Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Council’s decision
Date: 23-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-163422-Y4K9Q6
Public Body: Louth County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(h),
Summary: The Investigator varied the Department’s decision. She found that the Department had taken an overly narrow view of one part of the request and the extent to which one record was covered by it. She annulled the Department’s decision on the record concerned and directed it to make a fresh decision on the matter. She found that section 30(1)(a) applied to the redactions to the other record and that the public interest did not weigh in favour of their disclosure.
Date: 22-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-159244-W3B0H7
Public Body: Department of Justice
Section of the Act.: s.30, s.30(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE to refuse access to the record at issue under section 30(1)(b).
Date: 22-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-158648-P4N2T1
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.30, s.30(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the Council’s decision. He found that the Council did not carry out a proper decision-making process in relation to the applicant’s request and he directed it to make a new decision on the matter.
Date: 21-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-157961-L3J0K5
Public Body: Fingal County Council
Section of the Act.: s.22, s.22(2),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Council’s decision.
Date: 21-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-200022
Public Body: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Section of the Act.: s.10, s.10(5), s.10(7),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Council’s decisions.
Date: 21-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-200102, OIC-200103, OIC-200104, OIC-200110, OIC-200111 & OIC-200185
Public Body: Wicklow County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(g),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Council’s decision
Date: 16-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-161781-B8K6V3
Public Body: Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Section of the Act.: s.27, s.27(6),
Summary: The Commissioner affirmed the Department’s decision.
Date: 16-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-158593-R2C9C7
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(g),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed SEAI’s decision
Date: 16-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-158459-C4F4Y3
Public Body: Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.36, s.36(1)(b),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed UCD’s decision. He found that UCD was justified in its refusal of access, under section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act, to the minutes of and attendees at certain meetings
Date: 15-04-2026
Case Number: OIC-157167-Y3F8Y5
Public Body: University College Dublin
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),