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Re-use of Public Sector Information
From Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine complies with the regulations on the Re-use of Public Service Information and we encourage the re-use of the information that we produce. The regulations are available here .
Under the Regulations for Re-Use of Public Sector Information businesses and individuals can request any existing information held by public sector bodies, including the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, to re-use for commercial and non-commercial purposes.
To make such a request please apply in writing, or email, specifying the information requested and that it is being requested for the purpose of re-using public sector information to
Your request will normally be dealt with within twenty working days. If your request is unusually complex or involves a large number of records this may be extended to as long as forty working days. If this is the case you will be informed within three weeks of receipt of your original request.
No fees are currently imposed for the Re-Use of Public Sector Information.
If you are unhappy with the outcome of your request you may request a review from the Office of the Information Commissioner. This appeal must be requested within four weeks of the notification of the decision on your request.
Re-use is subject to the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) 4.0 license . This means that all information re-used must clearly acknowledge the source and that any modifications to the information must be clearly identified.
The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine 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 Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine does not authorise any user to have exclusive rights to re-use of its information.
All of the information featured on our website is the copyright of the Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine unless otherwise indicated. You may re-use the information on this website free of charge in any format.
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine currently makes information routinely available to the public in relation to its functions, activities and schemes, in its Publication Scheme which can be found here .
For further information on the re-use of information maintained by the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine please contact qualityserviceunit@agriculture.gov.ie or 057 8694480.