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Annual Report 2004 Text Version

Contents

Foreword

Chapter 1

Introduction

Chapter 2 - The Year in Review

Collation Of Statistics

Level Of Requests To Public Bodies

Type of Request

Type of Requester

Release Rates

Applications to my Office for Review

Fees Received

Reviews of Decisions

Time Taken to Complete Reviews

Outcome of Reviews

Formal Decisions

Settlements

General Queries dealt with by my Office

Statutory Notices

Certificates issued by Public Bodies under the FOI Act

Promoting Public Awareness and Good Practice

Industrial and Reformatory Schools and Children in the Care of the State

Website Review

Appeals to the High Court

Records Management

Staffing

Chapter 3 - Issues Arising

Introduction

Problematic Reviews

Records Management

Records of General Practitioners

Access to Medical Records

High Court Judgments

The Oireachtas & Enactments Relating to Non-disclosure of Records

Chapter 4 - Letter Decisions

Index of Topics Covered

Inspection Reports

Personal Information/Deceased Person's Records

Public Interest

Frivolous & Vexatious

Government Records

Control of Records

Chapter 5 - Review of the Operation of the Freedom of Information [Amendment] Act, 2003

Review

Where to Now?

Report of IDWG Working Group

Chapter 6 - Statistics

Statistics

Appendix - Report of Ministerial Certificates Issued Under Section 25

Staff List