O’Reilly hits out at school inspections report ban

THE Information Commissioner, Emily O’Reilly, has called for inspection reports on all schools and nursing homes to be made routinely available to the public.

Ms O’Reilly, who oversees implementation of the Freedom of Information Act (FoI), argued that the ready availability of such information was justified on the grounds of public interest.

Speaking at the launch of her annual report in Dublin yesterday, Ms O’Reilly welcomed the fact that the Health Service Executive (and previously various health boards) was now routinely releasing reports relating to inspections of nursing homes.