ReUse of Public Sector Information (PSI)

Laois County Council is subject to the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations 2005 (SI 279 of 2005).    Full details of the regulations are available at www.psi.gov.ie

Policy Statement

Public sector information posted on Laois County Council’s website may be downloaded subject to the terms and conditions of the latest PSI (Public Sector Information) Licence available at www.psi.gov.ie

Information posted on this website may be downloaded and re-used free of charge without application with the following exceptions:-

Brochures, leaflets or other documents whose author is not Laois County Council.   These items should include a logo or information about the author for example leaflets produced by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government.Documents, plans, maps, drawings, sketches, photographs etc. which are posted on the website for the purposes of enabling the material to be inspected at another time or place or to otherwise facilitate public inspection, (for example plans, maps, drawings submitted in connection with planning applications or as part of an application for a service, grant, licence etc.)Other maps of any kindAny other documents/information in respect of which third parties hold intellectual property rights, including copyright.   Intellectual property rights are likely to be held for material provided by a third party, including links to other websites from this site.

Permission to copy or use any such material must be obtained from the holder of the intellectual property right.

Public sector information which is the property of Laois County Council and is not posted on the website may be applied for by writing to:

The Freedom of Information Officer,Corporate Affairs Department,Laois County Council,Aras an Chontae,Portlaoise,Co. Laois.

Email: foioff@laoiscoco.ie

The application must be for the release of documents for re-use and must state clearly that the request is for the re-use of public sector information.     The classes of data available are listed in Laois County Council’s Freedom of Information Section 15 Manual

Laois County Council will only supply data covered by the Regulations in pre-existing format or language.

As well as data protected by intellectual property rights, the Regulations do not provide for the release of personal data or information protected under the Freedom of Information Acts.   The Regulations do not permit the release of information in a manner that is otherwise prohibited by law.

Laois County Council is not obliged by the Regulations to release documents for re-use.   However, any information released will be subject to terms and conditions of the latest PSI licence available at www.psi.gov.ie and such other terms and conditions as Laois County Council deem appropriate.

Laois County Council is not liable for any loss or liability associated with the re-use of information and does not certify that the information is up-to-date or error free. The Council does not authorize any user to have exclusive rights to re-use the information.

Charges

Charges for any documents not available on the website will reflect the cost incurred by Laois County Council in the production, collection, reproduction and dissemination of the information.

Details of the cost of documents will be given to the applicants before they are released.

All charges must be paid in full before any documents will be released.