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 decision of the Council.
Date: 11-10-2016
Case Number: 160297
Public Body: Dublin City Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Council
Date: 11-10-2016
Case Number: 160126
Public Body: Waterford City & County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE's decision. She found that the HSE had justified its decision to refuse to grant the application under section 9 of the FOI Act.
Date: 06-10-2016
Case Number: 160205
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE's decision. She found that the HSE had justified its decision to refuse to grant the application under section 9 of the FOI Act.
Date: 06-10-2016
Case Number: 160250
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE
Date: 05-10-2016
Case Number: 160275
Public Body: HSE South
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator did not consider the IMO to have justified its objections to the release of the records and directed their release, with the exception of a small amount of what she accepted was commercially sensitive information about third parties that had provided the IMO with goods or services. She found such information to be exempt under section 36(1)(b) with the public interest in its release being outweighed by the public interest in protecting the information concerned
Date: 05-10-2016
Case Number: 150432
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.36, s.36(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the BAI's decision. She found that one record should be withheld under section 36(1)(b) on the basis that it contained commercially sensitive information, and that the remaining records should be released.
Date: 29-09-2016
Case Number: 160032
Public Body: The Broadcasting Authority of Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.36
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Hospital's decision that 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act applies to the applicant's request on the basis that the records requested do not exist.
Date: 28-09-2016
Case Number: 160229
Public Body: Beaumont Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.15
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Department, but affirmed its refusal of access to the records. She found that the FOI Act does not apply to certain records on the basis of section 42(f). She also found that section 15(1)(a) applies to any further records relevant to the request on the basis that they do not exist or cannot be found after reasonable steps have been taken to look for them. She further found that section 31(1)(a) applies to the withheld parts of some records for which legal professional privilege has been claimed. She found that section 30(1)(c) applies to the withheld information in certain records. She found that section 36(1)(b) applies to a small amount of information in some records. No additional information fell to be released.
Date: 23-09-2016
Case Number: 160022
Public Body: Department of Environment, Community and Local Government
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.31, s.31(1)(a), s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.30, s.42
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the section 38 requirements were not applied correctly in this case and annulled the decision of EirGrid.
Date: 23-09-2016
Case Number: 160358
Public Body: EirGrid
Section of the Act.: s.38