Summary: With the exception of a small amount of information for which she directed release, the Investigator affirmed the IPS’s decision to refuse access to the relevant records on the basis of sections 35(1)(a) and 37(1)
Date: 08-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-150132-Q4D1L8
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(a)(iii), s.32(1)(a)(v), s.32(1)(b), s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1), s.37(7),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of Tusla to withhold the information at issue under section 37(1).
Date: 08-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-147203-M5K9R7
Public Body: Tusla
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.31(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Commission’s decision.
Date: 08-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-148701-W8D4Z7
Public Body: Standards in Public Office Commission
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: The Investigator varied the Board’s decision.
Date: 07-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-151969-T6G9N7
Public Body: Citizens Information Board
Section of the Act.: s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.36(1)(c),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Board’s decision. He found that it was justified in refusing parts of the request under section 15(1)(a) on the ground that the records sought do not exist. He found that it was not justified in refusing access, under section 36(1)(b), to certain invoices and statements of account, apart from details of the hourly rates charged and the number of hours of service provided each month.
Date: 04-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-149821-M7K8V3
Public Body: Legal Aid Board
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.36, s.36(1)(b),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the Council’s decision and directed to consider the applicant’s request afresh.
Date: 04-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-157133-G6F9C0
Public Body: Louth County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the HSE’s decision and directed the HSE to consider the request afresh.
Date: 04-07-2025
Case Number: OIC-153368-B8Z8F9
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(3), s.37(4),
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),