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Re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI)

The Human Rights Commission is subject to the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 (SI 279 of 2005). The regulations are available at www.psi.gov.ie

Policy Statement on Release of Data

Information posted on this website may be downloaded and re-used free of charge without application with the following exceptions:

  • Photographs and artwork of any kind;
  • Documents, reports, leaflets or other information whose author is not the Irish Human Rights Commission.

Intellectual property rights are likely to be held for material provided by a third party, including links to other websites from this site.

Permission to copy or use any such material must be obtained from the holder of the intellectual property right.

Please note that information and documents obtained from this website may only be reproduced and/or re-used subject to the latest PSI licence available at www.psi.gov.ie

Other data owned by the Human Rights Commission which is not available as set out above may be applied for by writing to:

Jennifer Pierce, PSI Officer,
Irish Human Rights Commission,
4th Floor, Jervis House, Jervis Street, Dublin 1
info@ihrc.ie

The application must be for the release of documents for re-use and must state clearly that the request is for the re-use of public sector information. The Human Rights Commission Freedom of Information Section 15 Manual includes classes of data/records held by the Human Rights Commission.

The Human Rights Commission will only supply data covered by the Regulations in pre-existing format or language.

As well as data protected by intellectual property rights, the Regulations do not provide for the release of personal data or information protected under the Freedom of Information Act. The Regulations do not permit the release of information in a manner that is otherwise prohibited by law.

For further information on the re-use of information held by the Human Rights Commission, please contact: PSI Officer.

The Human Rights Commission is not obliged by the Regulations to release documents for re-use. However, any information released will be subject to terms and conditions of the latest PSI licence available at www.psi.gov.ie and such other terms and conditions as The Human Rights Commission deem appropriate.

The Human Rights Commission is not liable for any loss or liability associated with the re-use of information and does not certify that the information is up-to-date or error free. The Human Rights Commission does not authorise any user to have exclusive rights to re-use the information.

Re-use is subject to the following conditions. You must:

  • Acknowledge the source and our copyright in cases where you supply the information to others;
  • Reproduce the information accurately;
  • Not use the information in a misleading way;
  • Not use the information for the principal purpose of advertising or promoting a particular product or service;
  • Not use the information for or in support of illegal, immoral, fraudulent, or dishonest purposes.

Charges

The following charges will apply:

€20.95 per hour in respect of the time spent in producing, collecting and reproducing the information for re-use.

€0.04 per photocopy.

€10.16 for a CD-ROM

These charges will be reviewed periodically. Details of the charges will be given to the applicant before the information is released.

 
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