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 Department to refuse access to the records requested. She found that the records were exempt under section 37(1) of the FOI Act and that the public interest in granting the request did not outweigh the right to privacy of the individuals to whom the information relates.
Date: 27-07-2016
Case Number: 160226
Public Body: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Section of the Act.: s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision.
Date: 27-07-2016
Case Number: 160217
Public Body: Department of Justice and Law Reform
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.31(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department.
Date: 27-07-2016
Case Number: 160165
Public Body: Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Council to refuse access to the records on the basis of section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act. She found that the Council had justified its position that additional records identified by the applicants either do not exist or cannot be found after all reasonable steps to ascertain their whereabouts have been taken.
Date: 27-07-2016
Case Number: 160106
Public Body: Wicklow County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Department's decision. She did not consider it to have justified its reliance on sections 15(1)(d), 29, 35 and 42(j) of the FOI Act. She affirmed the Department's refusal of access to some of the withheld records/parts of records under section 37 on the basis that they contain personal information about persons other than the applicant and/or her son, or the joint personal information of the applicant and/or her son and other parties. She found that the public interest that the rights of privacy of the third parties concerned should be upheld outweighs the public interest that the information be released. She directed the release of the remaining details.
Date: 25-07-2016
Case Number: 160157
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.35, s.37, s.42
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE to refuse access to the records sought, having regard to section 37(8)(b) of the FOI Act, and the Freedom of Information Act, 1997 (Section 28(6)) Regulations, 2009. She found that the public interest, including the public interest in the confidentiality of personal information, would, on balance, be better served by refusing than granting the request.
Date: 25-07-2016
Case Number: 160144
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that GNI was justified in its decision to refuse access to the records sought by the applicant under section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act. She affirmed the decision of GNI.
Date: 19-07-2016
Case Number: 160132
Public Body: Gas Networks Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator upheld 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: 19-07-2016
Case Number: 160123
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed UCC's decision to refuse access to the records sought.
Date: 13-07-2016
Case Number: 160136
Public Body: University College Cork
Section of the Act.: s.37
Summary: The Commissioner annulled the decision of the Department on the basis that it had not satisfied him that its decision was justified having regard to the requirements of section 35(1)(a). He directed the release of the record.
Date: 13-07-2016
Case Number: 150284
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.35