Dear Sir / Madam
REQUEST FOR ACCESS TO INFORMATION
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000
With reference to your request for information held by Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council located in Northern Ireland under the above legislation.
Response:
The Council has undertaken a search of its records and failed to locate any relevant records to your request based on the information you have provided. Accordingly Council can confirm that it will not be attending the conference in Cannes.
Under Section 16 of the Freedom of Information Act which places a duty on public authorities “to provide advice and assistance”, we would advise you that this is because local authorities in Northern Ireland do not have legislative responsibility for this area of responsibility. Local authorities are not responsible for the following functions: Education, personal social services, health, roads, public housing, fire service, police service, trading standards, drainage water, sewerage, libraries, street lighting, collection of rates, transport, community safety, urban regeneration. See: https://www.nidirect.gov.uk/articles/loc.... In addition, Council Tax does not exist within the jurisdiction of Northern Ireland.
For further guidance on the role of local authorities within Northern Ireland and other statutory partners please refer to Northern Ireland’s one stop government portal: NIDirect.
If you have any queries in relation to your request for access to information, please do not hesitate to contact me.
Individuals are free to use any information supplied, where the Council is the copyright owner of the information, for their own use, including for non-commercial research purposes. The information may also be used for the purposes of news reporting. However, any other type of re-use, such as: copying, publishing, distributing and transmitting the Information; adapting the Information; exploiting the Information commercially for example, by combining it with other Information, or by including it in your own commercial product or application, will be subject to the copyright and re-use conditions under the Open Government Licence.
If you are dissatisfied with how the Council handled your request for information, you have the right to request that the Council formally review this decision. If you wish to do so, please write within 40 working days to the:
Chief Executive
Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council
Cloonavin
66 Portstewart Road
Coleraine, BT52 1EY.
Should you remain dissatisfied following the Council’s internal review, you can seek an independent review from the Information Commission. A request for an independent review should be made in writing to: Information Commissioner at ICO, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9 5AF. The Commissioner has indicated that a review will not be undertaken unless the Council has first had an opportunity to reconsider its decision.
Please be advised that under the Freedom of Information Act, replies including the request may be released into the public domain via our website www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk. Personal details in respect of your request will, where applicable, be removed to protect confidentiality.
Council will process your personal data, provided as part of this request i.e. name and contact details as part of its legal obligation. For further information regarding your privacy rights or for how long we hold your data, please refer to the privacy section of the website: www.causewaycoastandglens.gov.uk/footer-....

Kind regards

Jane Johnston

Business Support Assistant. Policy, Equality & Community Planning
[email address]

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