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 Senior Investigator found that the Department was not entitled to refuse the entirety of the request under section 15(1)(f) in circumstances where it had decided to withhold some records, in whole or in part. He varied the decision and remitted the matter to the Department for consideration afresh.
Date: 11-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-112901-S7T6X1
Public Body: Department of Foreign Affairs
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(f),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Council's decision.
Date: 10-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-101140-H4W6B2
Public Body: Cork City Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the SWAO's decision
Date: 10-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-102590-S8M6G3, OIC-103828-N3R3Z3, OIC-105880-V1Q5R1
Public Body: Social Welfare Appeals Office (SWAO)
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.15(1)(i),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Hospital's refusal of the application for amendment
Date: 10-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-99182-L0J6Q8
Public Body: St. James's Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the Department's decision on the ground that it had not taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the whereabouts of relevant records.
Date: 08-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-111164-H2Y4C6
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 Defence Forces decision
Date: 03-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-101295-Y9R5Z9
Public Body: The Defence Forces
Section of the Act.: s.10
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Judicial Council to refuse access to the transcript under section 35(1)(b) of the FOI Act.
Date: 03-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-104934-W0J8T0
Public Body: The Judicial Council
Section of the Act.: s.11, s.11(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Council's decision. She found that records containing the requested information do not exist and that section 15(1)(a) applies.
Date: 03-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-108145-H1K6F0
Public Body: Fingal County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.17, s.17(4),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of WCA.
Date: 03-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-109256-G1P7Y2
Public Body: Western Care Association
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of AGS.
Date: 03-11-2021
Case Number: OIC-97814-W7Y2S9
Public Body: An Garda Síochána
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37