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PART IV
Use of Records of Public Authorities for Statistical Purposes
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Access to records of public authorities.
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30.—(1) For the purpose of assisting the Office in the exercise of its functions under this Act, the Director General may by delivery of a notice request any public authority to—
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(a) allow officers of statistics at all reasonable times to have access to, inspect and take copies of or extracts from any records in its charge, and
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(b) provide the Office, if any such officer so requires, with copies or extracts from any such record,
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and the public authority shall, subject to subsection (2) of this section, comply with any such request free of charge.
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section—
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(a) shall not apply to records pertaining to a Court, the Garda Síochána, the prison administration or the Ombudsman or any of his officers;
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(b) shall apply to medical records which are not publicly available only with the agreement of the Minister for Health;
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(c) shall in all other cases have effect notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment other than provisions for the protection of public order or the security of the State.
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