Department for Exiting the European Union
- Date 27 November 2018
- Sector Central government
- Decision(s) FOI 35(1)(a): Not upheld
The complainant requested information relating to the considerations of the impact of the UK’s decision to leave the EU on the rights of Irish citizens living in Northern Ireland. The public authority withheld the information held within the scope of the request which it had not previously published relying on the exemptions at sections 27(1)(a-d) and 35(1)(a) FOIA. The Commissioner concluded that the public authority was entitled to rely on section 35(1)(a) FOIA.