Annual Report 2006 - Text

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

General Queries Dealt with by my Office

Statutory Notices

Certificates Issued by Public Bodies under the FOI Act

Appeals to the High Court and Supreme Court

New Bodies within Remit of the FOI Act

The FOI Act and An Garda Síochána

Review of Non-Disclosure Provisions by the Joint Committee on Finance and the Public Service

Access to Records of Deceased Persons

Publication of School Inspection Reports

Nursing Home Inspection Reports

Fees for Submitting FOI Requests

Commentary on Amendments to the FOI Acts, 1997 and 2003

Staffing

Chapter 3:  Issues Arising

Introduction

Parental Access Rights

Records Management and the Search for Records

Discovery and Legal Professional Privilege

Tribunal Cases

The Safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act, 2005, and the FOI Act

High Court and Supreme Court Judgments

Chapter 4: Decisions

Index of Topics Covered

Employment References

Exclusion of Certain Records from FOI

Report Relating to a North/South Body

Control of Records of An Garda Síochána

Tribunal Records

Chapter 5: Statistics

Index to Tables

Appendix I

Certificates issued under Section 20 and Section 25

Appendix II

Review under Section 25(7) of Ministerial Certificates issued

Staff

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