1 RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND COMPETENT AUTHORITIES
1.1 What is the principal data protection
legislation?
Data Protection Acts 1988 and 2003 ("DPA").
1.2 Is there any other general legislation that impacts
data protection?
Freedom of Information Act 2014
This gives a legal right for persons to access information held
by a body to which FOI legislation applies; to have official
information relating to himself/herself amended where it is
incomplete, incorrect or misleading; and to obtain reasons for
decisions affecting himself/ herself.
The Protected Disclosures Act 2014 (the "Whistle-Blowers
Act")
This has introduced legislation in relation to
whistle-blowers in Ireland for the first time.
