APCOA GDPR

Why do you think APCOA would share what they may consider commercially sensitive information with you?

I would agree that I don't think your request would be qualified as GDPR privilege, but it's also not publicly available info.

It's easier to say "GDPR" than "nah, not telling, because" - but the latter is the truth of it.

You've no more right to that information than you have to know how many cans of baked beans the Tesco over the road sells each week.

FOI doesn't apply to commercial state bodies like Irish Rail.

For those non-commercial state bodies which are liable to FOI, it doesn't apply to records held by their contractors - only to records held by the state body itself. And there is an exemption for commercially sensitive records.

GDPR relates to personal data only, which is not what the OP is talking about.

Thanks, good to know. I had checked out Dublin Bus before, and found that FOI doesn't apply to DB. I've no idea why it applies to one and not the other.

I woukld assume as Dublin Bus compete with private businesses they are basically treated as the same? Where as Irish Rail don't have any competition.

The informatiion should be available via FOI from Irish Rail. FOI covers records relating to public service work held by contractors working for the public body.

The information cant be commercially sensitive as Irish Rail runs the service, albeit via a contractor.