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

Right to Know CLG and the Defence Forces The Commissioner found that the information was environmental information and remitted the matter to the Defence Forces for further consideration Read more

Mr. Z and Tipperary County Council The Commissioner found that the information was not held by or for the Council and article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations applied Read more

Right to Know CLG and Office of Public Works (OPW) The Commissioner found that the information was not excluded from the scope of the AIE Regulations pursuant to article 3(2). He annulled the OPW's decision in full, and expressed his expectation that it would make a new decision on the request in accordance with the AIE Regulations Read more