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 annulled the Committee’s decision and directed it to release the data it withheld.
Date: 20-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-154258-P3Q7D7
Public Body: Committee Appointed to Monitor the Effectiveness of the Garda Youth Diversion Programme
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(a)(ii), s.35, s.35(1), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of UCD.
Date: 20-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-155042-W5F8R3
Public Body: University College Dublin
Section of the Act.: s.14, s.14(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Council’s decision.
Date: 19-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-153651-P5D3D9
Public Body: Limerick City and County Council
Section of the Act.: s.42, s.42(m), s.42(m)(i),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the HSE’s decision. He directed the release of the information sought.
Date: 19-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-146030-Y9P7H2
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.17, s.17(4), s.30, s.30(1)(b), s.32, s.32(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the Council and directed release of the records with the specified third party personal information redacted.
Date: 19-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-150066-F7B9Y2
Public Body: Dublin City Council
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the HSE’s decision. She found that it was justified in refusing the applicant’s request under section 15(1)(g) of the FOI Act, on the basis that it formed part of a pattern of manifestly unreasonable requests.
Date: 14-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-147959-D0M7D8
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(g),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department’s decision to refuse the application for amendment of records under section 9 of the FOI Act.
Date: 13-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-150030-H9W7Y7
Public Body: Department of Social Protection
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: Whether the Council was justified in refusing access to a copy of a complaint it received about the applicant under Section 42(m) of the FOI Act
Date: 13-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-153004-Y1J3L0
Public Body: Waterford City and County Council
Section of the Act.: s.42, s.42(m)(i),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Department’s decision. He found that it was not justified in refusing access to the relevant information withheld from the records under sections 30(1)(c), 32(1)(b), 35(1), 36(1) and/or 37(1) of the FOI Act, apart from a small amount of information to which he found section 37(1) to apply.
Date: 12-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-147110-N8S6Z4
Public Body: Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth
Section of the Act.: s.30, s.30(1)(c), s.32, s.32(1)(b), s.35, s.35(1), s.36, s.36(1), s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the Council’s decision. He found that it was not justified in refusing access to the records on the basis of section 37(1) and he directed their release, subject to the redaction of limited information relating to third parties.
Date: 12-02-2025
Case Number: OIC-147849-C1Y9C0
Public Body: Fingal County Council
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),