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 found that the HSE was justified in its refusal to provide a statement of reasons under section 18 of the FOI Act. He affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 09-03-2015
Case Number: 140307
Public Body: HSE
Section of the Act.: s.18
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department to release the tender documents in question.
Date: 27-02-2015
Case Number: 140298
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.29
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Department and directed the redaction of the applicant's name and address from record A15 pursuant to section 28(1) of the FOI Act. He affirmed the Department's decision to release the remaining records at issue, including record A15.
Date: 27-02-2015
Case Number: 140299
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Information Commissioner annulled the Council's refusal of the request and directed that the Council undertake a fresh decision making process and inform the applicant of the outcome in accordance with the requirements of the FOI Act.
Date: 24-02-2015
Case Number: 140287
Public Body: Bray County Council
Section of the Act.: s.34, s.34(2)(b)(ii),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Council's decision to refuse access to the information sought under the provisions of section 27(1)(b) of the FOI Act.
Date: 23-02-2015
Case Number: 140193
Public Body: Kildare County Council
Section of the Act.: s.26, s.27, s.31
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Authority. While he affirmed the Authority's decision to refuse access to one record under section 22(1)(a) of the FOI Act, he directed the release of two further records on the ground that they were not exempt from release under that provision. He also affirmed the Authority's decision to refuse access to further relevant records on the ground that no such records exist or can be found.
Date: 23-02-2015
Case Number: 140197
Public Body: Equality Authority
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Commissioner found that the Department had not justified its decision to refuse access to the records. He annulled the Department's decision and directed the release of the records.
Date: 19-02-2015
Case Number: 140074
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
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Summary: The Information Commissioner decided that it was not necessary to make findings on the withheld employer names because the Department had, albeit inadvertently, released those names to the applicant under the FOI Act. Neither was it necessary to make a decision on the withheld Company ID field insofar as it concerned employers whose names the Department had intentionally released. This aspect of the review was settled following an offer by the Department to match the names concerned to details it had already released concerning the internships advertised by those employers. The Commissioner annulled the refusal, and directed the release of, the details within the Company ID field insofar as it concerned the remaining employers, on the basis that the Department had not justified its refusal of the details concerned.
Date: 19-02-2015
Case Number: 120314
Public Body: Department of Social Protection
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Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the Council was justified in its decision to withhold the name requested on the ground that section 23(1)(b) of the FOI Act applies.
Date: 18-02-2015
Case Number: 140289
Public Body: Wexford County Council
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE's decision.
Date: 18-02-2015
Case Number: 140303
Public Body: HSE South
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