Freedom of information

The Freedom of Information Act 2014 gives you certain legal rights when you are dealing with public bodies.

You have the right to:

• access records held by the hospital, as detailed in section 11 of the Act
• have your personal information amended where it is incomplete, incorrect or misleading, as detailed in section 9 of the Act
• receive reasons for our decisions that affect you

Mater Hospital records affected by the FOI Act 2014 include:

• All records relating to personal information, including information held in patient and staff records
• All other records created on or after 21 October 1998 (non-personal information)

The Act allows the hospital to limit access to some information in certain circumstances; you will be given a full explanation if this occurs.

The Freedom of Information Act 2014 requires listed public bodies or organisations to have a publication scheme, where they routinely publish and make certain information available to the public.

The Department of Public Expenditure & Reform has developed a model publication scheme for all public sector organisations which includes guidelines and example of the types of information that needs to be made available to the public. We are following these Department guidelines to develop our publication scheme to meet this requirement.

1. Information about the Mater Hospital

• About the hospital
• History of the hospital
• Our people
• Hospital projects
• Quality improvement
• Research & innovation

2. Services provided or to be provided to the public

• Our services

3. Decision making process for major policy proposals

• this information will be made available as soon as possible

4. Financial information 

• Our reports

5.  Procurement

• www.etenders.gov.ie

6. Disclosure log and other information to be published routinely:

• Our reports