Disclosure Log
The Freedom of Information (FOI) Act 2014 requires FOI bodies such as UCC to publish a disclosure log, which contains details of all non-personal requests received under FOI since January 2015 and the decisions made by the body in response to those requests.
UCC’s FOI Disclosure Log is available below.
Disclosures are grouped by year and are listed in order of the date the request was received. Please note that, for privacy reasons, identifying information such as the name of the requester is not included in the disclosure log.
If you require further information on the information contained in the Disclosure Log, please contact Catriona O’Sullivan, Information Compliance Officer, University College Cork, on +353 (0)21 4903949 or email foi@ucc.ie
Disclosure Log 2016
| Reference Number | Date of Request | Date Completed | Requester Category | Request Details | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOI/2016/00004 | 09/02/2016 |
07/04/2016 |
Journalist |
Number of cases of plagiarism in past 3 years; number of cases of cheating in examination halls in past 3 years (broken down by faculty and EU/Non-EU) |
Refused s.15(1)(c) |
| FOI/2016/00005 | 10/02/2016 |
08/03/2016 |
Other |
List of GAA scholarships awarded to UCC female and male athletes in 2013, 2014 and 2015 |
Granted |
| FOI/2016/00006 | 16/02/2016 | 15/03/2016 | Journalist | Between September 2010 and January 2016: a full breakdown of all unpaid overdue fines owed to UCC library; a breakdown of the numbers involved, including students and staff; a full breakdown of items not returned to UCC library, including books; all records of library overdue fines that were paid to UCC; all records of the number of students that were not permitted to graduate due to unpaid library fines | Granted |
| FOI/2016/00007 | 17/02/2016 | 06/04/2016 | Other | No. of students disciplined for plagiarism 2010-2016 | Refused s.15(1)(c) |
| FOI/2016/00009 | 16/02/2016 | 12/04/2016 | Journalist | Correspondence between President's Office and Department of Education and between President's Office and HEA since September 2015 |
Part Granted s.29(1), s.30(1)(b), s.30(1)(c), s.37(1) |
| FOI/2016/00014 | 01/03/2016 | 31/03/2016 | Other | The percentage of undergraduates with a II.I grade or higher 2005 - 2010 | Granted |
| FOI/2016/00016 | 09/03/2016 | 07/04/2016 | Journalist | Records re cheating in exams and coursework in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 | Part Granted s.15(1)(c). s.37(1) |
| FOI/2016/00017 | 10/03/2016 | 12/04/2016 | Journalist | Number of students who failed modules in semester 1 and semester 2 of 2014/15; How much money UCC received from exam repeat fees and module repeat fees | Granted |
Disclosure Log 2015
| Reference Number | Date Received | Date Completed |
Requester Category | Request Details | Decision |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOI/2015/00002 | 02/02/2015 | 02/03/2015 | Journalist | Statistics on the number of bodies donated for anatomical study undertaken by medical students during the years 2012, 2013, 2014 including a breakdown of age and gender; the number of bodies per year that have been usable and unusable for anatomical study by medical students; how many donors have registered their wish for their body to be donated to UCC for anatomical study. | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00003 | 06/02/2015 | 24/02/2015 | Business | Various questions re applications for tender re Middle Eastern Students | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00004 | 16/02/2015 | 26/03/2015 | Journalist | Details of funds raised by UCC in 2013 and 2014 through intellectual property agreements entered into with students who have developed businesses, projects, products or any other money-making ventures while at UCC. | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00005 | 10/03/2015 | 31/03/2015 | Journalist | Records re UCC's purchase of live animals for "scientific testing" (how much money spent, what animals purchased, where bought from) for each of the financial years 2008/9 - 2013/14 | Part Granted (s.32(1)(b) &(c)) |
| FOI/2015/00007 | 26/03/2015 | 23/04/2015 | Other | The number of students at UCC who did not progress to second year of studies from 2009-2015 plus details of courses of study; reasons for the non-progression of students | Part Granted (s.15(1)(a) - some records don't exist) |
| FOI/2015/00008 | 31/03/2015 | 21/04/2015 | Journalist | Breakdown of legal costs incurred by UCC for the years 2010-2014 broken down by year plus names of legal firms paid by the University | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00010 | 23/04/2015 | 14/05/2015 | Other | Records re travel expenses 2012 - 2015. The amount spent on flights, accommodation etc. on college related business and the measures that the University is taking to ensure money spent on travelling is best value for the taxpayer. | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00011 | 20/05/2015 | 09/06/2015 | Other | Various records regarding the University chaplaincy | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00012 | 20/05/2015 | 09/06/2015 | Other | Number of Indian and Saudi Arabian students registered in UCC 2014/2015 | Withdrawn |
| FOI/2015/00014 | 22/06/2015 | 02/07/2015 | Journalist | How many animals have been used for experiments by your institution in 2013-2014 and 2015 to date? What were the species of animal? | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00015 | 22/06/2015 | 10/07/2015 | Journalist | Number of 1st year students admitted under each CAO course code in September 2014 and September 2013; number of students who progressed to second year in September 2014 by CAO course code | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00016 | 24/06/2015 | 06/10/2015 | Journalist | Details of expenditure by UCC on external consultants in 2012/13, 2013/14 and 2014/15 | Part Granted (s.15(1)(c) |
| FOI/2015/00017 | 24/06/2015 | 21/07/2015 | Journalist | Number of students formally excluded from UCC in 2013 and 2014 and nature of exclusions; number of students disciplined for use or sale of illegal drugs on campus; number of students disciplined for plagiarism/breaking exam rules in 2013 and 2014 | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00018 | 30/06/2015 | 20/07/2015 | Staff | Procurement documentation re PWC's award of Tyndall Job Evaluation exercise | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00019 | 03/07/2015 | 03/09/2015 | Journalist | Correspondence between head of the National Maritime College of Ireland and President of UCC; Correspondence between head of Beaufort Research Laboratory and President of UCC (January - July 2015) | Part Granted (s.29, 30, 36, 37) |
| FOI/2015/00022 | 14/07/2005 | 05/08/2015 | Journalist | How many students availed of the University's counselling services from 2010 to 2014 | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00024 | 28/07/2015 | 07/03/2016 | Journalist | Correspondence between President and Minister for Education and Minutes of Governing Body and UMTO from 1 January 2014 to 28 July 2015. | Withdrawn |
| FOI/2015/00026 | 11/08/2015 | 23/09/2015 | Journalist | How many students with a disability were admitted into the undergraduate medicine, pharmacy and nursing programmes at UCC under the Supplementary Admission Route for the academic years 2012/13, 2013/14, 2013/14 and 2014/15? How many students with a disability graduated from these programmes? What percentage of UCC undergraduate students in these programmes would be recognised as having a disability? What is the current annual expenditure on supports to assist students with a disability across UCC in 2012/13 and 2013/14? | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00027 | 11/08/2015 | 25/09/2015 | Journalist | Records relating to allegations of rape, sexual assault and sexual harrassment made in the college in the last five years | Refused (s.15(1)(a) - no records exist) |
| FOI/2015/00028 | 20/08/2015 | 03/09/2015 | Other | How is the €165 capitation fee split between USE affiliation and the Mardyke Sports Arena? | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00029 | 02/09/2015 | 24/09/2015 | Journalist | The amount of money currently owed in fees to the University; how long have these fees been owed; what is being done to collect the fees owed; how are the unpaid fees impacting the University. | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00030 | 03/09/2015 | 25/09/2015 | Journalist | Number of students expelled 2014/15, 2013/14, 2012/13 and reasons why. | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00031 | 26/08/2015 | 01/02/2016 | Journalist | All purchase orders from March 2012 to present day - over €20k | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00032 | 21/08/2015 | 09/09/2015 | Staff | Details of the 13 comparators given to PWC as part of JEE exercise relating to UCC staff based in Tyndall | Withdrawn |
| FOI/2015/00033 | 21/08/2015 | 09/09/2015 | Staff | Name, grade, point on scale, years of service and number of years in current role of every employee in UCC | Withdrawn |
| FOI/2015/00035 | 09/09/2015 | 30/09/2015 | Journalist | Records re number of animals used in testing 2012, 2013, 2014, reasons for the testing, number and breeds of animals used, any complaints made to the University and policy wording | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00036 | 10/09/2015 | 20/10/2015 | Staff | Records relating to grades reviewed and 92 job descriptions provided by UCC to PWC what were used by PWC in their research methodology (Tyndall) | Refused (s.29(1), 30(1)(a), 30(1)(b)) |
| FOI/2015/00039 | 29/09/2015 | 03/11/2015 | Other | Non pay expenditure report and Income report from Agresso for President's Office | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00040 | 02/10/2015 | 15/01/2016 | Other | Records re complaints of discrimination | Withdrawn |
| FOI/2015/00041 | 09/10/2015 | 10/11/2015 | Journalist | Cost of Christmas decorations purchased by UCC 2010 - 2014 | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00042 | 19/10/2015 | 02/12/2015 | Other | Number of undergraduates who had to repeat one or more exams or modules during academic years 2010/11, 2011/12, 2012/13, 2013/14, 2014/15 | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00044 | 28/10/2015 | 09/12/2015 | Journalist | Details of all monies spent on taxis since 2013. Information on the University's policies on hiring taxis. Details of taxi firms used by the University. | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00045 | 28/10/2015 | 11/03/2016 | Journalist | Records relating to PR firms and consultants | Withdrawn |
| FOI/2015/00046 | 02/11/2015 | 23/12/2015 | Other | "Records relating to decision to allow Minister Dara Murphy TD to complete his BA in UCC" | Refused (s.37(1)) |
| FOI/2015/00047 | 02/11/2015 | 04/12/2015 | Other | Amount of money received by UCC from registration fees of its students in 2013 and 2014 and where this money was spent/allocated to. | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00048 | 04/11/2015 | 04/12/2015 | Journalist | Records re live animals purchased by UCC 2012 - 2015, type and number of animals, why they were purchased, costs attached to the purchase and care of the animals, including maintenance and welfare costs | Part Granted (some information not available - s.15(1)(a)) |
| FOI/2015/00050 | 26/11/2015 | 19/02/2015 | Other | Records relating to UCC's recruitment of International Students via agencies | Refused (s.36(1)(b)) |
| FOI/2015/00051 | 01/12/2015 | 21/12/2015 | Journalist | Various statistics re entry of students into Level 8 medicine course in UCC 2014/15 and 2015/16 | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00053 | 22/12/2015 | 26/01/2016 | Journalist | For the 2015/16 college year: the number of leaving cert CAO applicants and the number of leaving cert students who were accepted and registered. (Requester also asked for number of CAO applicants coming from DEIS schools and from private or grind schools - this information was not available). | Granted |
| FOI/2015/00054 | 22/12/2015 | 13/01/2016 | Journalist | The current number of members in the following student societies: Fine Gael, Fianna Fail, Labour, Sinn Fein, Social Democrats, Green Party, Socialist Workers Party, Renua | Granted |
