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Organisation XYZ c/o Mr X and the Land Development Agency

The Commissioner annulled the LDA's decision. He directed the LDA to undertake a fresh decision making process in respect of each of the four requests.

Date

1st July 2022

Case Number

OCE-111820-N9T6W7, OCE-111842-S3M9P3, OCE-111844-T0F6R5, OCE-111846-Z5C9T1

Public Body

Land Development Agency

Article of the Regulations

Art.9,Art.9(2)(a)

Mr Ken Foxe and Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI)

The Commissioner found that IFI was not justified in refusing the release of the requested information to the appellant. The Commissioner noted that IFI has now disclosed all information he considers was in the scope of the AIE request.

Date

23rd June 2022

Case Number

OCE-114454-M0D7N0

Public Body

Inland Fisheries Ireland

Article of the Regulations

Dr Fred Logue on behalf of FP Logue Solicitors and Meath County Council

The Commissioner annulled the Council's decision. He directed the Council to undertake a fresh decision making process in respect of the appellant's request.

Date

22nd June 2022

Case Number

OCE-114298-Q2G5R4

Public Body

Meath County Council

Article of the Regulations

Art.7,Art.7(3)

Dr Fred Logue and An Bord Pleanála

The Commissioner found that article 8(a)(iv) did not provide grounds for refusal of the information requested and directed release of that information to the appellant.

Date

14th June 2022

Case Number

OCE-119334-J1N2B3

Public Body

An Bord Pleanála

Article of the Regulations

Art.8,Art.8(a)(iv)

Mr A and Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

The Commissioner found that the request has not been dealt with in accordance with Articles 3(4) and 4(5) of the Directive

Date

14th June 2022

Case Number

OCE-120470-F3T1B5

Public Body

Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

Article of the Regulations

Art.10,Art.10(3),Art.10(4),Art.10(5),Art.11,Art.11(4)

Organisation X and Department of Defence

The Commissioner affirmed the decision of the Department.

Date

10th June 2022

Case Number

OCE-118418-T4Y4L5 and OCE-118417-H6X6J4

Public Body

Department of Defence

Article of the Regulations

Art.7,Art.7(5)

Organisation X c/o Solicitors and Fingal County Council

The Commissioner annulled the Council's decision to grant access to the records at issue. He directed the Council to undertake a fresh decision making process in respect of the records.

Date

8th June 2022

Case Number

OCE-105228-K7D1P7

Public Body

Fingal County Council

Article of the Regulations

Art.9,Art.9(1)(b)

Mr X and Environmental Protection Agency

The Commissioner annulled the EPA's decision. He directed the EPA to release records 41 and 42. He also directed the EPA to undertake a fresh decision making process in respect of records 1-26, 28-40, and 43-63 and in respect of the appellant's request for additional relevant environmental information.

Date

10th May 2022

Case Number

OCE-99411-G9T2S

Public Body

Environmental Protection Agency

Article of the Regulations

Art.7,Art.7(5),Art.9,Art.9(1)(b),Art.9(2)(d)

Mr X and Wicklow County Council

The Commissioner (i) found that a number of documents provided to his Office by the Council were outside the scope of the request, (ii) found that article 9(1)(b) provided grounds for disclosure of a limited number of documents within scope, and (iii) directed release of the remaining documents to the appellant.

Date

19th April 2022

Case Number

OCE-95351-T7P5K4

Public Body

Wicklow County Council

Article of the Regulations

Art.10,Art.10(1),Art.8,Art.8(a)(i),Art.8(a)(ii),Art.8(a)(iii),Art.9,Art.9(1)(b),Art.9(2)(c),Art.9(2)(d)

Mr & Mrs Z and Coillte Teoranta (Coillte)

The Commissioner found that Coillte held additional documents within the scope of the appellant's request and directed their release. He upheld Coillte's reliance on article 9(1)(b) as providing grounds for refusal of information within the scope of the appellant's request which was subject to legal advice privilege.

Date

14th April 2022

Case Number

OCE-99843-F6K8M8

Public Body

Coillte Teoranta

Article of the Regulations

Art.7,Art.7(5),Art.9,Art.9(1)(b),Art.9(1)(c)