Introduction:
Tipperary County Council has prepared and published a Publication Scheme concerning the information of the Council in conformity with a Model and Guidelines made by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform under Section 8 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2014.
The Scheme comes into effect on the 14th April, 2016.
Purpose of Scheme:
The Scheme is designed to facilitate the provision of information to the greatest extent possible, except for information exempted under the Act and, in preparing, reviewing or revising a Publication Scheme, an FOI body shall have regard to the public interest in:
- allowing public access to information held by the FOI body;
- the publication of reasons for decisions made by the FOI body; and
- publishing information of relevance or interest to the general public in relation to its activities and functions generally.
Scheme Format and Access:
The Scheme is web based with links from it to information under six headings as set out below which will be updated as provided for under the Act. A hard copy will be available for viewing by appointment also.
- Establishment of Oganisation
- Roles, Responsibilities and Functions
- Governance/Management Arrangements
- Corporate Plans & Strategies
- Annual Report
- Organisation and Pay/Grading Structures
- Location and Contact Details for the Organisation
- Links to Agencies/Other Bodies under the FOI Body's Remit (Coming Soon)
- Details of Service Level Agreements/Memorandum of Understanding
- Customer Charters
- Codes of Practice or Guidelines
- Services provided for public including administration of an enactment/scheme (e.g. grants)
- How such services can be accessed
- How much such services cost to access, if any (Coming Soon)
- Administration of such services (Coming Soon)
- Review or appeal rights relating to such services (Coming Soon)
- Research projects undertaken in respect of these functions/services (Coming Soon)
- Major policy proposals including any public consultation exercises (Coming Soon)
- Background information relating to major policy proposals and decisions (Coming Soon)
- Reports on the operation of public services by the FOI body (Coming Soon)
- Expenditure reviews, Policy assessments (Coming Soon)
- Financial statements (Coming Soon)
- Major plans for Capital Expenditure (Coming Soon)
- Payments or Purchase Orders for goods and services
- Governance Board Member remuneration
- Funding/Sponsorship of non-public bodies (Coming Soon)
- FOI Disclosure Log
- Reports (Coming Soon)
- Commercial publications and relative charges (Coming Soon)
- Information held by the body which is sought regularly (Coming Soon)