100 ANNUAL REPORT 2017 which information about the private circumstances of individuals, including their finances, is exempt from access – as the Board assessed that protecting the doctor as a medical specialist in private practice was a type of consideration which was covered by the provision. Following the woman’s complaint, the Ombudsman asked the Board for a statement. In his letter to the Board, the Ombudsman set out the law in relation to access to information of the nature concerned. He pointed out, among other things, that it is an established presumption in legal literature and practice that information about disciplinary matters, including disciplinary measures, is not generally confidential unless the information concerns aspects of the employee’s private life or unless the employee’s neglect of his or her duties is also punishable. This applies to information relating to public and private sector employees alike. In the light of what the Ombudsman had stated in his letter, the Board reopened the case and granted the woman full access to the decisions. On that basis, the Ombudsman concluded the case without carrying out a full investigation. N. MINISTRY OF TRANSPORT, BUILDING AND HOUSING The following statements on cases concluded in 2017 have been published: 2017-5. No authority under Act on Private Communal Roads for decisions made on sharing of costs of repairs to road A municipality had made decisions on the sharing of the costs of repairs to a private communal road. The municipality – which was the owner of a public path that ran along one side of the private communal road – had exempted itself from contributing to the costs. In addition, the municipality had decided that a private property owner was to pay a reduced contribution because his property bordered on the public path in addition to the private communal road. The Danish Road Directorate agreed with the municipality’s decisions. One of the owners of properties bordering on the private communal road who were to pay a full contribution complained to the Ombudsman about the decisions on the sharing of the costs.