Ms Helen Dixon:

To the best of my knowledge, we have had one appeal of a commission decision. Judgment from the court is still pending in the case in question. It was an appeal by the Courts Service in 2017 of a decision by the Data Protection Commissioner.

In the meantime we have also had a statutory appeal against a decision in 2019 by the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and on the same matter they have also launched judicial review proceedings. It is unusual, but the right of appeal does lie for public sector bodies, as well as the private sector.