The Office of the Information Commissioner is hiring for the position of Assistant Principal Officer.
Further information available here - oic.ie/en/publication/78754-…
Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday 15th of September 2025.
Information Commissioner Annual Report 2024
- Freedom Of Information requests to public bodies rise by 11%
- FOI appeals to Information Commissioner up by 16%
Read the report here - oic.ie/en/publication/d37a5-…
Information Commissioner Ger Deering has published his Annual Report for 2024.
Media Release - oic.ie/en/press-release/370f…
Information Commissioner Ger Deering will be on @morningireland tomorrow after 7am to talk about his Annual Report for 2024.
You can listen live here - rte.ie/radio/
Information Commissioner Ger Deering will be on @morningireland tomorrow at 7.45 to talk about his Annual Report for 2024.
You can listen live here - rte.ie/radio/
Information Commissioner Ger Deering will be publishing his Annual Report for 2024 tomorrow, Thursday 3 July.
Happy Christmas from the Office of the Information Commissioner.
Our office is closed for the Christmas break and will re-open on Thursday 2 January.
The Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information is hiring for the position of Assistant Principal Officer.
Further information available here - ocei.ie/en/organisation-info…
Closing Date: 12 noon on Monday, 4 November 2024
A refusal of an FOI request must contain:
• reasons for the refusal
• the section(s) of the Act on which the refusal is based
• findings on any material issues relevant to the decision and details of any matters relating to the public interest that were considered.
We review public bodies’ decisions on FOI requests. We don’t handle complaints about public bodies generally.
Find out more here - oic.ie/en/organisation-infor…
A refusal of an FOI request must contain:
• reasons for the refusal
• the section(s) of the Act on which the refusal is based
• findings on any material issues relevant to the decision and details of any matters relating to the public interest that were considered.
FOI Bodies "over reliant on external legal advisers."
See the Information Commissioner's Annual Report 2023.
oic.ie/en/press-release/2fa5…
Office of the Information Commissioner retweeted
Information Commissioner criticises an over reliance on external legal advisors by a small number of public bodies when responding to FOI requests rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/062…
Information Commissioner Ger Deering has today published his Annual Report for 2023.
Available at oic.ie/en/press-release/2fa5…
#FOI @merrionstreet @IRLDeptPER
We review public bodies’ decisions on FOI requests. We don’t handle complaints about public bodies generally.
Find out more here - bit.ly/425VBPr
Would you like us to review a decision made on your FOI request?
Find out if we can review the decision here - bit.ly/3nOWvBf
A refusal of an FOI request must contain:
• reasons for the refusal
• the section(s) of the Act on which the refusal is based
• findings on any material issues relevant to the decision and details of any matters relating to the public interest that were considered.
A refusal of an FOI request must contain:
• reasons for the refusal
• the section(s) of the Act on which the refusal is based
• findings on any material issues relevant to the decision and details of any matters relating to the public interest that were considered.
Would you like us to review a decision made on your FOI request?
Find out if we can review the decision here - bit.ly/3nOWvBf
Office of the Information Commissioner retweeted
The Office of the Ombudsman is hiring for the position of Head of ICT and Corporate Services (Principal Officer).
Further information available here - bit.ly/3x6boUc
Closing Date: 15:00 on Thursday 11th April 2024
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