Summary: Conducted in accordance with section 22(2) of the FOI Act by Richard Crowley, who is authorised by the Information Commissioner to conduct this review
Date: 01-09-2025
Case Number: OIC-158694-Y5Y8H3
Public Body: Galway County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed Tusla's decision.
Date: 29-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-155370-K1D8D1
Public Body: Tulsa
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.31(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department’s decision. He found it was justified in refusing access to the records concerned under section 35(1)(b) of the FOI Act.
Date: 29-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-152813-P8M3F0 and OIC-152825-B6L2L8
Public Body: Department of Finance
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(b),
Summary: Whether the IPS was justified, under section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act, in refusing correspondence between the IPS and the Minister/Department of Justice about overcrowding and temporary release on the ground that no such records exist
Date: 28-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-157224-Z0F1D4
Public Body: Irish Prison Service
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the decision of the Council
Date: 28-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-153773-P7R0L7
Public Body: Wicklow County Council
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1), s.37(7),
Summary: The Investigator affirmed the HSE’s decision. She found that the records were exempt from release under section 37(1) of the FOI Act (personal information) and that the public interest did not weigh in favour of their release. She also found that the applicant was not entitled to the details further to the Regulations issued under section 37(8) of the FOI Act.
Date: 27-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-149562-T6Y9R1, OIC-149556-S8R4S8, OIC-149394-T0F1W6 & OIC-146677-V7C3Y8
Public Body: The Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department’s decision.
Date: 27-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-157932-H4M1X9
Public Body: Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (the Department)
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Council.
Date: 25-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-150607-J3Y4B9
Public Body: Limerick City and County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a), s.35, s.35(1), s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Investigator annulled the HSE’s decision and directed it to consider the applicant’s request afresh.
Date: 22-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-158352-G7C9K2
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Council. While he found that it was justified in its decision to refuse access to the planning files under section 15(1)(d) of the Act on the ground that they are publicly available, he found that it was not justified in refusing access, under sections 32(1)(a)(i) or 32(1)(a)(ii) of the Act, to certain records held on the planning enforcement file and he directed their release.
Date: 22-08-2025
Case Number: OIC-152310-N4D5K0
Public Body: Tipperary County Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(d), s.32, s.32(1)(a)(i), s.32(1)(a)(ii),