Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Council’s decision to levy the fee prescribed under 27(13)(a)(i) of the FOI Act.
Date: 26-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-162477-K1T0C7 OIC-162480-G1Z7S8 OIC-162801-B4H5J5 OIC-163799-N2Z4T1 OIC-163801-Q8Q8T2
Public Body: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Section of the Act.: s.27, s.27(13)(a)(i),
Summary: Whether the Council was justified in charging the applicant a fee to carry out an internal review of the decision it made on her FOI request
Date: 26-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-162475-P3C5M0
Public Body: Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council
Section of the Act.: s.27, s.27(13)(a)(i),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the NTMA’s decision. He found it was not justified in refusing access to the record under sections 32(1)(c) or 36(1)(b) of the FOI Act. He directed the release of the record subject to the redaction of a small amount of third party personal information
Date: 26-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-154285-T0K5Z4
Public Body: The National Treasury Management Agency
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(c), s.36, s.36(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department’s decision.
Date: 25-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-150006-G5Z9G6
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 HSE’s decision.
Date: 25-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-157216-H0T6B0
Public Body: Health Service Executive (the HSE)
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator varied the Council’s decision. He affirmed the Council’s decision to redact third party personal information under section 37(1) of the Act. He annulled the Council’s decision to refuse access to further records under section 15(1)(a) of the Act and directed it to consider the applicant’s request afresh.
Date: 25-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-161144-W2F4Q0
Public Body: Wexford County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the IPS’s decision. She found that the records were exempt under section 37(1) of the FOI Act and that the public interest did not weigh in favour of their disclosure.
Date: 24-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-161977-H0G4S7
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(7),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed ÚnaG’s decision.
Date: 24-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-146595-H4K3G7
Public Body: Údarás na Gaeltachta
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(g),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the decision of the IPS. He directed the release of the record that is not broken down by prison and he directed the IPS to consider afresh the request for the record broken down by prison.
Date: 21-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-154314-F5Q0M4
Public Body: The Irish Prison Service (IPS)
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(c), s.32, s.32(1)(a)(v), s.32(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the HSE’s decision.
Date: 21-11-2025
Case Number: OIC-159198-Y7Q5Q3
Public Body: Health Service Executive (HSE)
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),