Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision. She found that the report contained personal information about identifiable individuals and was exempt under section 37(1) of the FOI Act. She found that the public interest in upholding the right to privacy outweighed the public interest in granting the request.
Date: 27-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-59426-Q8D7T8
Public Body: Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision.
Date: 26-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-53318-Z7T4L9
Public Body: Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision. She found that the applicant was not entitled to access the records under section 37 of the FOI Act. She found that the public interest in granting the request does not outweigh the public interest in upholding the right to privacy of third parties.
Date: 25-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56128-R6C4P3
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision. She found that the applicant was not entitled to access withheld information in the records under section 37(1) of the Act. She found that the public interest in granting the request does not outweigh the public interest in upholding the right to privacy of the various third parties.
Date: 25-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56477-H9Q1R9
Public Body: Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Hospital's decision, under section 37(1) of the FOI Act
Date: 24-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-53509-X9G0Y4 (190247)
Public Body: The Rotunda Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the FSAI's decision. He found the FSAI was justified in refusing access to the individual survey responses under section 35(1)(b) on the ground that their release would breach a duty of confidence provided for by agreement. He found the FSAI was not justified in refusing access to a slideshow containing details of the collated anonymised responses given under section 35(1) and he directed the release of the record.
Date: 21-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-53312-J6Y5G4
Public Body: Food Safety Authority of Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.35(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE?s decision. She found that the records contained third party personal information and/or joint personal information (section 37) and that the public interest in protecting privacy rights outweighed the public interest in releasing the records.
Date: 20-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56433-P2W9W2
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(8),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE's decision. She found that the withheld details comprised third party personal information and/or joint personal information (section 37) and that the public interest in protecting privacy rights outweighed the public interest in fully releasing the records.
Date: 20-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56445-G8F5B6
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(8),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE's decision. She found that a record of a particular meeting did not exist (section 15(1)(a)). She also found that records and parts of records contained third party personal information and/or joint personal information (section 37) and that the public interest in protecting privacy rights outweighed the public interest in releasing the records.
Date: 20-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56455-S1J4K0
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE's decision. Having accepted that the records on which the statement would be based would be exempt under section 37 of the FOI Act (personal information), she found that section 10(2) of the FOI Act applies. Section 10(2) provides that section 10 does not require the giving to a person of information contained in a record which would fall to be refused as an exempt record. She also found that, because he is not his parents' guardian, the applicant is not entitled to a statement of reasons further to the provisions of Regulations 6 and 7 of S.I. No. 53 of 2017.
Date: 20-02-2020
Case Number: OIC-56963-K9S9J3
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.10, s.10(1), s.10(2),