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

Ms. X and Kildare County Council The Commissioner was not satisfied that refusal of the withheld information was justified on the grounds of legal privilege nor was he satisfied that any adverse impact on the course of justice had been made out such that the grounds for refusal contained in article 9(1)(b) could be relied on in the circumstances of the case. He directed the Council to release the information requested. He also remitted the matter to the Council to determine whether any further information held by the Council at the time of the request had been withheld from the appellant Read more

Ms Fiona Moore and Kildare County Council The Commissioner was not satisfied that refusal of the withheld information was justified on the grounds of legal privilege nor was he satisfied that any adverse impact on the course of justice had been made out such that the grounds for refusal contained in article 9(1)(b) could be relied on in the circumstances of the case. He directed the Council to release the information requested. He also remitted the matter to the Council to determine whether any further information held by the Council at the time of the request had been withheld from the appellant. Read more

Mr. X and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine The Commissioner found that: (1) The fee charged by the Department in each case was not reasonable, within the meaning of article 15(1) of the AIE Regulations; and (2) The Department has not complied with the duty in article 15(2) of the AIE Regulations because the published fees are not reasonable. Read more