Summary: Whether the Medical Council was justified in refusing access to information from the minutes of its meetings that related to legal (or other) opinions on a specified change to its guidelines
Date: 03-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-150189-L9H5R3
Public Body: The Medical Council
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.31(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the Department’s decision and directed it to consider the applicant’s request afresh.
Date: 03-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-157037-R7C9K7
Public Body: The Department of Health
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed Tusla’s decision.
Date: 03-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-152804-R6P6L6
Public Body: Tusla
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(7), s.42, s.42(m)(i),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed UCC’s decision
Date: 11-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-155475-J3S1Z1
Public Body: University College Cork
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.31, s.31(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Courts Service
Date: 01-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-154881-R1M3G5
Public Body: Courts Service
Section of the Act.: s.42, s.42(a)(i),
Summary: None
Date: 01-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-152201-L2C0D4
Public Body: St. Joseph's Foundation
Section of the Act.: s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.36(1)(c),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the decision of the IPS.
Date: 01-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-155504-J9P2C2
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the decision of the Department and directed the release of the records.
Date: 30-06-2025
Case Number: OIC-150871-V9Y7D5
Public Body: Department of Public Expenditure, NDP, Delivery and Reform
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1)(a), s.30, s.30(1), s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.36(1)(c),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the IPS’s decision.
Date: 30-06-2025
Case Number: OIC-151285-L2S2Q7
Public Body: The Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator varied the IPS’s decision. She annulled the IPS’s decision on one part of the request, and also directed the IPS to take certain specific search steps. She directed the IPS to make a decision on these matters in accordance with the provisions of the FOI Act. She affirmed the IPS’s reliance on section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act (reasonable searches) and section 15(1)(i) (records already released) in relation to the remainder of the request.
Date: 27-06-2025
Case Number: OIC-149192-T4Y5J4
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.15(1)(i),