26 July 2016, Other
The complainant has requested minutes of meetings at which ministers or officials from the Department of Health (DoH) provided oral evidence to the Doctors and Dentists Remuneration Board (DDRB). The Office of Manpower Economics (OME) which provides secretariat services to the DDRB refused the request under section 36(2)(b)(ii) – inhibition to the free and frank exchange of views and section 36(2)(c) – prejudice to the conduct of public affairs. The Commissioner’s decision is that the OME is entitled to rely on section 36(2)(b)(ii) to refuse the request. The Commissioner does not require the public authority to take any further action in respect of this request.
FOI 36: Not upheld