Downloadable spreadsheet files, one per dataset. Every file is a plain CSV you can open in Excel, Google Sheets, or Numbers — no software beyond a spreadsheet program is needed.
Every public body in Ireland: its name, whether it handles Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, and its FOI contact email.
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
name | The public body's name |
foi_subject | Whether this body handles FOI requests |
foi_email_email | Their FOI contact email address |
Records of information already released under FOI: what was asked, who asked (e.g. journalist, member of the public), when, and the outcome.
The original source documents each disclosure record came from.
Links from each public body to its page on the Government's "Who Does What" directory.
Links from each public body to its organisation page on data.gov.ie, Ireland's open data portal.
Links from each public body to its page on lobbying.ie, Ireland's Register of Lobbying, with a point-in-time count of lobbying returns filed against it.
The published commitments ("actions") of public bodies, taken from their strategy and action-plan documents, together with how each action's reported status changed in later progress reports.
| Column | What it means |
|---|---|
action_text | The action as published |
plan_title | The plan that declared the action |
original_deadline_start | The plan's deadline, as a normalised date |
lead | The organisation leading the action |
This dataset has three tables: actions (one row per published action), status observations (one row per progress report's update on an action), and relationships (how actions relate to one another).
name column for the body you're interested in.foi_email_email column on that row — that's their FOI contact address.Want the full technical details behind each file (every column, how the data was collected, what to watch out for)? See the Public Bodies, FOI Disclosures, FOI Request Files, Who Does What, data.gov.ie Links, lobbying.ie Links, and Public Body Actions reference pages.
Wondering how complete this data is, or found something that looks wrong? See Data quality & reporting a problem.