Welcome to Trinity's Freedom of Information website
These pages are intended to assist you in exercising your rights under the Freedom of Information Acts and to assist College staff in answering requests.
The Freedom of Information Act, 1997, which was applied to Trinity College from 1 October 2001, provides that every person has the following legal rights:- the right to access official records held by public bodies prescribed under the Act;
- the right to have personal information held on them corrected or updated where such information is incomplete, incorrect or misleading; and
- the right to be given reasons for decisions taken by public bodies that affect them.
The Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act, 2003, came into effect on 11 April, 2003. The College information available includes its Freedom of Information publications (including its section 15 and section 16 manuals), advice to staff on FOI matters and information on the College's Information Compliance Committee which oversees the implementation of the FOI Acts in Trinity.
Legislation and a Guide to the legislation provide further details on the Freedom of Information Acts. Making requests describes how to make a request under the Freedom of Information Acts and provides forms for making the different types of applications that are possible. Useful links aims to provide a source of further information which may help to answer some of your questions.
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Queries in relation to Freedom of Information should be addressed to the following:
Information Compliance Office,
Secretary's Office,
West Theatre,
Trinity College,
Dublin 2.
Telephone: +353 1 8962154
Facsimile: +353 1 6710037
E-mail: Information.Compliance@tcd.ie
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