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 decision of the HSE.
Date: 12-10-2021
Case Number: OIC-111862-K7T9Q8
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the Department was not justified in its decision to extend the period for consideration of the applicant's request under section 14 of the Act and that it had relied on inappropriate factors for doing so.
Date: 12-10-2021
Case Number: OIC-112365-D1S1Y3
Public Body: Department of Justice
Section of the Act.: s.14
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the AGS and directed the release of certain of the redacted information
Date: 06-10-2021
Case Number: OIC-110230-W3F0P4
Public Body: An Garda SÃochana
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(2),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Defence Forces. He found that the Defence Forces was not required to provide a statement of reasons for the acts identified by the applicant
Date: 04-10-2021
Case Number: OIC-101504-F7Q9B4
Public Body: Defence Forces
Section of the Act.: s.10
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Council's decision to refuse the request under section 37(1) of the FOI Act
Date: 04-10-2021
Case Number: OIC-108110-X6P8N8
Public Body: Tipperary County Council
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Council. He directed the partial release of a record to which access had been refused under section 37(1)
Date: 01-10-2021
Case Number: OIC-106777-T6P7Q9
Public Body: Wexford County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision under sections 29(1) (deliberative processes) and 31(1)(a) (legal professional privilege) of the FOI Act
Date: 30-09-2021
Case Number: OIC-107414-N1H0D7
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1), s.31, s.31(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Defence Forces
Date: 30-09-2021
Case Number: OIC-108091-V5P3H0
Public Body: Defence Forces
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the OPW. He directed the OPW to release the identities of current and former staff members that had been redacted from the released records. He affirmed the OPW's decision to refuse access, under section 37(1), to the remaining redacted information
Date: 30-09-2021
Case Number: OIC-108628-V0L3Z7
Public Body: Office of Public Works
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the Council's decision. He found that the Council had taken an unduly narrow interpretation of the applicant's request and he directed it to undertake a fresh decision-making process in respect of the request
Date: 30-09-2021
Case Number: OIC-112247-Q7P9V9
Public Body: Louth County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),