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 & the Department of the Taoiseach The Commissioner found that most of the requested environmental information was made available to the appellant. He was satisfied that the remaining information formed part of the internal communications of the Cabinet and thus fell within the article 9(2)(d) exception. He found that the public interest in the disclosure of this information did not outweigh the interest served by protecting the confidentiality of those communications. He therefore affirmed the Departments decision and did not require it to take any action. Read more

Right to Know CLG & Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (AIB) The Commissioner found that AIB does not meet the legal definition of public authority in article 3(1) of the AIE Regulations and, therefore, is not a public authority Read more

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 Departments decision and required it to make a new decision in relation to that information. Read more