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Access To Quasi-Judicial Decisions – Jama V Minister For Social Protection, Mel Cousins Dec 2011

Access To Quasi-Judicial Decisions – Jama V Minister For Social Protection, Mel Cousins

Mel Cousins

This case involves the important issue of access to the decisions of social welfare appeals officers. The Irish High Court concluded that there was no duty on the Department to maintain a database or open library of decisions to which the public may have access and, therefore, no question of a right of access thereto arose. However, it is submitted that the legal analysis of the general issue is doubtful.