OIC Decisions
Decisions issued from January 2022 onwards can be found here. If you require an earlier decision, please contact us at info@oic.ie
Decisions issued from January 2022 onwards can be found here. If you require an earlier decision, please contact us at info@oic.ie
Summary: The Investigator varied the Department's decision.
Date: 26-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-139939-L9Z8B8
Public Body: Department of Social Protection
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1), s.30, s.30(1)(a), s.30(1)(b), s.35, s.35(1), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the HPRA. He found that it was justified in refusing access to the majority of the withheld information on the basis of sections 36(1)(b) and 37(1) of the FOI Act. He found that it was not justified in refusing access to a limited amount of withheld information and he directed its release.
Date: 25-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-132892-R1F1S7, OIC-136425-V3W2D2
Public Body: Health Products Regulatory Authority
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1), s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of IPAT. He found that it was justified in refusing access to certain records on the basis of sections 31(1)(a) and 42(f) of the FOI Act. He found that it was not justified in refusing access to the remaining records under sections 29(1), 31(1)(a), 31(1)(b), 31(2)(b) or 42(f) and he directed their release, subject to the redaction of certain information and excluding records which the applicant agreed to exclude from the scope of the review.
Date: 23-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-137416-G7Z4M3
Public Body: The International Protection Appeals Tribunal
Section of the Act.: s.29, s.29(1), s.31, s.31(1), s.31(2), s.42, s.42(f),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Department's decision to refuse to release the records under sections 32(1)(a)(i), 32(1)(a)(ii) and 37(1) of the FOI Act.
Date: 23-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-143426-Y9Z6B8
Public Body: Department of Social Protection
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.32(1)(a)(i), s.32(1)(a)(ii), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Department. While he found that a spreadsheet attachment to the record at issue was exempt under section 36(1)(c), he found that a specific email forming part of the record was not exempt under sections 35(1)(a) or section 36(1)(c) and he directed its release.
Date: 22-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-139108-M1X1T1
Public Body: Department of Transport
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(a), s.36, s.36(1)(c), s.38, s.38(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the Department's decision
Date: 19-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-140798-G8F2V1
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the IPS on the basis that it did not comply with the provisions of section 15(4) of the Act before refusing the request. He directed the IPS to consider the request afresh.
Date: 18-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-145404-P4L1W0
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(c), s.15(4),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the Hospital's decision. He found that it was justified in in refusing access, under section 15(1)(a) of the Act, to any further relevant records apart from the records already identified on the ground that no further records exist or can be found. He found that it was justified in refusing access, under section 30(1)(a), to four incident reports. He found that it was justified in refusing access to some, but not all, of the information redacted from the records under section 37(1). He directed the release of certain information relating to the medical professionals who cared for the applicant's mother.
Date: 17-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-123578-B1X4L9
Public Body: Marymount University Hospital & Hospice
Section of the Act.: s.30, s.30(1)(a), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed Tusla's decision
Date: 17-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-143086-K8F9G3
Public Body: Tusla
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.31(1)(a), s.31(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1), s.37(7), s.37(8)(a),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the decision of the IPS on the basis that it did not comply with the provisions of section 15(4) of the Act before refusing the request. He directed the IPS to consider the request afresh.
Date: 16-04-2024
Case Number: OIC-143979-V1R5F8
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(c), s.15(4),