AIE Request
Note CK = Records for Cork
Note: there was an incident in Cork in November 2021 which resulted in Coillte being prosecuted by IFI
I refer to your request under the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 to 2018 (S.I. No. 133 of 2007, S.I. No. 662 of 2011, S.I. 615 of 2014 and S.I. No. 309 of 2018) (hereafter referred to as the AIE Regulations), received on 12th December 2022, for access to information held by Coillte as follows
I would like to receive an electronic copy of all Operational Monitoring Records for works in Coillte’s Coillte forests with the prefix CK during the month of November 2021. Please include details of the relevant licences.
Summary of Decision
I made a final decision on the Request on 11.01.2023. I have identified thirteen records which are relevant to your request, and I have decided to refuse access to four of these records, having regard to the provisions of Articles 9(1)(a), 9(1)(c) and 9(2)(c) of the AIE Regulations. To explain, the records identified relate to active harvesting sites. I have set out in further detail, at Part 3 of this letter, the reasons for refusing your AIE request.
I am granting access to the following records, subject to payment of applicable charges as set out below (invoice attached) –
CK14-H0049, CK12-H0084, CK28-H0009, CK20-H0012, CK06-H0070, CK15-H0065, CK04-H0107, CK04-H0072 and CK04-H0110.
I am refusing access to the following records –
CK01-H0040, CK15-H0080, CK26-H0017 and CK26-H0020
NOTE: Appealed on costs grounds (Euro 100 fee for records)