Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed Enable Ireland's decision under section 10 of the FOI Act. He found that it had provided an adequate statement of reasons which complied with section 10 of the FOI Act in respect of parts of the applicant's request. He found that the applicant was not entitled to statements of reasons in respect of the remainder of her request
Date: 27-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53552-J5B7W6
Public Body: Enable Ireland
Section of the Act.: s.10
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department?s decision under section 10 of the FOI Act. He found that it had provided an adequate statement of reasons which complied with section 10 of the FOI Act and that the applicant was not entitled to statements of reasons in respect of the remainder of her request.
Date: 27-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53843-T4T9N1
Public Body: Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection
Section of the Act.: s.10
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 two pages in full.
Date: 26-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53289-V1B5Z8 (190041)
Public Body: TUSLA
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Revenue's refusal of the record. She noted that it was concerned with the tax affairs of the applicant and other companies within a company group. She found that granting access to information about those other companies would breach the duty of confidence owed by the Revenue to them. She found that section 35(1)(b) applies. Although some small parts of the record relate solely to the applicant, she did not consider the provisions of section 18 to require their disclosure.
Date: 26-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53437-W0B0Y6
Public Body: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled Eirgrid?s decision on the records. She did not make any further order in relation to them because in a related decision (OIC-53497-W8S4T6 (previously 190229)), she directed Eirgrid to carry out a fresh decision making process on the applicant?s request in accordance with the provisions of the FOI Act.
Date: 26-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53498-L3V6K4
Public Body: Eirgrid
Section of the Act.: s.38
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled Eirgrid?s decision on the applicant?s request for records and on the application for a statement of reasons. She directed Eirgrid to carry out a fresh decision making process on these in accordance with the provisions of the FOI Act.
Date: 26-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53497-W8S4T6 (190229)
Public Body: Eirgrid
Section of the Act.: s.10, s.10(1), s.10(12),
Summary: The Senior Investigator annulled Eirgrid?s decision on the records. She did not make any further order in relation to them because in a related decision (OIC-53497-W8S4T6 (previously 190229)), she directed Eirgrid to carry out a fresh decision making process on the applicant?s request in accordance with the provisions of the FOI Act.
Date: 26-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53498-L3V6K4
Public Body: Eirgrid
Section of the Act.: s.38
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Revenue's decision to withhold parts of the record on the basis that the details were subject to a duty of confidence and exempt under section 35(1)(b) of the FOI Act.
Date: 26-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53510-H0W9W2
Public Body: Office of the Revenue Commissioners
Section of the Act.: s.35, s.35(1)(b),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision of the HSE.
Date: 26-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-55541-H6H1N8
Public Body: Health Service Executive
Section of the Act.: s.37, s.37(1),
Summary: The Senior Investigator affirmed the Institute's decision. She found that sections 36(1)(b) or 37(1) of the FOI Act apply to the records to which access was refused in full or in part by the Institute, as release of these records would disclose commercially sensitive information or personal information of third parties or joint personal information. She further found that the public interest in granting the request did not outweigh the public interest in refusing it and in protecting the privacy of individuals other than the applicant.
Date: 20-09-2019
Case Number: OIC-53425-Z9M8M3
Public Body: A Third Level Institute
Section of the Act.: s.36, s.36(1)(b), s.37, s.37(1),