Ensuring Access to Environmental Information

Search decisions

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 H and National Transport Authority The Commissioner affirmed the refusal of the request, but varied the reasons, finding that the refusal was justified under Article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations. Read more

Ms X and Coillte The Commissioner annulled Coillte's decision. He directed Coillte to undertake a fresh decision making process in respect of each of the 19 requests. Read more

Mr G and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine The Commissioner annulled the Department's decision on the ground that it had not conducted adequate searches in an effort to locate all relevant environmental information. He directed it to undertake a fresh decision-making process in respect of the appellant's request. Read more