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 affirmed the Department's decision.
Date: 28-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-60822-P7F9N3
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(2), s.37(5),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department?s decision. She found that section 37(1) applied to the report on the basis that it contains personal information of identifiable individuals. She also found that the public interest in protecting privacy rights outweighed the public interest in granting the request in full.
Date: 27-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-57190-Y5Y8N2
Public Body: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of NMBI to refuse access to the record sought under section 37 of the FOI Act.
Date: 27-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-59016-L8Z9Q3
Public Body: Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision. She found that the report contained personal information about identifiable individuals and was exempt under section 37(1) of the FOI Act. She found that the public interest in upholding the right to privacy outweighed the public interest in granting the request.
Date: 27-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-59426-Q8D7T8
Public Body: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision.
Date: 26-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-53318-Z7T4L9
Public Body: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision. She found that the applicant was not entitled to access the records under section 37 of the FOI Act. She found that the public interest in granting the request does not outweigh the public interest in upholding the right to privacy of third parties.
Date: 25-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56128-R6C4P3
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision. She found that the applicant was not entitled to access withheld information in the records under section 37(1) of the Act. She found that the public interest in granting the request does not outweigh the public interest in upholding the right to privacy of the various third parties.
Date: 25-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56477-H9Q1R9
Public Body: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Hospital's decision, under section 37(1) of the FOI Act
Date: 24-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-53509-X9G0Y4 (190247)
Public Body: The Rotunda Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the FSAI's decision. He found the FSAI was justified in refusing access to the individual survey responses under section 35(1)(b) on the ground that their release would breach a duty of confidence provided for by agreement. He found the FSAI was not justified in refusing access to a slideshow containing details of the collated anonymised responses given under section 35(1) and he directed the release of the record.
Date: 21-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-53312-J6Y5G4
Public Body: Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.35(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE?s decision. She found that the records contained third party personal information and/or joint personal information (section 37) and that the public interest in protecting privacy rights outweighed the public interest in releasing the records.
Date: 20-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56433-P2W9W2
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(8),