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 that the statements issued by the University, together with other information and documents also provided by the University, constitute a satisfactory statement of reasons for the purposes of section 18 of the FOI Act.
Date: 12-09-2014
Case Number: 130198
Public Body: University of Limerick
Section of the Act.: s.18
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decisions of the Board in Cases 130309 and 140091 to reflect that the applicant has no material interest in the acts in question, within the meaning of sections 18(5) and 18(6) of the FOI Act, and affirmed the decision of the Board in Case 140138. This decision relates to three requests by the applicant. These are reference no's: 130309, 140091, 140138
Date: 11-09-2014
Case Number: 140138
Public Body: Legal Aid Board
Section of the Act.: s.18, s.18(5), s.18(6),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decisions of the Board in Cases 130309 and 140091 to reflect that the applicant has no material interest in the acts in question, within the meaning of sections 18(5) and 18(6) of the FOI Act, and affirmed the decision of the Board in Case 140138. This decision relates to three requests by the applicant. These are reference no's: 130309, 140091, 140138
Date: 11-09-2014
Case Number: 140138
Public Body: Legal Aid Board
Section of the Act.: s.18, s.18(5), s.18(6),
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the company failed to meet its burden under section 34(12)(a) of the FOI Act of showing that the decision of the HPRA to grant access to the records 2-6 was not justified. However, she found that records 1 and 7-9 were exempt from release under section 26(1)(b). She varied the decision of the HPRA accordingly
Date: 05-09-2014
Case Number: 130092
Public Body: The Health Products Regulatory Authority
Section of the Act.: s.26, s.26(1)(a), s.26(1)(b), s.27, s.27(1)(b), s.27(1)(c), s.28, s.28(1),
Summary: The Commissioner found that the HSE was justified in refusing the amendments sought in relation to information in Items A and E of the records identified by the applicant and he affirmed those parts of the decision. He further found that the HSE was not justified in its decision in relation to Items B, D and F; he varied the decision and found that the information in those records should be amended.
Date: 05-09-2014
Case Number: 120146
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.17
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE's refusal to amend the records in question under section 17 of the FOI Act
Date: 05-09-2014
Case Number: 130029
Public Body: The Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.17
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the Department was justified in its decision to refuse the applicant's request pursuant to sections 22(1)(a), 26(1) and 28(1) of the FOI Act. He affirmed the decision of the Department in relation to the request.
Date: 25-08-2014
Case Number: 140040
Public Body: The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Section of the Act.: s.22, s.22(1)(a), s.26, s.26(1), s.28, s.28(1),
Summary: The Commissioner found that the Courts Service was not justified in its decision to withhold access to the information sought. The Commissioner annulled the decision of the Courts Service and directed the release of the information requested.
Date: 19-08-2014
Case Number: 130140
Public Body: Courts Service
Section of the Act.: s.24, s.24(1)(a), s.28, s.28(1), s.28(2), s.28(5),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the Department's refusal of the request and directed that the Department should decide the request again, following consultation with the applicant as required under section 10(2) of the Act.
Date: 18-08-2014
Case Number: 140156
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.10, s.10(1)(c),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Revenue's decision as described above.
Date: 13-08-2014
Case Number: 130026
Public Body: The Revenue Commissioners
Section of the Act.: