OIC Decisions
Decisions issued from January 2022 onwards can be found here. Earlier decisions will be uploaded in the coming months. If you require an earlier decision then please email us at info@oic.ie
Decisions issued from January 2022 onwards can be found here. Earlier decisions will be uploaded in the coming months. If you require an earlier decision then please email us at info@oic.ie
Summary: The Investigator varied the decision of SJOG. She found that it was justified in refusing access to third party personal information contained in record 1. She found that it was not justified in refusing access to the remaining information and records on the basis of sections 29(1), 30(1)(a) and 37(1) and she directed release.
Date: 31-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-148611-J8F8Z3
Public Body: Hospitaller Order of St John of God
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1), s.30, s.30(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the HSE’s decision.
Date: 30-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-150438-Q4S3G8
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator varied the Council’s decision. She annulled its decision to refuse access to one category of records under section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act on the basis that it had not satisfied her that reasonable searches had been undertaken to locate them. She directed the Council to carry out a new decision-making process on this part of the applicant’s request. She affirmed its decision to refuse access to additional records relating to the applicant’s request under section 15(1)(a) on the basis that no further records relating to the remainder of the request exist or could be found.
Date: 30-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-146733-D8G8K0
Public Body: Westmeath County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Hospital’s decision.
Date: 29-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-150368-R0S0K5
Public Body: Beaumont Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(7), s.37(8),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the Hospital’s decision as it located further relevant records during the course of this review. He directed the Hospital to make a fresh decision on the applicant’s request.
Date: 29-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-153081-Q7X3L6
Public Body: St. James' Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the Department’s decision and directed it to consider the applicant’s request afresh.
Date: 28-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-151930-H0W8H6
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Commission’s decision.
Date: 27-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-150403-P3B6S6
Public Body: Coimisiún na Meán
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(g),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed RTÉ’s decision.
Date: 22-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-149650-C8F6W0
Public Body: RTÉ
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Department. He affirmed the Department’s decision to refuse access, under section 37(1) of the Act, to the names and email address of representatives of the IDSA and their various biographies, and the name of the EDA representative who attended the meeting along with the Chief Executive. He found that it was not justified in withholding, under sections 35(1), 36(1) or 37(1), the social media and email details for the IDSA, the proposed alternative meeting venue, or the names of the EDA Chief Executive and the Chair of the IDSA. He directed the release of that information.
Date: 22-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-147903-K7B9Z7
Public Body: Department of Defence
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.36, s.36(1), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the decision of An Coimisiún. He found that it had not justified its refusal of the records under sections 29, 30 or 41 of the FOI Act, and directed their release.
Date: 22-01-2025
Case Number: OIC-146889-F6Y9Y6
Public Body: An Coimisiún Toghcháin
Section of the Act.: s.30, s.30(1)(a), s.30(1)(c), s.41, s.41(1)(a), s.41(1)(b), s.29