The Commissioner found that, while article 9(2)(c) did apply to the draft Guidelines, the public interest in the disclosure of those Guidelines outweighed the interest served by their refusal. As such, he directed their release
12th August 2021
OCE-97782-D6J1J0
Department of Environment, Climate and Communications (DECC)
Art.9,Art.9(1)(c),Art.9(1)(d)
The Commissioner found that it was reasonable to conclude that no relevant environmental information was held by or for the Department following its carrying out of adequate searches and thus, article 7(5) of the AIE regulations applied
22nd July 2021
OCE-102375-J9W5Q1
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Art.7,Art.7(5)
In each case, the Commissioner found that the information was not held by or for the Council and article 7(5) of the AIE Regulations applied
20th July 2021
OCE-104056-M4K5P6, OCE-104057-W6W7F1 and OCE-104058-W7V4G8
Tipperary County Council
Art.7,Art.7(1),Art.7(5)
The Commissioner found that the information at issue is environmental information within the meaning of article 3(1) of the AIE Regulations
19th July 2021
OCE-103791-Q7Z1F9
A County Council
Art.3,Art.3(1)
The Commissioner found that DAFM was not justified in relying on article 9(2)(c) of the AIE Regulations in the circumstances and directed release of the information requested
15th July 2021
OCE-93422-N0K3Q1
Art.9,Art.9(1)(b),Art.9(2)(c)
The Commissioner found that the information requested was held by and for UCD and annulled it decision to withhold the information on that basis. He remitted the matter to UCD for further consideration in accordance with the AIE Regulations
OCE-93477-D5V8B6
University College Dublin
Art.3,Art.7,Art.7(5)
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.
8th July 2021
OCE-102377-Q2D7P2
The Commissioner found that: (a) the information at issue was environmental information, within the meaning of article 3(1) of the AIE Regulations; and (b) the Department was not justified in refusing to process the appellant's request, and as such the request was inadequately answered.
7th July 2021
OCE-93465-Z3R8H2
Department of Public Expenditure and Reform
Art.3,Art.3(1),Art.7
The Commissioner found that the information was "environmental information" and remitted the matter to DECC for further consideration
29th June 2021
OCE-101846-L2D7P1
Department of Environment, Climate and Communications
The Commissioner found that the request was not dealt with in accordance with articles 3(2) and 4(5) of the AIE Directive and articles 7(2) and 11(3) of the AIE Regulations and that this failure was not justified
14th June 2021
OCE-107698-Q5M5S6
Data Protection Commissioner (the DPC)
Art.11,Art.11(3),Art.3,Art.3(2),Art.4,Art.7