The Rotunda Hospital has been told to make a new decision about documents on a property they purchased after it emerged they quoted extracts from the Freedom of Information Act that do not exist.
Right to Know had been looking for records on a property bought by the hospital at Cavendish Row in Dublin.
At internal review, the Rotunda refused access to the records using ‘Section 30’ of the FOI Act.
However, the text they used appears nowhere in the legislation, and its source is unknown.
A decision from the Information Commissioner (OIC) said: “The FOI body’s reference to exemption provisions which do not appear within the FOI Act serves to fundamentally undermine its position.”
During the review, it also emerged that despite repeated requests for a focused submission, the Rotunda did not respond to the OIC.
You can read a copy of the full decision below.