirinn ar fáil ach cliceáil ar na naisc seo a leanas: