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 annulled the decision of the Department. He found that section 29(1) does not apply to the record at issue and directed its release.
Date: 18-01-2018
Case Number: 170430
Public Body: Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.38
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 16-01-2018
Case Number: 170499
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Hospital to refuse access to the relevant information under section 37 of the FOI Act.
Date: 15-01-2018
Case Number: 170504
Public Body: Rotunda Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1), s.35
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Hospital to refuse the request but varied the ground upon which that refusal was justified. He found that it was justified in refusing the request under section 15(1)(a) on the ground that the records sought do not exist.
Date: 11-01-2018
Case Number: 170398
Public Body: Mater Misericordiae Hospital Limited
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 11-01-2018
Case Number: 170400
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Defence Forces. He found it was justified in refusing access to the information sought under section 15 (1)(a) of the FOI Act.
Date: 10-01-2018
Case Number: 170500
Public Body: Defence Forces
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 04-01-2018
Case Number: 170422
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of EirGrid. She affirmed its decision to refuse access to the records sought in full or in part on the basis of sections 30(1)(c), 35(1)(a) and 36(1)(b). She annulled its decision to refuse to grant access to Record 2 and directed its release in full. She also directed the release of Record 15 in part.
Date: 03-01-2018
Case Number: 170374
Public Body: EirGrid PLC
Section of the Act.: s.36, s.37
Summary: he Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department on the basis that the information was personal information and therefore exempt under section 37(1) of the FOI Act. She found that the public interest in granting the request does not, on balance, outweigh the public interest in upholding the individuals' right to privacy
Date: 29-12-2017
Case Number: 170240
Public Body: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Section of the Act.: s.11, s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed GMIT's decision to refuse access to the records withheld on the basis of sections 15(1)(a) and 37(1) of the FOI Act.
Date: 28-12-2017
Case Number: 170034
Public Body: Mayo Institute of Technology
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.35, s.37