Ensuring Access to Environmental Information

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The role of the Commissioner for Environmental Information is to carry out independent reviews of decisions made by public authorities on requests for environmental information.

Recent Decisions

Mr G and Dublin Airport Authority plc The Commissioner annulled the decision of daa. He found that daa had not taken all reasonable steps to identify information relevant to the appellant’s request and directed that further searches be carried out to identify any additional information held by or on behalf of daa. The Commissioner found that a further 8 documents already identified by daa were within or partially within the scope of the request. He directed release of these documents, save for certain information which should be withheld under articles 8(a)(i) and 9(2)(c) of the AIE Regulations. Read more
Various Appellants and Coillte The Commissioner found that he did have jurisdiction to consider the appeal and that Coillte was not justified in treating the request as invalid under article 6(1)(c) of the AIE Regulations. Read more
Various Appellants and Coillte The Commissioner found that he did have jurisdiction to consider the appeal and that Coillte was not justified in treating the request as invalid under article 6(1)(c) of the AIE Regulations. Read more