Access to Information on the Environment

Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) Regulations
2007 to 2018

The European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 to 2018 give legal rights to those seeking access to information on the environment from public authorities. Under the Regulations, information relating to the environment held by, or for, a public authority must, subject to certain exceptions, be made available on request to any person.

Making an AIE Request

Applications under the Regulations for information on the environment should be made in writing to the following address:

Regulatory and Administration Unit,
Transport Infrastructure Ireland, 
Parkgate Business Centre, 
Parkgate Street, 
Dublin 8, 
D08 DK10.

By email to AIE@tii.ie

The request should:

  • state that the application is being made under the AIE Regulations;
  • provide daytime contact details;
  • clearly indicate the specific environmental information required, and
  • specify the form and manner of access desired.

It should be clearly indicated that the request is being made under the provisions of the Access to Information on the Environment (AIE) Regulations.  Please be as specific as possible when detailing your request so as to enable the staff of TII to process your application. Also, please include a daytime contact telephone number so that we can contact you should any clarification be required in relation to your request.

Normally, decisions on requests made under the Regulations are notified within one month of their receipt by TII.

Charges/Fees for Information Provided under the AIE Regulations

There are no charges for submitting a request for environmental information under the AIE Regulations. 

Search and Retrieval Fees

Search and retrieval costs are charged at €20 per person per hour, subject to the following:

  • No charge is applied if the search and retrieval time takes less than 5 hours (i.e. cost of €100 or less).
  • If the charge exceeds €100, full fees will apply, subject to a maximum fee of €500, as set out in the following bullet.
  • If the estimated cost would exceed €700 (i.e. 35 hours), TII may refuse to process the request unless the requester is prepared to refine the request to bring the search, retrieval and copying fees below the €700 limit.

Copies of Records

The following charges apply for copying records:

  • €0.04 per sheet for a photocopy.
  • €10 for a CD-ROM.

Details of actual charges relating to your request will be notified to you in writing.

Payments should be made by way of cheque made payable to “Transport Infrastructure Ireland” (for requests from members of the public) or by electronic funds transfer (for requests from businesses). Details of the electronic funds transfer are available from our Finance Unit, email: accountspayable@tii.ie.

Appeal Procedure

If your request for environmental information is refused wholly or partially, or you consider that your request was not properly dealt with in accordance with the provisions of the AIE Regulations, you may, not later than one month following receipt of the decision, request TII to carry out an internal review of the decision. No fee will be charged for the internal review process.
 
A written outcome of the review, informing you of the decision and the reason for the decision, will normally be issued to you within one month of the date of receipt of the review request.
 
If you are not satisfied with the decision following the internal review process, you may appeal the matter, in writing, to the Commissioner for Environmental Information at the following address:

The Office of the Information Commissioner,
6 Earlsfort Terrace, 
Dublin 2, 
D02 W773. 

Email: applications@oic.ie
Tel: +353 (1) 639 5689

The AIE Regulations provide that a fee of €50 must be charged for an appeal to the Commissioner for Environmental Information. A reduced appeal fee of €15 applies if the applicant is a medical card holder, the dependent of a medical card holder or a third party who is appealing the decision of a public authority to release certain information.

 

Please note that TII will process any personal data that you provide to us in accordance with our Data Protection Notice.

Data Protection Notice