Summary: The Senior Investigator varied Revenue's decision. He found that it was justified in refusing access to certain records that had previously been released to the applicant but that it was not justified in refusing all relevant records for the entire period under that section. He directed Revenue to consider afresh the applicant's request for records for the period other than those already released on foot of her earlier request.
Date: 14-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-67680-W7P0N8
Public Body: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(i),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department to refuse access to the report under section 31(1)(a).
Date: 13-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-57897-X5B2N0
Public Body: Department of Defence
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.31(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the DWEC to refuse the request on the ground that it does not hold the records for the purposes of the FOI Act.
Date: 10-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-57745-Q4K7Y3
Public Body: Dublin West Education Centre
Section of the Act.: s.2, s.2(5), s.11, s.11(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the IDA's decision and directed it to conduct a new decision-making process in respect of the applicant's FOI request
Date: 10-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-67084-V5X2M2
Public Body: IDA Ireland
Section of the Act.:
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the decision to refuse access to the records concerned was justified under section 35(1)(b) of the FOI Act. She affirmed GNI's decision accordingly.
Date: 07-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-60606-G9H7W4
Public Body: Gas Networks Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed CORU's decision under sections 15(1)(a), 15(1)(i) and 31(1)(a) of the FOI Act
Date: 07-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-61233-V8M7B1
Public Body: CORU
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.15(1)(i), s.31, s.31(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the HSE's decision, under sections 31(1)(a), 36(1)(b) and 37(1) of the FOI Act
Date: 06-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-62712-J9B1Y2
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.31(1)(a), s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed ComReg's decision to refuse access to the TETRA information redacted from the two reports under section 32(1)(a)(x) and to refuse access to the redacted PMR information under section 36(1)(b).
Date: 02-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-57715-M4C9Z8
Public Body: Commission for Communications Regulation
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(a)(x), s.36, s.36(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Revenue's decision. She found that the records, while relating to the Notice, also contained details of positions that the Revenue would take in any settlement negotiations that it might enter into with the applicant (section 30(1)(c)). She also found that, on balance, the public interest was better served by refusing to grant the FOI request concerned.
Date: 02-07-2020
Case Number: OIC-62219-Z8N6Q7
Public Body: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Section of the Act.: s.30, s.30(1)(c),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Department's decision. She affirmed its decision on certain records under sections 28, 31(1)(a) and 31(1)(b). She annulled its decision on the remaining records and directed their release.
Date: 30-06-2020
Case Number: OIC-58229-V0Q1T9 & OIC-60725-G4B8K0
Public Body: Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport
Section of the Act.: s.28, s.28(1)(b), s.31, s.31(1)(a), s.31(1)(b), s.35, s.35(1)(a),