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RTEReference:FOI2012/007
GerardCunninghamTullyWestKildareCoKildare27March2012DearMrCunningham,IrefertoyourrequestmadeundertheFreedomofInformationActsYourequested1.Correspondencewithpoliticalparties2.FOIlog.3.Auditlogs
Correspondencewithpoliticalpartiesregardingimpartiality
WhenRTEwasbroughtunderFOIintheyear2000aStatutoryInstrumentwaspassedwhichprovidedRTEwithexemptionsforitsprogramme-relatedfunctions.AcopyofthisStatutoryInstrument(115/2000)isattachedforyourinformation.Thispartofyourrequestisrefused
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thegroundsthattherecordsrequestedareexemptunderschedule3oftheStatutoryInstrument115/2000
FOILogs
InregardtothispartofyourrequestfortheFOIlogsIamattachingacopyofanexcelspreadsheetwithdetailsofallrequestsreceivedandhowtheywererespondedtoreceivedintheyears2007-2011.Ihaveredactedrequestswherepersonalinformationwasrequested.Section29oftheFreedomofInformationAct1997providesforrecordstobewithheldiftheycontainpersonalinformation.Thefifthcolumngivesinformationonhowrecordswererespondedto.Recordsmarked"A"resultedinalltheinformationrequestedbeingreleased,recordsmarked"B"resultedinthereleaseofsomeoftherecordsrequested,recordsmarked"C"wererefusedandrecordsmarked"D"wereeitherhandledoutsideofFOIorwithdrawn.Listedbesidethecategoryaretherelevantsectionsoftheexemptionscitedinrefusingtoreleaseallorpartoftherecordsrequested."S.l."referstotheStatutoryInstrumentthatprovidedRTEwithexemptionsforrecordsrelatingtoprogramme-making.(Seeresponseto1above)NotetheselogsalsocontainrequestsmadeunderDataProtectionlegislationandtheEUdirectiveonEnvironmentalInformation
Auditlogs
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regardtotherequestforAuditlogstheRTEFinanceDivisiondoesnotknowwhatyoumeanbythisrequest
(Whatfollowsisaparagraphgivingstandardprocedures)UndertheFreedomofInformationActifarequesterisnotsatisfiedwiththeresponseissuedthereisanentitlementtoareviewprocess.Thefirststageinthatprocessisaninternalreview.ThedesignatedInternalReviewerforRTEisAdrianMoynes,GroupSecretary,RTE.YouhavefourweeksfromreceiptofthislettertoapplytoMrMoynesforareview.He,intum,hasthreeweeksfromthedateofreceiptofyourrequesttorespond.Thereisa€75feeforhandlinginternalreviews.IfafterMrMoynes'responseyouwishtoseekafurtherreviewyouareentitledtoasktheOfficeoftheInformationCommissionerat18,LowerLeesonStreet,Dublin2tocarryoutareviewoftheinitialdecisionandthesubsequentinternalreview.YouhavesixmonthsfromthedateofreceiptoftheinternalreviewtorequesttheInformationCommissionertoreviewthedecisions.YourssincerelyPeterFeeneyFreedomofInformationOfficer
RegulationsPrescribingPublicBodies
FreedomofInformationAct,1997(PrescribedBodies)(No.2)Regulations,2000
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115/2000
FreedomofInformationAct,1997(PrescribedBodies)(No.2)Regulations,2000
I,CharlieMcCreevy,MinisterforFinance,inexerciseofthepowersconferredonmebysection3oftheFreedomofinformationAct,1997(No,13of1997),andwiththeconsentoftheMinisterforArts,Heritage,GaeltachtandtheIslands,herebymakethefollowingregulationswithrespecttowhich,pursuanttosection3(3)ofthatAct,adrafthasbeenlaidbeforeeachHouseoftheOireachtasandaresolutionapprovingofthedrafthasbeenpassedbyeachsuchHouse:1,TheseRegulationsmaybecitedastheFreedomofInformationAct,1997(PrescribedBodies)(No,2)Regulations,2000,2,(1)Subjecttoparagraphs(2)and(3)ofthisRegulation,thebodies,organisationsandgroupsspecifiedinSchedule1totheseregulationsshallstandprescribedforthepurposesofparagraph1(5)oftheFirstScheduletotheFreedomofInformationAct,1997(No,13of1997)(2)Subjecttoparagraph(3)ofthisRegulation,theFreedomofInformationAct,1997,shallapplytoabody,organisationorgroupprescribedbyparagraph(1)ofthisRegulationonlyasrespectsthefunctionsofthebody,organisationorgroupwhicharespecifiedinSchedule(2).(3)ForthepurposesoftheseRegulationsthefunctionsspecifledinSchedule2totheseregulationsshallbedeemednottoincludeanyofthemattersspecifiedinSchedule3totheseregulations,
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Political party comminucations to RTE regarding bias
Freedom of Information documents released to Gerard Cunningham listing communications between RTÉ and Iirish political parties concerning bias in political news and current affairs coverage, 2007 to mid-2012.
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