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 Department’s decision, under section 37(1) of the FOI Act, to refuse access to the report. She found that its release would disclose personal information, and that the public interest in favour of release did not outweigh the right to privacy of the individuals involved.
Date: 13-08-2024
Case Number: OIC-144721-B1H6H0
Public Body: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(5)(a),
Summary: The Investigator varied the Council’s decision. She found that sections 37(1) (personal information) and 42(m) (identity of informant) of the FOI Act applied to most of the withheld details, and that, where relevant, the public interest did not weigh in favour of disclosing the details concerned. She found that one record, and most of three others, were not exempt and directed the Council to grant access to them
Date: 12-08-2024
Case Number: OIC-144737-Z2W9L3
Public Body: Roscommon County Council
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(a)(i), s.32(1)(a)(ii), s.37, s.37(1), s.42, s.42(m)(i),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the CCAC’s decision.
Date: 02-08-2024
Case Number: OIC-147936-Q5T6N4
Public Body: Climate Change Advisory Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 01-08-2024
Case Number: OIC-149263-K3X3G6
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37,
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Council’s decision.
Date: 30-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-143810-C7W7T9
Public Body: Mayo County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.15(1)(d),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the DPC’s decision.
Date: 30-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-148534-B8S7P2
Public Body: Data Protection Commissioner
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Department’s decision.
Date: 30-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-145072-Q8P6M4
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(5),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Service’s decision. He found that it was not justified in refusing access to some information contained in one of the records at issue.
Date: 26-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-135453-Q7N6C0, OIC-135454-Y3X4M7
Public Body: Probation Service
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.30, s.32, s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the IPS’s decision to refuse the applicant’s request under section 15(1)(h) of the FOI Act.
Date: 24-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-142352-M0J9P4
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(h),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Hospital’s decision to refuse the application for amendment on the basis that the applicant had not shown, on the balance of probabilities, that the information at issue was incomplete, incorrect, or misleading.
Date: 25-07-2024
Case Number: OIC-143529-L6G3X7
Public Body: St. James's Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.9, s.9(1),