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 affirmed the decision of the Defence Forces.
Date: 02-04-2025
Case Number: OIC-154189-B6M9B7
Public Body: Defence Forces
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the HSE. She found that it had not justified its decision to refuse to release additional records under section 15(1)(a), as it had not taken reasonable steps to locate the records sought.
Date: 02-04-2025
Case Number: OIC-144713-G5T5Q1
Public Body: The Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the hospital and remitted the matter for fresh consideration.
Date: 02-04-2025
Case Number: OIC-144859-H2Q0J0
Public Body: The Health Service Executive/Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the hospital and remitted the matter for fresh consideration.
Date: 02-04-2025
Case Number: OIC-144860-S6X4X7
Public Body: The Health Service Executive/Cavan and Monaghan Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the HSE’s decision and directed the release of some of the redacted information.
Date: 02-04-2025
Case Number: OIC-151462-N5T0S9
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(8),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed RTÉ’s decision to refuse to release the records sought on the basis that the records are not held by RTÉ for the purposes of the FOI Act
Date: 01-04-2025
Case Number: OIC-150526-W3C8W7
Public Body: RTÉ
Section of the Act.: s.2, s.2(5), s.11, s.11(1),
Summary: The Investigator annulled Tailte Éireann’s decision in respect of the application for a statement of reasons for acts connected with a particular property and the valuation process on the basis that it did not comply with the provisions of section 10. She directed the FOI body to issue a revised statement in respect of the application.
Date: 28-03-2025
Case Number: OIC-151060-K5R2W4
Public Body: Tailte Éireann
Section of the Act.: s.10
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the Department
Date: 25-03-2025
Case Number: OIC-150245-K4Q6S3
Public Body: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Section of the Act.: s.28, s.28(1)(a),
Summary: Whether RTÉ was justified in refusing access to an anonymised dataset of referendum exit poll results
Date: 24-03-2025
Case Number: OIC-149330-C4B0L4
Public Body: RTÉ
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the Council on the ground that it failed to first comply with the requirements of section 15(4) of the Act before refusing the request under section 15(1)(c). He directed the Council to consider the request afresh.
Date: 21-03-2025
Case Number: OIC-155946-W1R5M2
Public Body: Westmeath County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(4),