Cookie Policy

Last updated: 23 July 2026 · Provided under the Irish ePrivacy Regulations (S.I. 336 of 2011) and the GDPR.

What Cookies Are

Cookies are small text files stored on your device when you visit a website. They can be "strictly necessary" (needed for the site to work), or non-essential (for example analytics or advertising), which under Irish law can only be set with your prior consent.

What This Website Uses

At present this website uses only a single strictly-necessary item, to remember your cookie choice so we don't ask again. We do not run analytics, advertising or social-media tracking cookies, and there are no third-party trackers of any kind on this site. If that changes, this policy and the consent banner will be updated, and non-essential cookies will load only after you agree.

Name	Type	Purpose	Duration
akpd_consent	Strictly necessary	Remembers whether you accepted or rejected non-essential cookies.	Stored locally on your device until you clear it.
No analytics, advertising or third-party tracking cookies are in use at this time.

How We Count Page Views

We do keep a simple count of how many times each page is viewed, so we know which guides and tools are worth maintaining. It is worth setting out exactly how that works, because it is deliberately built to avoid the things that normally require your consent.

• › Nothing is stored on your device. No cookie, no local storage, nothing to delete.
• › Your IP address is not recorded. It is not stored, not logged by the counter and not converted into a code that could identify you later.
• › There is no record of your visit. The only thing kept is a running total, for example "the exemption checker was viewed 43 times on 16 September". There is no row anywhere describing an individual visit, so there is nothing capable of being traced back to a person.
• › No third party is involved. The count is written to our own server. It is not Google Analytics or any similar service, and no data about you leaves this website.
• › Referrers are reduced to a site name. If you arrive from a search engine we record only that the visit came from that search engine, never the words you searched for.
• › Do Not Track is respected. If your browser sends a Do Not Track or Global Privacy Control signal, you are not counted at all.

Separately, our web host keeps standard server logs, as every website host does, for security and troubleshooting. That is a function of the hosting rather than something added by us.

If We Add Cookie-Based Analytics or Maps Later

Should we introduce cookie-based analytics or an embedded map, those set non-essential cookies. They will only be loaded if you select "Accept" in the cookie banner, and you'll be able to change your mind at any time via the Cookie settings link in the footer.

Managing Cookies in Your Browser

You can also block or delete cookies through your browser settings. Because our only current cookie simply remembers your choice, blocking it means you may see the cookie notice again on your next visit.

More Information

See our Privacy Policy for how we handle personal data, or the Data Protection Commission's guidance at dataprotection.ie.