Conference organised by the Irish Centre for European Law, in Dublin. Topic: "The work of the Office of the Commissioner for Environmental Information"
Read MoreSpeaking [ today 10 May ] at the launch of his annual report for 2017, Information Commissioner Peter Tyndall has called for more resources to be allocated to public bodies to deal with the increased number of Freedom of Information requests. Almost 34,000 requests were made to public bodies in 2017 – a 67% increase since the removal of fees for FOI requests in 2014, and 11% more requests than in 2016.
Read More30,417 requests under the Freedom of Information Act were made to public bodies in 2016. This was the highest number of FOI requests ever recorded. The number of applications made to the Information Commissioner to review FOI decisions rose by 32% in the same year.
Read MoreThe Access to Information on the Environment regime (referred to as AIE in Ireland) came to sudden prominence this summer following the judgment of the Supreme Court in an appeal by the National Asset Management Agency against a decision of my predecessor.
Read MoreThe Information Commissioner and Commissioner for Environmental Information, Peter Tyndall, launched his Annual Report for 2014 today, Friday 8 May 2015. This is the seventeenth report since the Office was founded in 1998. The Commissioner is reporting on his first complete year in Office.
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