The public bodies which come within the scope of the Freedom of Information Act are all Government departments. They are: The Office of the Attorney General; Army Pensions Board; Blood Transfusion Service Board; Board of the National Library of Ireland; Board of the National Museum of Ireland; An Bord Pleanala; Censorship of Publications Board; Central Statistics Office; Civil Service Commissioners; An Coimisiun Logainmneacha; Comhairle na Nimheanna; Comhairle na nOspideal; Commissioners of Charitable Donations and Bequests; Companies Registration Office; Competition Authority; Commissioners of Public Works; Defence Forces; Employment Equality Agency;
Environmental Information Service; Environmental Protection Agency; Government Information Services; Heritage Council; Ireland-United States Commission for Educational Exchange; Irish Manuscripts Commission; Irish Medicines Board; Irish Sports Council; Land Registry; Local Appointments Commissioners; National Archives; National Archives Advisory Council; National Council for Curriculum and Assessment;
National Gallery of Ireland; Office of the Appeal Commissioners for the Purposes of the Tax Acts; Office of the Chief Medical Officer for the Civil Service; Office of the Commissioner; Office of the Commissioner of Valuation and Boundary Surveyor for Ireland; Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General; Office of the Director of Consumer Affairs; Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions; Office of the Houses of the Oireachtas; Office of the Official Censor of Films; Office of the Ombudsman; Office of the Registrar of Friendly Societies; Patents Office; Pensions Board; Public Offices Commission; Registry of Deeds; Revenue Commissioners; Social Welfare Appeals Office, and the State Laboratory.