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 Tusla's decision
Date: 16-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-143641-D5K0X9
Public Body: Tusla
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(7), s.37(8),
Summary: Whether the Defence Forces was justified in refusing access to certain correspondence between the applicant and a particular officer
Date: 12-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-142771-T8S4P0
Public Body: Defence Forces
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(c),
Summary: Whether the Department was justified, under section 15(1)(c) of the FOI Act, in refusing the applicant's request for all Divisional Report Cards for each month of the past 5 years on the ground that processing the request would cause a substantial and unreasonable interference with, or disruption of, its work
Date: 11-04-2024
Case Number: IC-143388-W6N2G3
Public Body: Department of Health
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(c),
Summary: The Investigator varied IFI's decision. She found that section 37 applied to certain information contained in the record and that the public interest did not, on balance, favour its release. She annulled IFI's decision to refuse access to the remaining information which it had withheld on the basis of sections 30 and 32 of the FOI Act. She directed its release to the applicant.
Date: 09-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-132460-B7L8V6
Public Body: Inland Fisheries Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.30, s.30(1)(b), s.32, s.32(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the decision to refuse access, under section 15(1)(a), to further records relating to the applicant other than those already released and also affirmed the decision to refuse access to certain information in the released records on the basis that it contained personal information.
Date: 09-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-138538-X5N3B1
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the OPW and directed it to consider the request afresh.
Date: 05-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-144313-C1K4S7
Public Body: Office of Public Works
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(c), s.15(4),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department
Date: 04-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-139944-P5K1Y2
Public Body: Department of Education
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.31, s.31(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1), s.42, s.42(f),
Summary: The Investigator varied the Councils decision. She annulled the Councils application of section 15(1)(a) (reasonable searches) and section 15(1)(i) (records already released) and directed it to make a fresh decision on these matters. She found that no right of access arose to pre-commencement records, and that certain details were exempt under sections 31(1)(a) (legal professional privilege) and 37(1) (personal information). She found that a small amount of personal information was releasable under section 37(2)(a) (personal information relating to the applicant) and that the public interest did not weigh in favour of disclosing the remaining personal information. She annulled the Councils application of sections 29(1) (deliberative processes), 35(1)(a) (confidential information), and 42(m) (identity of informant) to certain details and directed their release.
Date: 04-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-133665-Y8V9W9
Public Body: Galway City Council
Section of the Act.: s.11, s.11(5)(a), s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.15(1)(i), s.29, s.29(1), s.31, s.31(1)(a), s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1), s.37(2)(a), s.42, s.42(m),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Department's decision.
Date: 04-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-144638-C9Y3N4
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(5), s.37(8),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Defence Forces' refusal of access to the details concerned. She found that section 37(1) of the FOI Act (personal information) applied, and that the public interest did not weigh in favour of disclosing the details.
Date: 03-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-146457-Z0R8M7
Public Body: Defence Forces
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),