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Government department entitled to know which legislative procedure was being invoked in application for information
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High Court refuses judicial review of an alleged refusal by a government department to provide environmental information, on the grounds that: (a) there had been no refusal, in circumstances where the department simply wrote back to enquire whether the information was sought under 'freedom of information' (FOI) or 'access to information on the environment' (AIE) legislation; and (b) it was a reasonable requirement in the implementing directive that the applicant state the legislative procedure being invoked, so that the application could be dealt with by the appropriate officer.
Judicial review - application by non-governmental organisation - access to environmental information - Directive 2003/4/EC - European Communities (Access to Information on the Environment) Regulations, 2007 –2018 - transposition of directive into Irish law - refusal of An Taoiseach to carry out an internal review of a decision to refuse information sought under environmental regulations - whether transposition of directive was invalid as contrary to Bunreacht na hEireann - Article 15.2.1 - application for environmental information - query by department as to whether request was 'freedom of information' (FOI) or 'access to information on the environment' (AIE) request - clarification as to statutory process being invoked.
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