Summary: The Commissioner annulled the Department's decision in each case and directed the Department to undertake a fresh decision-making process in respect of each request.
Date: 30-05-2023
Case Number: OCE-125858-Z7P9T4, OCE-125863-L2L3H8, OCE-127670-P3C6F4, OCE-129127-Z0Z4H4, OCE-132200-J8B4N5
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner annulled the Department's decision in each case and directed the Department to undertake a fresh decision-making process in respect of each request.
Date: 30-05-2023
Case Number: OCE-133297-N4F7G5, OCE-133307-R2Z4D2, OCE-135259-H7Z9K9, OCE-135364-L1W0G6, OCE-137101-Q4H1J5
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner affirmed the Department's decision to refuse access to the information sought on the basis that it is not "environmental information" within the meaning of the definition in article 3(1) of the AIE Regulations.
Date: 25-05-2023
Case Number: OCE-117650-X6L4K7
Public Body: Department of Foreign Affairs
Article of the Reg.: Art.3(1)
Summary: The Commissioner annulled Coillte's decisions. He directed Coillte to undertake a fresh decision-making process in respect of each of the appellant's requests.
Date: 19-05-2023
Case Number: OCE-129497-C3R3C7, OCE-132734-K2K5D8
Public Body: Coillte
Article of the Reg.: Art.9(2)(a)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the Department had not established that reasonable and appropriate searches had been conducted to identify and retrieve environmental information within the scope of the appellant's request and remitted the matter to the Department for further consideration.
Date: 17-05-2023
Case Number: OCE-126112-P7B4F7
Public Body: Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner found that reasonable and appropriate searches had been undertaken to identify and retrieve environmental information within the scope of the appellant's request and affirmed the Department's decision.
Date: 16-05-2023
Case Number: OCE-109587-X4V6N9
Public Body: Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the Department had failed to adhere to the timelines for decision-making as set out in article 7(8) of the AIE Regulations, but did ultimately release all requested information to the appellant.
Date: 12-05-2023
Case Number: OCE-131983-N2F3X9
Public Body: Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(8)
Summary: The Commissioner found that the Council was justified in refusing part of the request under article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations as it does not hold the records in question. The Council was not justified in redacting information from the records which were released. The Commissioner directed release of the relevant unredacted records.
Date: 31-03-2023
Case Number: OCE-124303-G4V2N6
Public Body: Galway County Council
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5) Art.8(a)(i)
Summary: The Commissioner affirmed the Department's decision to refuse access to the information sought on the basis that it is not "environmental information" within the meaning of the definition in article 3(1) of the AIE Regulations.
Date: 30-03-2023
Case Number: OCE-118395-Y6B8D7
Public Body: Department of Foreign Affairs
Article of the Reg.:
Summary: The Commissioner found that article 9(2)(a) of the Regulations did not provide grounds for refusal and remitted the matter to the OPW for fresh consideration.
Date: 29-03-2023
Case Number: OCE-115424-T4K5P6
Public Body: Office of Public Works
Article of the Reg.: Art.7(5) Art.9(2)(a)