OCE-136869-N6S0J3 appeal against a decision of The Department of Agriculture
Background
Internal review
AIE Request: Post licence inspections by the Forest Service of the operations of Coillte felling licences
Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM)
OCEI appeal overturning DAFM FS refusal to release records in relation to illegal felling
Cases: OCE-137279-M3G7T5 & OCE-137565-Q1J5W8
Background
Note
DAFM case management
Would request risk substantial interference with the work of the DAFM
Presumption in favour of release of environmental records
Decision
AIE Request: forestry licence applicant’s name and address details redacted
Case: OCE-128262-B9G0Z2 and OCE-138020-L5T6K8
Successful OCEI Appeal against DAFM refusal to release afforestation data (Rockchapel)
“application of afforestation pre-approval application” for file reference CN66724
Case: OCE-135329-K9G7M1
Successful OCEI Appeal against DAFM refusal to release consolidated forestry data in Excel
OCE-129105-D9Q2K4
OCEI consideration of DAFM AIE responses
Dept tested consolidating the data into a usable format
DAFM has not shown that the information is publicly available
Easily accessible
Administrative burden
Setting of binding precedent
Decision
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Successful OCEI Appeal against DAFM refusal to release Coillte afforestation records for Leitrim
Request was for records pre-dating 2006, relating to consents awarded by the Department to Coillte for the initial afforestation of land in County Leitrim
Successful OCEI Appeal against DAFM refusal to release forestry records in the IFORIS system
Whether the Department is entitled to rely on articles 9(2)(a) & 9(2)(b) of the AIE Regulations to refuse the information requested
Case: OCE-129253-V8R6Z0
OCEI decision to overturn DAFM refusal to release forest road records under AIE Regs
Decision of the Commissioner for Environmental Information on an appeal made under article 12(5) of the European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations 2007 to 2018 (the AIE Regulations)
Case: OCE-124934-S2K4B4
DAFM email retention policy on an AIE request
AIE 23 397
Minister of Agriculture statement on Irish water quality
AIE/23/420
“The Minister for Agriculture gave a radio interview on Saturday 29 July 2023 where is said that Ireland was number 2 or 3 in the EU for water quality. https://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/22280627/ I would be very grateful if you could forward the data or report from which this claim is derived.”