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 decision.
Date: 23-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-120733-F6K2L1
Public Body: Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department.
Date: 22-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-120249-L3M9B2
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department.
Date: 22-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-120063-J9S7Y2
Public Body: Sligo County Council
Section of the Act.: s.22, s.22(12)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Department. He found that it was not justified in refusing access, under sections 32(1)(a), 32(1)(b), or 37(1) to the names of judges who were appointed to and/or removed from the Special Criminal Courts and the specific Courts in which they hold or held office. He found that it was justified in refusing access, under section 37(1), to details of their dates of appointment and, where applicable, dates of, and reasons for, their removal.
Date: 22-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-120330-F1V3C1
Public Body: Department of Justice
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(a), s.32(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: Whether Trinity College Dublin was justified in refusing access to records relating to the decision to close the Science Gallery Dublin (Science Gallery) on the basis of sections 29(1), 36(1)(b) and 36(1)(c) of the FOI Act.
Date: 22-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-119689-N2B7F7
Public Body: Trinity College Dublin
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1), s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.36(1)(c),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed RTÉ's decision.
Date: 21-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-124228-R8J7S4
Public Body: Raidió Teilifís Éireann
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the HSE's decision and directed it to consider the request afresh.
Date: 21-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-119193-M1F8C3
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision.
Date: 21-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-116077-G4W0G5
Public Body: Department of Transport
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.35(2), s.36, s.36(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HPRA's decision.
Date: 21-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-109419-C1H9W9
Public Body: Health Products Regulatory Authority
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1), s.36, s.36(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the University's decision.
Date: 21-06-2022
Case Number: OIC-119791-H7P2C1
Public Body: Munster Technological University
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),