The Information Commissioner has decided that release of the individual details of pensions paid to former Ministers, Taoisigh, and Presidents would involve a “significant breach” of their privacy.
The details had been published as a matter of routine by the Department of Finance for many years.
However, they ceased this practice in 2016 believing it was no longer possible following the introduction of GDPR.
Right to Know sought the information under FOI, and appealed the case to the Information Commissioner.
The Office of the Information Commissioner upheld the decision however, resulting in a reversal of more than a decade of transparency surrounding these pension payments.
You can read the decision in full at the following link.