Ensuring Access to Environmental Information

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The role of the Commissioner for Environmental Information is to decide on appeals by members of the public who are not satisfied with the outcome of their requests to public authorities for environmental information.

Recent Decisions

Right to Know CLG and the Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment The Commissioner found that some of the withheld information is environmental information within the meaning of article 3 of the AIE Regulations. Accordingly, he varied the Department’s decision and required it to make a new decision in relation to that information. Read more
Right to Know and Celtic Roads Group (Dundalk) DAC (CRGDAC) The Commissioner found that CRGDAC is not a public authority within the meaning of the AIE Regulations. Read more
Lar McKenna & Offaly County Council (the Council) The Commissioner found that while retrieval and photocopying fees are permissible in principle, they were not justified on this occasion because they did not comply with article 15 of the AIE Regulations. Accordingly, the Commissioner annulled that part of the Council’s decision which related to fees and required the Council to give the appellant a fresh decision in relation to fees. Read more