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 Investigator affirmed the Council's decision.
Date: 24-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-128254-V7D0D7
Public Body: Sligo County Council
Section of the Act.: s.36, s.36(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the SFPA.
Date: 23-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-117817-M5N2C9
Public Body: Sea Fisheries Protection Authority
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HPRA. He found that sections 35 and 36(1) did not apply to certain of the information at issue. He found that while sections 36(1)(b) and 36 (1)(c) applied to some of the information, the public interest would, on balance, be better served by granting access to that information.
Date: 18-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-127873-T4V8J5
Public Body: Health Products Regulatory Authority
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1), s.36, s.36(1)(a), s.36(1)(b), s.36(1)(c), s.38
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the Council and directed it to consider the request afresh.
Date: 12-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-131942-B8N8T2
Public Body: Cork County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the Department was justified in refusing access to the record concerned in part, on the basis of section 37(1) of the FOI Act. She found that the public interest, on balance, did not favour its release. She also found that the Department was justified in refusing to release additional records on the basis that they did not exist or could not be located once all reasonable steps had been taken to ascertain their whereabouts under section 15(1)(a).
Date: 09-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-122335-H4K5C4
Public Body: The Department of Justice
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the Council's decision and directed the release of the record.
Date: 09-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-126941-Y8J1B0
Public Body: Dublin City Council
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1), s.29(2),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Department's refusal of the request.
Date: 09-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-128424-Z3S3D5
Public Body: Department of Justice
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1), s.42, s.42(d),
Summary: The Investigator annulled Tusla's decisions and directed it to consider the applicant's requests afresh.
Date: 04-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-125408-M1S0N9, OIC-125427-T5N1T7
Public Body: Tusla
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(a)(i),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the HSE. He found that the HSE was not justified in refusing access to the records at issue under sections 35(1)(b) and 41(1)(a) of the FOI Act. He found that section 37(1) of the FOI Act applied to a small amount of information in the records. He directed the release of the records subject to the redaction of that information.
Date: 04-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-124624-M7Z3K8
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1), s.40,
Summary: The Investigator varied the University's decision.
Date: 03-01-2023
Case Number: OIC-126018-F3T2K9
Public Body: Atlantic Technological University
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),