STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

S.I. No. 475 of 2001

Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) (No. 4) Regulations, 2001

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 to the extent that these Regulations relate to the respective functions of the Minister for Education and Science, the Minister for the Environment and Local Government and the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, with the consent of those Ministers, 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:

1.       These Regulations may be cited as the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (Prescribed Bodies) (No. 4) Regulations, 2001.

2.       In these Regulations, “Trinity College” includes the University of Dublin.

3.       These Regulations shall come into operation with effect from 1st October, 2001.

4.       The bodies, organisations and groups specified in the 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) .

SCHEDULE

Trinity College,

University College Cork - National University of Ireland, Cork,

University College Dublin, National University of Ireland, Dublin,

National University of Ireland, Galway,

National University of Ireland, Maynooth,

Dublin City University,

The University of Limerick,

Higher Education Authority,

National College of Art and Design,

Institute of Technology, Tralee,

Cork Institute of Technology,

Institute of Technology, Carlow,

Galway-Mayo Institute of Technology,

Limerick Institute of Technology,

Waterford Institute of Technology,

Athlone Institute of Technology,

Dundalk Institute of Technology,

Letterkenny Institute of Technology,

Institute of Technology, Sligo,

Institute of Technology, Tallaght,

Institute of Technology, Blanchardstown,

Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology,

The Dublin Institute of Technology,

The Church of Ireland College of Education,

Coláiste Mhuire, Marino,

Froebel College of Education,

Mary Immaculate College, Limerick,

St. Angela's College, Sligo,

St. Catherine's College of Education for Home Economics,

St. Patrick's College, Drumcondra,

Tipperary Rural and Business Development Institute Limited,

Mater Dei Institute of Education,

Comhairle,

The Border Regional Authority,

The Dublin Regional Authority,

The Mid-East Regional Authority,

The Midland Regional Authority,

The Mid-West Regional Authority,

The South-East Regional Authority,

The South-West Regional Authority,

The West Regional Authority,

The Border, Midland and Western Regional Assembly,

The Southern and Eastern Regional Assembly.

The Minister for Education and Science consents to the making of these Regulations to the extent that they relate to the functions of that Minister.

The Minister for the Environment and Local Government consents to the making of these Regulations to the extent that they relate to the functions of that Minister.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs consents to the making of these Regulations to the extent that they relate to the functions of that Minister.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations prescribe each of the bodies listed in the schedule as a public body for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (No. 13 of 1997) by their inclusion in subparagraph (5) of paragraph 1 of the First Schedule to that Act.