How to make a request

Courts Service FOI Officer

Under the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (FOI) you have a right to apply for access to information which is not usually available to the public.

You have a right to:

  » access subject to the provisions of the FOI Act, to records held by the Courts Service
  » have personal information about yourself which is held by the Service corrected where it is incorrect, not complete or is misleading
  » access to the reasons for decisions made by the Service directly which affect you

The following are the records which come within the range of the Act

  » all records held by the Service which have personal information about you
  » all other records created by the Courts Service since the commencement date of the Act , that is 21 April 1998, (subject to the limitations of the Act)
  » any other record which is necessary to help understand a current record

We must respond to the request within 4 weeks.

Courts Service FOI Officer

You should address your application for information under the FOI Act to:

Ms. Miriam O'Flanagan,
Freedom of Information Officer,
The Courts Service,
15/24 Phoenix Street North,
Smithfield,
Dublin 7.
Phone + 353 1 888 6464

You must make your application in writing and you must say that you want the information under the Freedom of Information Act.

If you request information in a particular form, for example, photocopy, computer disc, etc. you should also mention this in your application. You must give as much detail as possible to identify the record and to help with the request. You should give a day-time telephone number so that we can contact you if necessary.