{"id":1163,"date":"2025-04-24T12:32:02","date_gmt":"2025-04-24T12:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rirb.ie\/saoirse-faisneise\/"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:16:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:16:41","slug":"freedom-of-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rirb.ie\/ga\/freedom-of-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Freedom of Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1163\" class=\"elementor elementor-1163 elementor-448\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-78f21af elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"78f21af\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7baaea\" data-id=\"a7baaea\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ff92144 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ff92144\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Freedom of Information Act 2014\n\n<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2594d7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2594d7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) is partially subject to Freedom of Information under the Freedom of Information Act 2014.<br \/>See Pages 10, 77 and 81 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for the relevant sections quoted below.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2cb1f92 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2cb1f92\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0250a6c\" data-id=\"0250a6c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-61bbfc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"61bbfc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Interpretation\n\n\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-72ecba2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"72ecba2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>2. 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