Department of Children, Disability and Equality
FOI Requests — 1,204 records (page 18 of 25)
- Received 6 January 2023Decided 17 February 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Records held by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of complaints it has received in relation to the temporary tented accommodation which was used to house international protection applicants at an IPAS centre from July until November 2022.
- Received 5 January 2023Decided 15 February 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Any correspondence or meeting minutes in relation to: Correspondence between the Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and his department and the HSE on the recent arrival of 112 people to a town under the Temporary Emergency Accommodation International Protection Scheme. Correspondence between the Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and his department, Tusla, local schools, local Social Protection offices and other stakeholders regarding the need for support services for 112 people who recently arrived in a town under the Temporary Emergency Accommodation International Protection Scheme. Correspondence between the Minister of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and his department and Roscommon County Council on the arrival of 112 people to a town under the Temporary Emergency Accommodation International Protection Scheme. Extra health and social services required since the recent arrival of 112 people to a town under the Temporary Emergency Accommodation International Protection Scheme. What countries did the 112 people arrive from?
- Received 17 January 2023Decided 15 February 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copy of a template, or an example of a standard contract used by the State to secure accommodation with hotels.
- Received 16 January 2023Decided 13 February 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All internal correspondence within the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth from 01/01/2022 to 16/01/2023, about the following topics: Plans to excavate the site of the former mother and baby institution in Tuam, and recover and identify remains; Plans to hire a Director who will oversee this process. Copies of minutes of any meetings related to the above, as well as any briefing documents prepared for ministers in the department on these topics.
- Received 16 January 2023Decided 13 February 2023GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All documents, emails (internal and external communication) in relation to LGBTI+ Training (or associated training) for the judiciary and legal systems in Ireland as part of the implementation of the LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020 and/or the National LGBTI+ Inclusion Strategy from 2018 to present.
- Received 18 January 2023Decided 10 February 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Monthly reports for the whole of 2022 for the International Protection Accommodation Services as published on https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/90641-statistics/#. Percentage of undocumented asylum applications made in 2022.
- Received 23 January 2023Decided 10 February 2023GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Up-to-date statistics regarding the occupancy of the people seeking international protection in an office building. Including a breakdown of: Single men; Single women; Lone parents; Children; Couples; The same as the weekly reports issued on gov.ie website.
- Received 6 January 2023Decided 9 February 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All documents, briefing notes, emails and internal discussion documents relating to the increase in funding of the 2022 LGBTI+ Community Services Fund. All documents, briefing notes, emails and internal discussion documents relating to the increase in funding of the 2021 LGBTI+ Community Services Fund.
- Received 17 January 2023Decided 9 February 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all representations made by politicians (ministers, TDs, Senators and councillors) on the subject of modular homes for refugees. The time period can be limited to 15/10/2022 to 17/01/2022. The records should include copies of any documents attached or enclosed with the correspondence.
- Received 5 January 2023Decided 2 February 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copy of the Conversion Therapy Research report by Trinity School of Nursing and Midwifery which was comissioned by DCEDIY in 2021/2022. All documents, briefing notes, emails and internal discussion documents relating to the aforementioned Conversion Therapy Research report.
- Received 30 January 2023Decided 2 February 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
A copy of the department's report comparing Ireland's accommodation response for Ukrainians coming to Ireland with that of other EU member states; all resulting department correspondence with other government departments and NGOs relating to the report, over the past three months; all resulting internal department correspondence relating to the report, over the past three months.
- Received 17 January 2023Decided 1 February 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between the department and hotel operators since November 2022 regarding the provision of accommodation to refugees and people from Ukraine and conversations about the renewal of contracts to provide accommodation for refugees and people from Ukraine. Any briefings provided to the Minister and Junior Minister for Integration regarding the same.
- Received 26 January 2023Decided 1 February 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
The budget Roderic O'Gorman and his department were given and how it was spent for the Department of Integration regarding the settlement of Ukrainians, in particular the funding the department is giving Ukrainians to find employment and travel expenses. The budget on modular houses and where that money is going. The numbers of disabled and sick refugees.
- Received 30 January 2023Decided 1 February 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All internal department correspondence over the past three months in relation to overdue payments to people and groups (hotels, B&Bs etc) providing accommodation to Ukrainians coming to Ireland; all correspondence between the department and the Irish Hotels Federation over the past three months in relation to overdue payments to hotels providing accommodation to Ukrainians coming to Ireland; a breakdown of the department budget for accommodation for Ukrainians who have arrived in Ireland; a breakdown of how many of the 700+ hotels/B&Bs which are providing accommodation to Ukrainians who have arrived in Ireland have overdue payments of (a) more than €400,000 (b) more than €300,000 (c) more than €200,000 and (d) more than €100,000; a breakdown of how many hotels/B&Bs have been waiting (a) more than six months for overdue payments (b) more than three months for overdue payments (c) more than one month for overdue payments at the time of this request.
- Received 3 January 2023Decided 31 January 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of any documents/memos/internal briefing notes prepared for the Minister regarding the decision to end the practice of paying for Ukrainian refugees' food in hotels and other serviced accommodation/the new scheme in which residents will now be obliged to contribute. Between 01/10/2022 to 31/12/2022.
- Received 5 January 2023Decided 27 January 2023Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All documents, applications, briefing notes, emails and internal discussion documents relating to applications to the 2022 LGBTI Community Services Fund by the groups TENI, AMACH, BelongTo & ShoutOut. Copy of the LGBTI Community Services Fund assessment criteria set out in the published funding call guidelines. Names of all the employees on the internal panel within the Equality Division of the department that made the assessments and decisions to award funding as well as the name of the external reviewer.
- Received 3 January 2023Decided 26 January 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of any documents/memos/internal briefing notes prepared for the Minister regarding the use of refurbished barracks and residential institutions to house refugees between 01/10/2022 to 31/12/2022.
- Received 24 January 2023Decided 24 January 2023RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
A list of the contracts awarded by the department for accommodating Ukrainians fleeing war, including the name and address of the successful contractor, the value of each contract, and the amount paid to each provider in 2022.
- Received —Decided 21 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all records held referring or relating to proposals to house Ukrainian refugees on a cruise ship at Dublin Port.
- Received —Decided 21 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Requesting records previously refused under FOI-0053-2022.
- Received —Decided 20 December 2022GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All records of meetings, including agendas and minutes, of the department with the Federation of Early Childhood Providers in 2022 limited to bilateral meetings between the Department and the FECP. All communications between the department and the Federation of Early Childhood Providers in 2022 and 2021 limited to bilateral correspondence between the Department and the FECP regarding core funding.
- Received —Decided 20 December 2022RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
The 12 month emergency contract between the Department and Digi Quarter Ltd regarding St. Joseph's convent in Fermoy.
- Received —Decided 19 December 2022GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
The Departmental risk register
- Received —Decided 15 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Any internal correspondence/chain of emails (including attachments and drafts) between the Department of Children and Equality and the Irish Red Cross regarding pledged accommodations to Ukrainian refugees between June 2022 up the present.
- Received —Decided 15 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all records held by your office relating to the agreement with the IPAS Accommodation centre in Wicklow Town including all correspondence among your department staff and between members of staff your staff to other parties.
- Received —Decided 14 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Records of a general administrative character, that do not constitute minutes of meetings, including but not limited to Agendas, or notes which reference meetings, that identify when the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters), including Commissioners and staff, met and who was present.
- Received —Decided 12 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All records relating to or discussing Scouting Ireland between January 1st 2021 and July 22nd 2022
- Received —Decided 12 December 2022RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All records concerning the following matters in relation to the preparation of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022: 1. the requirement for eligibility for a general payment that a person be resident as a child in a relevant institution for at least 180 days. 2. the requirement for eligibility for a medical card: that a person who was resident as a mother or a child, or both, in an institution listed in Schedule 1 for at least 180 days 3. Correspondence regarding Schedule 1 (inclusion of institutions) 4. Correspondence regarding "boarding out"/foster care
- Received —Decided 7 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All records/communications to, from, and created by the Interdepartmental Group on the following matters in relation to the development of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. 1. the requirement for eligibility for a general payment that a person be resident as a child in a relevant institution for at least 180 days. 2. the requirement for eligibility for a medical card: that a person who was resident as a mother or a child, or both, in an institution listed in Schedule 1 for at least 180 days 3.
- Received —Decided 7 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence received by the Department from Ukrainian refugees since February 24, 2022, with complaints or concerns about measures put in place for Ukrainian refugees, including accommodation. Anonymised statistics and nature of complaints will suffice.
- Received —Decided 6 December 2022RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between Chair of the Irish Red Cross Pat Carey and the Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman relating to housing Ukrainian refugees between 23/2/2022 - 20/4/2022.
- Received —Decided 2 December 2022RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
To ask what monies have been paid or have been agreed to be paid to the owners or former owners of the proposed refugee accommodation centre at the former Fun Galaxy premises at North Road, Finglas since that premises was designated as an accommodation centre earlier this year.
- Received —Decided 2 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All minutes of the LGBTI Strategy Research sub-committee and copies of all minutes prepared by the RAG following meetings with the Conversion Therapy Research Team submitted to the LGBTI Strategy Research sub- committee. Copies of any reports prepared by the RAG submitted to the LGBTI Strategy Research sub-committee.
- Received —Decided 1 December 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Documents circulated to the Birth Information and Tracing Implementation Group between 1st January and 2nd November 2022
- Received —Decided 30 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Records of all emails or correspondence with, including minutes or notes of meetings with Murray Consultants, or any employee of agent of Murray Consultants, in 2022; Specifically, records or any other references to Murray Consultants’ execution of its functions under a contract issued by the department related to communications services as part of the department’s provision of accommodation to more than 50,000 people in need arising out of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
- Received —Decided 29 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All correspondence between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and Tusla regarding delays in responding to applications for information under the Birth (Information and Tracing) Act 2022. This request covers the period from 3rd October 2022 to present. All correspondence between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability,
- Received —Decided 25 November 2022RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All documents comprising or documenting the “Clandillon papers”; held by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (and its predecessors) or any employee or agent therefore (the “Department”;) as specified in Part 5, Archives of the Final Report of the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes.
- Received —Decided 25 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
The following submissions:- DCYA 00072-22: Letter with briefing note and survey link to Irish Women's Parliamentary Caucus regarding maternity leave for Members of the Oireachtas- DCYA 00097-22: Permission to publish research report: The prevalence and use of Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) in discrimination and sexual harassment disputes’.- DCYA 00154-22 Approval from the Minister is required to change Ireland's Baby Box Pilot Area.
- Received —Decided 23 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all representations made by politicians on the subject of modular homes for refugees. The time period can be limited to 29/6/2022 to 14/10/2022.
- Received —Decided 22 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Full documentation relating to the design of the Service Profile module, the Core Funding Application module, and related documentation.
- Received —Decided 22 November 2022RefusedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence to the Department of Equality and the International Protection Accommodation Services, from 24-02-2022 to 02-11-2022, from refugees and asylum seekers in direct provision, and NGOs, with concerns about the measures put in place for Ukrainian refugees.
- Received —Decided 21 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All funding allocations made to the “Candle of Grace Charity”; (Mayo) from 1st January 2022 to date-Access to any and all records held by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.
- Received —Decided 18 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
1. All records/communications between the OAK Conflict Dynamics and Interdepartmental Group (IDC) on the development of the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme. The time period for this request is 1 March 2021 to 31 May 2021.
- Received —Decided 16 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all emails, memos, minutes from meetings and documents relating to issues such as "grievous risks" and "grave concerns" raised by the Irish Refugee Council re Ukrainian refugees in the past 12 weeks with your Department. Copies of all emails sent from the Irish Refugee Council from your Department and all emails sent in response to the Irish Refugee Council from your Department re Ukrainian refugees in the past 12 weeks.
- Received —Decided 16 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all correspondence to/from the secretary general related to the return to office working at the Department following the Covid-19 pandemic. The correspondence can be limited to items to/from the following: ministers; unions. The time period for the correspondence can be limited to 1/8/2022 to 18/10/2022.
- Received —Decided 16 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between (sent and received including any referenced attachments) senior management in Tusla and the Minister for Children, secretary general, or assistant secretary generals, on the topics of residential care services, out-of-hours residential service and
- Received —Decided 15 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Minutes of meetings of the Commission of Investigation (Mother and Baby Homes and certain related Matters) of a general administrative character.
- Received —Decided 14 November 2022GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
A copy of all emails - dated 1st January 2022 to 29 June 2022 - between members of The Expert Advisory Group (Direct Provision/White Paper) and Ms Carol Baxter.
- Received —Decided 11 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All records held by the Department in relation to pledged accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. This should include but is not limited to any correspondence with local authorities or minutes of any meetings with local authorities in relation to pledged accommodation; any correspondence with the City and County Managers Association or minutes of any meetings with the City and County Managers Association in relation to pledged accommodation; any correspondence with other departments or agencies or minutes of any meetings with other departments or agencies in relation to pledged accommodation; any internal departmental correspondence on this issue; any other relevant material.
- Received —Decided 7 November 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
1. The FULL itemised cost of the 'voice of the child' three day event (including Sunday night party) that was held in Farmleigh and dinner at Collins Barricks last week from 3rd October to 5th October. 2. a)When,