Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed Revenue?s decision to refuse access to the records concerned under section 41(1)(a) of the Act, on the basis that disclosure of the information concerned is prohibited by Council Regulation (EU) No 904/2010.
Date: 30-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-55336-X2R4H9
Public Body: Company X and Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Section of the Act.: s.41, s.41(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Agency's decision. She found that the applicant was not entitled to access withheld information in 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 the various third parties.
Date: 30-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-55376-N8J2S0
Public Body: TUSLA: Child and Family Agency
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Department. He found that the Department had provided an adequate statement of reasons for the purposes of section 10 of the Act.
Date: 30-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-55512-Q9P1D2
Public Body: Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Section of the Act.: s.10
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled the Department's decision. She found that the information was not exempt under sections 29(1) (deliberative process) or 30(1)(b) (functions relating to management). While she accepted that it was exempt under 30(1)(c) (negotiations of the Government or FOI body), she found that the public interest weighed in favour of disclosure. She directed the Department to release the figure.
Date: 30-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-56587-F9F4F3
Public Body: Department of Health
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1), s.30, s.30(1)(b), s.30(1)(c),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision. She found that section 35(1)(b) (duty of confidence) applied to the record.
Date: 30-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-56609-W8K3B3
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled DCU's decision and directed it to consider the applicant?s request afresh.
Date: 29-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-57804-L4W5P8
Public Body: Dublin City University
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Agency's decision. She upheld the Agency?s refusal of access to withheld information in 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. She found that one record did not qualify for the exemption under section 31(1)(a); she annulled that part of the decision and directed release of the record.
Date: 28-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-56254-W5B5M3
Public Body: TUSLA - Child and Family Agency
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.31(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of TUSLA. While he found that TUSLA was justified in refusing access to the vast majority of the information at issue under section 37 of the FOI Act, he directed the release of 3 further pages subject to certain redactions.
Date: 27-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-55603-T9N0P1
Public Body: Ms X and TUSLA: Child and Family Agency
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator found that the IDA was not justified in its decision to extend the period for consideration of the applicant's FOI request under section 14 of the FOI Act.
Date: 27-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-58374-Z0N2X8
Public Body: Investment and Development Agency
Section of the Act.: s.14
Summary: The Commissioner annulled the decision of the Department. He found that the Department holds the records in question for the purposes of the FOI Act. He remitted the request to the Department to be processed afresh.
Date: 24-01-2020
Case Number: OIC-53487-S3Q7X3
Public Body: Department of the Taoiseach
Section of the Act.: s.11, s.11(1), s.2