Information Commissioner says names of all staff involved in accommodation provision for asylum seekers should be redacted because of risk of far-right attacks and violence – TheStory.ie

Information Commissioner says names of all staff involved in accommodation provision for asylum seekers should be redacted because of risk of far-right attacks and violence – TheStory.ie

The Information Commissioner has said the names of staff of both the Department of Children and Equality and HIQA should be withheld from records because of a risk to their life and safety from the extreme right. Under FOI, Right to Know had sought copies of correspondence between the International Protection Accommodation Service and HIQA about inspections of accommodation. We were seeking to better understand conditions for residents, which ar…