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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1999 S.I. No. 329/1999 - Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations, 1999. S.I. No. 329/1999 - Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations, 1999. AmendmentsLeasuithe I, CHARLIE McCREEVY, Minister for Finance, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (No. 13 of 1997), and with the consent of the Minister for Health and Children, hereby make the following Regulations with respect to which, pursuant to section 3
(3)of that Act, a draft has been laid before each House of the Oireachtas and a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House:
- These Regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) Regulations,
- These Regulations shall come into operation on the 21st day of October,
- The bodies, organisations and groups specified in the First Schedule to these Regulations shall stand prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1
(5)of the First Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (No. 13 of 1997). 4.
(1)Subject to paragraph
(2)of this Regulation, the bodies, organisations and groups specified in the Second Schedule to these Regulations shall stand prescribed for the purposes of paragraph 1
(5)of the First Schedule to the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 .
(2)The Freedom of Information Act, 1997 , shall apply to a body, organisation or group prescribed by paragraph
(1)of this Regulation only as respects the functions of the body, organisation or group in so far as they relate to the provision of— (
- a)mental health services, or (
- b)services for persons with an intellectual disability. FIRST SCHEDULE 1. Food Safety Authority of Ireland 2. National Council on Ageing and Older People 3. Post-Graduate Medical and Dental Board 4. National Social Work Qualifications Board 5. Adelaide and Meath Hospital, Dublin, Incorporating the National Children's Hospital 6. Beaumont Hospital Board 7. Cappagh Orthopaedic Hospital 8. Central Remedial Clinic 9. Coombe Lying-in Hospital 10. Dublin Dental Hospital Board 11. Incorporated Orthopaedic Hospital of Ireland, Clontarf 12. Leopardstown Park Hospital Board 13. Mater Misericordiae Hospital 14. Mercy Hospital, Cork 15. Our Lady's Hospice, Harold's Cross 16. Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin 17. Portiuncula Hospital 18. South Infirmary — Victoria Hospital Limited 19. St. Francis Hospice, Raheny 20. St. James's Hospital Board 21. St. Patrick's Hospital/Marymount Hospice 22. St. John's Hospital, Limerick 23. St. Luke's Hospital, Rathgar, Dublin 24. St. Mary's Hospital and Residential School, Baldoyle 25. St. Michael's Hospital, Dun Laoghaire 26. St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview, Dublin 3 27. St. Vincent's University Hospital, Elm Park, Dublin 4 28. The Children's Hospital, Temple Street 29. The City of Dublin Skin and Cancer Hospital 30. The Hospital for the Relief of Poor Lying-in Women, Dublin (known as the Rotunda) 31. The National Maternity Hospital 32. The National Rehabilitation Hospital 33. The Royal Hospital, Donnybrook 34. The Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital SECOND SCHEDULE 1. Brothers of Charity, Our Lady of Good Counsel, Lota, Glanmire, Co. Cork; 2. Brothers of Charity, Kilcronan House, Clarinbridge, Co. Galway; 3. Brothers of Charity, Mid-West Region, Bawnmore, Limerick; 4. Brothers of Charity, Lanesboro Street, Roscommon; 5. Brothers of Charity, Belmont Park, Waterford; 6. Camphill Communities of Ireland, Ballytobin, Callan, Co. Kilkenny; 7. Cheeverstown House Limited (providing a service for people with a mental handicap), Templeogue, Dublin 6W; 8. COPE Foundation, Bonnington, Montenotte, Cork; 9. Daughters of Charity, Navan Road, Dublin 7; 10. Galway County Association for Mental Handicapped Children, The Halls, Quay Street, Galway; 11. Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, Hospitaller House, Stillorgan, Co. Dublin; 12. Irish Sisters of Charity, St. Patrick's Kells Road, Kilkenny; 13. KARE, Co. Kildare Association of Parents & Friends of Handicapped People, Lower Eyre Street, Newbridge, Co. Kildare; 14. Peamount Hospital, Newcastle, Co. Dublin; 15. Rosminian Services, St. Patrick's, Upton, Innishannon, Co. Cork; 16. Sisters of the Bon Sauveur, Residential & Day Care for Persons with a Mental Handicap, Carriglea, Dungarvan, Co. Waterford; 17. Sisters of Charity of Jesus & Mary, Moore Abbey, Monasterevin, Co. Kildare; 18. Sisters of La Sagesse, Cregg House, Sligo; 19. Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus & Mary, St. Anne's Service, Sean Ross Abbey, Roscrea, Co. Tipperary; 20. Sisters of Charity of Jesus & Mary, St. Mary's, Delvin, Co. Westmeath; 21. Stewarts Hospital Services Limited, Palmerstown, Dublin 20; 22. Sunbeam House Services, SHS, Cedar Estate, Killarney Road, Bray, Co. Wicklow; 23. St. Mary of the Angels Residential Special Home & Training Centre for Children, Beaufort, Co. Kerry, 24. St. Michael's House, Ballymun Road, Ballymun, Dublin 9; 25. Western Care Association, Incorporating the Mayo Association of Parents & Friends of Mentally Handicapped Children, Pool Road, Castlebar, Co. Mayo. The Minister for Health and Children consents to the making of the foregoing Regulations. GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Health and Children, this 20th day of October, 1999. BRIAN COWEN, Minister for Health and Children. GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 20th day of October, 1999. CHARLIE McCREEVY, Minister for Finance EXPLANATORY NOTE. (This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) These Regulations provide for the extension of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 , to bodies, organisations and groups specified in the First and Second Schedules to the Regulations. The effect of the First Schedule of the Regulations is to bring within FOI, as and from 21 October 1999, certain statutory agencies in the health sector and public funded voluntary hospitals. The effect of the Second Schedule is to designate for FOI, also as and from 21 October 1999, only those functions of voluntary organisations which provide substantial public mental health services or services to persons with an intellectual disability. Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais