Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Department. He directed it to release two pages of one record. He affirmed its decision to refuse access to the remaining records.
Date: 13-05-2016
Case Number: 160044
Public Body: Department of Justice and Equality
Section of the Act.: s.32, s.33, s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Council to refuse access to information sought on the basis that section 15(1)(c) of the FOI Act applied
Date: 13-05-2016
Case Number: 150433
Public Body: Dublin City Council
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(c),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied Tusla's decision. While he found that Tusla was justified in deciding that the majority of the redactions made to the records released to the applicant were exempt from release under section 37 of the FOI Act, he directed the release of a small amount of additional information.
Date: 13-05-2016
Case Number: 150258
Public Body: The Child and Family Agency
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.37
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the Hospital to refuse access to information sought on the basis that section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act applied.
Date: 12-05-2016
Case Number: 150374
Public Body: The Adelaide and Meath Hospital Incorporating the National Children's Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the Department, and directed the release of some additional information.
Date: 11-05-2016
Case Number: 150368
Public Body: Department of Social Protection
Section of the Act.: s.31, s.42
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of UCC to refuse access to further records under section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act.
Date: 11-05-2016
Case Number: 150357
Public Body: University College Cork
Section of the Act.: s.15
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Hospital's decision to refuse the applicant's request to amend the clinical notes and nursing notes.
Date: 09-05-2016
Case Number: 160035
Public Body: Adelaide and Meath Hospital Incorporating the National Children's Hospital
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of Revenue. While he found that the opinion comprised personal information relating to the applicant, he found that the applicant had not demonstrated on the balance of probabilities that the information concerned was incomplete, incorrect, or misleading in accordance with Section 9 of the FOI Act.
Date: 06-05-2016
Case Number: 160011
Public Body: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Section of the Act.: s.9
Summary: The Senior Investigator varied the decision of the HSE. She found that the HSE was justified in its decision to refuse access to further records under section 15(1)(a). The Senior Investigator found that section 37(1) applies to the remaining withheld records and parts of records. She annulled the HSE's decision in relation to the manner of access to records 12 and 14-20 of a particular file, and directed the HSE to provide a typed transcript of those records to the applicant within two weeks of the expiration of the time for the bringing of an appeal against this decision.
Date: 04-05-2016
Case Number: 160006
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 04-05-2016
Case Number: 160063
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.15, s.15(1)(a),