Mr Y and National Shared Services Office [2020] IEIC 67583 (10 December 2020)

Mr Y and National Shared Services Office [2020] IEIC 67583 (10 December 2020)

The NSSO was justified in refusing access to any additional records as all reasonable steps were taken to locate relevant records and no further records exist or can be found.

Citation
[2020] IEIC 67583
Parties
Applicant: Mr Y; Respondent: National Shared Services Office
Jurisdiction
Ireland
Judgment Date
10 December 2020
Procedural Posture
FOI Review / Final Decision by Information Commissioner
Outcome
request refused
Legal Topics
Refusal of Access to Records, Adequacy of Search, Pension Calculation, Section 15(1)(a) FOI Act
Freedom of Information Administrative Law Pensions Law Refusal of Access to Records Adequacy of Search Pension Calculation Section 15(1)(a) FOI Act

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Parties

Mr Y

Applicant

National Shared Services Office

Respondent

Procedural Posture

FOI Review / Final Decision by Information Commissioner

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether NSSO was justified in refusing access to additional records relating to the method of calculation of pensionable allowances under section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act on the ground that no further relevant records exist or can be found

Ratio Decidendi

The NSSO was justified in refusing access to any additional records as all reasonable steps were taken to locate relevant records and no further records exist or can be found.

Court Disposition

request refused

Orders

  • Refusal of access to further records affirmed under section 15(1)(a) of the FOI Act