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 Council's decision. She found that section 37(1) of the FOI Act (personal information) applied to the withheld records and that the public interest did not weigh in favour of their release.
Date: 28-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-107531-H4Y2L0
Public Body: A County Council
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Central Bank's refusal of the request on the basis that it is not an FOI body in relation to the requested records further to the provisions of Schedule 1, Part 1, paragraph (b)(i) of the FOI Act.
Date: 28-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-97025-R9N7N7
Public Body: Central Bank of Ireland
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied Revenue's decision. She affirmed its refusal of certain records under sections 15(1)(a) (records do not exist) and 41(1)(a) (disclosure is prohibited by another enactment). She found further records to contain third party personal information (section 37(1)) and that the public interest did not weigh in favour of their release. She annulled Revenue's decision on the remaining records and directed it to grant access to them.
Date: 27-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-96244-C4J3J9
Public Body: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.30, s.30(1)(a), s.30(1)(c), s.32, s.32(1)(a)(i), s.37, s.37(1), s.41, s.41(1)(a), s.31
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Department's decision. She affirmed its effective reliance on section 15(1)(a) to refuse to grant access to further relevant records. She affirmed its decision to withhold some information on the basis of section 37(1). She found that, on balance, the public interest in release did not outweigh the privacy rights of the individuals concerned. She annulled the Department's decision to refuse access to the remaining records in part on the basis of sections 30 and 32. She directed the release of a number of additional records in part to the applicant.
Date: 23-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-60152-C8V9Q9
Public Body: Department of Transport, Tourism and Trade
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.30, s.30(1), s.32, s.32(1), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the IDA's decision. She affirmed its decision on certain records, under sections 30(1)(c) and 37(1) of the FOI Act. She annulled its decision on the remaining records and directed their release
Date: 22-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-99202-W0K2W9
Public Body: IDA Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.30, s.30(1)(c), s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.35(1)(b), s.35(2), s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.36(1)(c), s.40, s.40(1)(c), s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the decision of the Department and remitted it back to the Department for fresh consideration.
Date: 20-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-105911-T0H8N4
Public Body: Department of Justice
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1), s.32, s.32(1)(a)(i), s.32(1)(a)(ii),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of AGS.
Date: 20-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-106152-V6B9V2
Public Body: An Garda Síochána
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE to refuse to amend the records in the manner sought by the applicant.
Date: 15-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-104841-Q2R4H4
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the decision of the Department on the ground that it had not taken all reasonable steps to locate the records sought and directed the Department to conduct a fresh decision-making process in respect of the applicant's request.
Date: 14-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-106888-K0W8C2
Public Body: Department of Social Protection
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 14-07-2021
Case Number: OIC-101742-J1Q7H2
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(3),