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 Department's refusal of such records under section 10(1)(a) of the FOI Act.
Date: 03-02-2014
Case Number: 130135
Public Body: Department of Social Protection
Section of the Act.: s.10, s.10(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department and found that Sections 19(1)(a), 22(1)(a), 23(1)(a)(i), 24(1)(a), and 46(1)(b) apply to the records and no records should be released.
Date: 30-01-2014
Case Number: 120118
Public Body: Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources
Section of the Act.: s.19, s.19(1)(a), s.19(3)(a), s.22, s.22(1)(a), s.23, s.23(1)(a)(i), s.24, s.24(1)(a), s.13
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's refusal of the withheld details at issue under sections 28(1) and 28(5B) of the FOI Act.
Date: 30-01-2014
Case Number: 130222
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.28, s.28(1), s.28(5)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Council's revised position and directed that the records at issue should be withheld from release.
Date: 30-01-2014
Case Number: 120332
Public Body: Donegal County Council
Section of the Act.: s.28, s.28(5), s.29, s.29(3), s.26, s.27
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's refusal of the withheld details at issue under sections 28(1) and 28(5B) of the FOI Act.
Date: 30-01-2014
Case Number: 130222
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.28, s.28(1), s.28(2), s.28(5), s.28(5)(a), s.28(5B),
Summary: The Commissioner found that granting the applicant's requests was not warranted in the public interest under section 28(5)(a) by virtue of any overriding public interest in the matter. He affirmed the decisions of the HSE and the Hospital accordingly.
Date: 23-01-2014
Case Number: 090261
Public Body: Health Service Executive & Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children
Section of the Act.: s.28, s.28(5)(a),
Summary: The Commissioner found that granting the applicant's requests was not warranted in the public interest under section 28(5)(a) by virtue of any overriding public interest in the matter. He affirmed the decisions of the HSE and the Hospital accordingly.
Date: 23-01-2014
Case Number: 090261 and 090262 and 090263
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.8, s.8(4), s.13, s.13(1), s.13(2), s.28, s.28(5)(a), s.28(5)(b), s.28(5B), s.28(6),
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the Department was justified in its decision to charge the applicant a fee for the cost of 7 hours search and retrieval work in this case.
Date: 22-01-2014
Case Number: 130054
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.47
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that RTÉ was justified in its decision that no further records exist or can be found and affirmed the decision accordingly.
Date: 10-01-2014
Case Number: 110196
Public Body: Radio Teilifís Éireann
Section of the Act.: s.10, s.10(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 09-01-2014
Case Number: 130016
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.17