AIE - Fee Schedule
Access to Information on the Environment Regulations 2007
(S.I. No. 133 of 2007)
Fee Schedule
1. In general, environmental information will be supplied without charge as long as the costs involved to the local authority are not significant.
2. Where costs to the local authority are deemed to be significant a “reasonable” charge of €20.95 per hour will apply for the supply of documents. However, where the records concerned contain only personal information relating to the requester then this fee shall be disregarded unless the grant concerned relates to a significant number of records.
3. Other charges that may apply include:
- Photocopy per sheet: €0.04
- Floppy Disc: €0.50
- CD Rom: €10.00
The charges at 3. above shall be disregarded if only personal information is contained in the record and it would not be reasonable, having regard to the means of the requester, to apply a charge.
4. No fee may be charged for the internal review process.
5. The Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) Regulations provide that a fee of €150 must be charged for an appeal to the Commissioner for Environmental Information. However, provision is also made for a reduced appeal fee of €50 for medical card holders and their dependents and, also, for people not party to the original request for access to information but who are appealing a decision to release information which they believe will affect them.
6. Nothing in this fee schedule precludes Longford County Council from making available general information to the public on a voluntary basis outside the formal provisions of the AIE Regulations.
7. This fee schedule is subject to review by Longford County Council when and if deemed appropriate by the local authority.
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Ref: Manager’s Order No. CEF 08/67
