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The Information Commissioner's Office carries out independent reviews of decisions taken by public bodies on Freedom of Information requests.

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Guidance Notes How we interpret and apply the Freedom of Information Act.

Recent Decisions

Mr. Y and Department of Transport The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision. Read more

Mr. X and Health Service Executive The Senior Investigator affirmed the decision to refuse access, under section 15(1)(a), to further records relating to the applicant other than those already released. He varied the decision of the HSE to redact certain information from a number of pages and directed the release of the majority of the redacted information. Read more

Mr X and Department of Foreign Affairs The Senior Investigator affirmed the Department's decision under sections 33(2)(b)(ii) and 33(3)(c)(ii) of the FOI Act. Read more