Roderic O'Gorman (Dublin West, Green Party) | Oireachtas source

The determination letter will provide applicants with detailed information about how a decision was arrived at. It will also let applicants know they may request a copy of this information, as some applicants may want that information and some may not. There is a separate process whereby an applicant can request their information by way of a subject access request. We did not want to establish a parallel system to this, particularly where people already have their records. Equally, records may not be available in every case despite searches and requests for information sources.

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