The newspapers during the past week have carried reports and official notifications regarding the changes to the security arrangements at the Four Courts.
So, as I have yet to receive a response to the objection lodged I thought I would request a statement under S18 of the Freedom of Information Act explaining why the Courts service chose to alter the historic public access to the Four Courts, a decision which has a material effect on me.
I sent that request by Fax yesterday.
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Keep up the good work!
Good grief man, why are you letting due process get in the way of governent dictats? Y’d think you lived in some sort of wacky constitutional democracy…
Next thing you know you’ll be saying that blanket retention of telecommunications data for a period far in excess of that required by proposed EU legislation is a bad thing that has been poorly thought out…
..frankly, you’re obviously deranged.
I know. And from the looks of things at the moment, it might even turn out to be catching.
D’ye want to let the mejja know that the Four Courts development is proceeding without any reference to lodged planning objections? I have a list of people…
I think it is kind of ironic that the Gardai in Dunmanway had to take to the streets to protest at their rat-infested dump of a station because the building of a new one has been held up over “legal technicalities” but the Courts Service can trundle on without paying any heed to the self-same school of technicalities.
Hurrahh for the citizens of Dunmanway and their “support your local sheriff” campaign and booh to the others.
[…] Back in October, I wrote to the Courts Service asking for them to justify the decision to restrict access to the Four Courts buildings. Mostly this kind of request is filed in the folder for the letters written in purple crayon. But I cited Section 18 of the FOI Acts, which have the happy effect of placing a statutory duty on the state body to respond to my request. And, for a S. 18 request, you don’t have to pay them. […]