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High Court grants an application for judicial review concerning the refusal by the Standards in Public Office Commission to investigate a complaint regarding the alleged misconduct of an office holder, on the grounds that the Commission's decision lacked sufficient clarity on why it deemed the complaint outside its remit and why it concluded that evidence sufficient to sustain the complaint would not be available; and the decision is thus quashed and the matter remitted to the Commission for reconsideration.
Judicial review - Standards in Public Office Commission - Ethics in Public Office Act 1995 - Standards in Public Office Act 2001 - specified person - office holder - executive functions - Taoiseach - policy goals - government - investigation - complaint - prima facie case, natural and constitutional justice - specified act - section 23(1C) - section 4(1)(a) - section 4(4) - inquiry officer - decision-making process - remit - legal advice - adequacy of reasons - administrative law - public interest - separation of powers.
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