Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education

The complainant sought correspondence and meeting minutes from NICIE relating to the governance and financial management at Shimna Integrated College that had been exchanged with the College's Board of Governors since September 2021. NICIE provided information in full for part two of the request (meeting minutes) but relied on section 12 of FOIA (cost of compliance) to refuse the remainder of the request.
The Commissioner’s decision is that NICIE was entitled to rely on section 12(1) of FOIA to refuse the request. The Commissioner also finds that the public authority complied with its section 16 obligation to offer advice and assistance.