Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
FOI Requests — 1,579 records (page 22 of 32)
- Received 21 February 2022Decided 1 March 2022WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Ref: Pike (Esox Lucius) in Ireland: Developing Knowledge and Tools to Support Policy and Management McLoone, P., Fitzgerald, C., O’ Reilly, S., Shephard, S. and Kelly, F.L. 1. Provide a copy of all email or other communications (e.g. meeting minutes) from/ to 2018 to the 31st of December 2018. Where emails may not have been sent directly to the DECC please include emails where the DECC staff members were copied.
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Programme Execution Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Programme Execution Group - Agendas of the NBP Programme Execution Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Programme Execution Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Programme Execution Group, or by the NBP Programme Execution Group to Ministers
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Compliance and Contract Management Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Compliance and Contract Management Group - Agendas of the NBP Compliance and Contract Management Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Compliance and Contract Management Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Compliance and Contract Management Group, or by the NBP Compliance and Contract Management Group to Ministers
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Communications Working Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Communications Working Group - Agendas of the NBP Communications Working Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Communications Working Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Communications Working Group, or by the NBP Communications Working Group to Ministers
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Operational Performance Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Operational Performance Group - Agendas of the NBP Operational Performance Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Operational Performance Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Operational Performance Group, or by the NBP Operational Performance Group to Ministers
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Network Build Working Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Network Build Working Group - Agendas of the NBP Network Build Working Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Network Build Working Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Network Build Working Group, or by the NBP Network Build Working Group to Ministers
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Operational Environment Working Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Operational Environment Working Group - Agendas of the NBP Operational Environment Working Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Operational Environment Working Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Operational Environment Working Group, or by the NBP Operational Environment Working Group to Ministers
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Finance Performance Working Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Finance Performance Working Group - Agendas of the NBP Finance Performance Working Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Finance Performance Working Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Finance Performance Working Group, or by the NBP Finance Performance Working Group to Ministers
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Governance Working Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Governance Working Group - Agendas of the NBP Governance Working Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Governance Working Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Governance Working Group , or by the NBP Governance Working Group to Ministers
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 March 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
List of members of the committee known as the NBP Subsidy and Approval Working Group - Dates of meetings of the NBP Subsidy and Approval Working Group - Agendas of the NBP Subsidy and Approval Working Group meetings - Minutes of the NBP Subsidy and Approval Working Group meetings - Copies of any Reports or Presentations commissioned by, or for, or presented to the NBP Subsidy and Approval Working Group, or by the NBP Subsidy and Approval Working Group to Ministers
- Received 27 January 2022Decided 24 February 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Release of records relating to the formation of the Nuisance Communications Industry Taskforce by ComReg, specifically: • Any correspondence to or from telecommunications companies and the office of Minister of State Ossian Smyth regarding the Nuisance Communications Industry Taskforce. • Any correspondence between the office of Ossian Smyth and ComReg regarding the Nuisance Communications Industry Taskforce. • Any reports provided to, or memos created for Ossian Smyth regarding the Nuisance Communications Industry Taskforce. I am seeking records from June 2021 to the present date.
- Received 8 February 2022Decided 23 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
How many civil servants, including any and all advisers, employed by the DECC have the following qualifications, at third level, or equivalent, or higher: The sciences: chemistry / physics / biology, or variations of these Engineering - all types Business (including with another subject) Social sciences, e.g. politics or economics (including with another subject)
- Received 26 January 2022Decided 22 February 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Appropriate Economic Analysis and Report to identify actions for inclusion in the Climate Action Plan 2021” from McKinsey and Company Ireland Inc
- Received 25 January 2022Decided 22 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Access to any records held by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment (DECC) or its legacy Departments, which shows that the conservation of Arctic char (Salvelinus alpinus) is not legislated for under the Coarse Fish Conservation Bye-Law No. 806 of 2006 considering the text of the said bye-law concerns “any freshwater fish other than pike, salmon, trout, eels or minnow”.
- Received 24 January 2022Decided 21 February 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Requesting the release of records relating to ESB's lobbying of officials at the Department, including Paul Bolger and Jenny O'Hora, about the Official Languages Act between 1 September and 31 December 2021, specifically: • Any email correspondence sent from representatives of the ESB to Mr Bolger or Ms O'Hora • Minutes or notes taken during any phone calls between ESB officials and Mr Bolger/Ms O'Hora. For guidance, my request refers to - but is not limited to - an entry on the Lobbying Register here.
- Received 24 January 2022Decided 21 February 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Records concerning a meeting between Eamon Ryan and Huawei held on 4/18/2021 , as indicated by his ministerial diary. Records should include any notes taken during the meeting or briefing notes prepared in advance of the meeting. Searches of any relevant mobile phones, private email addresses and/or messaging services should be considered when processing this request, as should any parallel communications related to the meeting.
- Received 24 January 2022Decided 21 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
A letter sent to the Department by Ibec relating to the ENISA cloud certification scheme, as shown here on the lobbying register: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/78088/ibec
- Received 24 January 2022Decided 21 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Copies of all correspondence between Department of Communications officials and Ministers and Starlink/Space X. Copies of the minutes of all meetings between Department of Communications officials and Ministers and Starlink/Space X. The time period can be limited to 1/1/2021 to 21/1/2022.
- Received 18 January 2022Decided 19 February 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
A list of e-submissions sent to Minister Ryan between 1/11/21 and the date of this request. list of e-submissions sent to Minister Ryan between 1/11/21 and the date of this request.
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 18 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Records of current legislation formulated since 2005 held by the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment, which governs the use of dead bait (dead fish) when fishing by rod and line solely for salmonids (Atlantic salmon, brown trout & sea trout) within the area designated as Lough Corrib SAC.
- Received 24 January 2022Decided 18 February 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Records concerning a meeting between Eamon Ryan and Amazon held on March 18th 2021, as indicated by his ministerial diary. Records should include any notes taken during the meeting or briefing notes prepared in advance of the meeting. Searches of any relevant mobile phones, private email addresses and/or messaging services should be considered when processing this request, as should any parallel communications related to the meeting.
- Received 2 February 2022Decided 17 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Any correspondence with another Government Department, or State agency (to include the Land Development Agency, Defence Forces, etc) concerning the development or potential development of housing on the site of Cathal Brugha barracks in Dublin.
- Received 21 January 2022Decided 17 February 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
A letter sent to the Department by Ibec relating to Cloud Infrastructure Ireland policy priorities, as shown here on the lobbying register: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/79023/ibec
- Received 2 February 2022Decided 17 February 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
On September 2nd 2010, the then Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government received a submission via email from Frances Dunne, Coordination Unit within the then Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding the Draft Birds and Habitats Regulations 2010. Request a copy/record of Frances Dunne’s submission from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications. The document dated 8th is the document sought under FOI.
- Received 20 January 2022Decided 17 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All communication sent and received, including any documents or attachments, and all minutes of meetings held, including by the Minister himself, in relation to the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy proposal for a complementary Delegated Act or in which the EU Sustainable Finance Taxonomy proposal for a complementary Delegated Act is mentioned. The search should be limited to the period from July 1st, 2021 to the present. The search can be limited to Assistant Principal and above in the relevant units and should include the Office of the Minister. Narrow scope to the draft text of the Complementary Delegated Act covering certain gas and nuclear activities.
- Received 6 January 2022Decided 17 February 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Request details of your numbers of press and communications staff in your Department. Please disclose the following, both in terms of head count and full-time equivalent (FTE): 1. The number of communications staff. 2. A breakdown of these staff by job description and/or job title (e.g., number of press officers, heads of press office, directors of communications, social media staff, etc) and for each, their salary bands. If you are supplying this information on behalf of all Government Departments, please provide a breakdown of these details by each Department.
- Received 18 January 2022Decided 15 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Request records/copies from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment of all documents submitted to the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI) by the Irish Pike Society(IPS)/Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs(IFPAC) and documents submitted by other ACCI stakeholders on behalf of IPS/IFPAC from March 26th 2021 to the present date.
- Received 21 January 2022Decided 14 February 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
In e-mail format, all correspondence/communication (be that email, letter, telephone call, video call or other such) between Geoscience Regulation Office, Geoscience Policy Division and the Minister's Office and four TDs for Clare - Joe Carey, Cathal Crowe, Michael McNamara and Violet- Anne Wynne - between 9 December 2021 and 23 January 2022 regarding PLA 3788 (Notice of Intention to Grant a Prospecting Licence).
- Received 17 January 2022Decided 11 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
On September 6th 2010, the then Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government received a submission via email from Una Dixon, Renewable Energy Division within the then Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources regarding the Draft Birds and Habitats Regulations 2010. Request a copy/record of Una Dixon’s submission from the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications.
- Received 2 February 2022Decided 8 February 2022WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Reports of water quality monitoring/testing in Cork Harbour for the past 5 years. I am also looking for a cost analysis/breakdown of the testing in Cork Harbour or the assumptions the EPA use for such monitoring and testing (i.e., collecting samples, data analysis, quality assurance, station maintenance, testing for each chemical, transportation, administration, training etc.).
- Received 11 January 2022Decided 8 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
In relation to application reference no. 2021-TgP-Py-0045 (attached). Request details on the assessment panel for this application, specifically who were reviewers 1-4.
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 7 February 2022TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Usage reports for the entities established under the NBP known as Broadband Connection Points (https://nbi.ie/broadband-connection-points/ ) To include date connected for each BCP, and number of unique user and/or user logins per BCP since connection Opening hours for the above BCPs
- Received 11 January 2022Decided 7 February 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
A copy of the original email from Sligo Co. Co and the Addendum to the SEA Screening Report which was circulated to the below mentioned agencies for comment on the 28th of June 2013. • The Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (DCENR) • The Department of Environment, Community and Local Government (DECLG) and Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht (DAHG) FOI request is for both the original email from Sligo Co. Co. to the EPA on 28th June 2013 and the Addendum to the SEA Screening Report was prepared and circulated on 28 June 2013.
- Received 5 January 2022Decided 7 February 2022Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Written and electronic communication between the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities regarding large-energy users, including data centres, from 1 July 2021 to present and supplementary emails or memos within the Department relating to that communication.
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 4 February 2022WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All records relating to the maintenance of the river Liffey in the stretch between Chapelizod and Heuston Station. This request is for all records including all written material, printed material, electronic material, surveys, reports, agendas, minutes, correspondence, emails including all emails cc’d, blind copied and all email threads and attachments, text or WhatsApp or msm messages, zoom or teams, images, photographs, videos, drone footage, logs, worksheets, contracts, quotations, tenders, invoices, receipts and records of work done regarding tree felling, the cutting of fallen trees and the removal of tree stumps, cut wood, debris, litter, cables, wires, and other hazards for the period 01 January 2020 to date (30 January 2022). The records requested include all Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications records whether created by DECC its consultants, advisors or contractors including records of all communications howsoever described with those persons or other bodies, Agencies or Departments. The records will include the work done, by whom it was undertaken, whether undertaken by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications or contracted third parties, the dates in 2020,2021 and 2022 (to date) upon which this work was undertaken, the names of the third party contractors paid to undertake this work, the names of any consultants or advisors retained contracted or consulted with respect to this stretch of river and an account of all sums paid with respect to same.
- Received 6 January 2022Decided 3 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Request records/copies from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment of all documents submitted to the Angling Consultative Council of Ireland (ACCI) by the Irish Pike Society (IPS)/Irish Federation of Pike Angling Clubs(IFPAC) and documents submitted by other ACCI stakeholders on behalf of IPS/IFPAC from March 26th 2021 to the present date.
- Received 31 January 2022Decided 1 February 2022TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
A copy of any submission, memo, briefing, business case, sanction or approval document associated with the following decision: https://www.independent.ie/news/penalties-set-to- double-for-motorists-caught-parking-on-footpaths-41215428.html
- Received 4 January 2022Decided 1 February 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
FOI request for the Appropriate Assessment Screening required under Article 6 (3) of the EU Habitats Directive 92/43 EEC for the below byelaw that came into force on the 1st of January 2022. DEPARTMENT OF THE ENVIRONMENT, CLIMATE AND COMMUNICATIONS INLAND FISHERIES ACTS 1959 TO 2017 CONSERVATION OF SALMON AND SEA TROUT (BAG LIMITS) BYE-LAW NO. 994, 2021 I, Eamon Ryan, Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 57 of the Inland Fisheries Act 2010 (No. 10 of 2010) (as adapted by the Communications, Climate Action and Environment (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2020 (S.I. No. 373 of 2020)), hereby make the following bye-law: 1. (1) This Bye-law may be cited as the Conservation of Salmon and Sea Trout (Bag Limits) Bye-Law No. 994 of 2021. (2) This Byelaw comes into operation on 1 January 2022.
- Received 13 January 2022Decided 31 January 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
From 2019-2021: • Complaints received from staff which allege that they were bullied by fellow staff • Complaints received from staff which allege that they were harassed by fellow staff • Complaints received from staff which allege they were sexual harassed by fellow staff
- Received 21 January 2022Decided 24 January 2022WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
A letter sent to the Department by Three Ireland relating to the establishment of a taskforce to address fraudulent /nuisance communications, as shown here on the lobbying register: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/80675/three-ireland-hutchison-limited
- Received 22 December 2021Decided 18 January 2022TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I would like to request all safety studies including but not limited to waste management, bio containment, the possibility of contamination of humans animals waterways wastewater and soil for the sars cov 2 gmo "vaccine trials and all records of the public participation efforts required under the Aarhus convention that your Department undertook before these trials were authorized.
- Received 17 December 2021Decided 13 January 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All reports, briefings, correspondence and communications received by, held by and/or generated by the Department in relation to the Eirgrid document, Shaping Our Electricity Future, published on November 10 2021. Records are to include, but are not limited to, communications from or on behalf of energy companies, industry groups, other Government Departments, state agencies, public bodies, non- governmental organisations and members of the public, and replies to such communications. The period for which records are sought is November 10th 2021 to today, December 17th 15th 2021.
- Received 14 December 2021Decided 12 January 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I wish to know the travel itinerary and modes of transport used by Minister Ryan and the Irish delegation from his Department to get to COP26 and back. (COP26 was the climate conference that took place in Glasgow Oct 31 to Nov 12 2021). For example: Train from Dublin to Belfast. Bus from Belfast to Larne. Ferry from Larne to Cairnryan. Train from Cairnryan to Glasgow. If aviation was used, I wish to know did Minister Ryan use it, and I wish to know how many members of the delegation used it out of the total number of delegation members.
- Received 31 December 2021Decided 11 January 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I am writing to request a copy of the original email with attachments and maps sent from Sligo County council on or after October 7th 2013 to the EPA as required under the Planning Act 2000 amending the previous proposed Variation 1 of the Sligo County Development Plan 2011-2017 (copy attached) by incorporating the NEW Mini Plan for the village of Strandhill 2011-2017, Variation 1 October 2013. I believe this email was sent by Mihaela Davidescu following the Sligo County Council's adoption of the proposed amendments on the 7th of October 2013. The email below is a copy of the earlier email which the Sligo Co. Co. sent you in December 2012. The Development Plan was further amended and adopted by the County Council on the 7th of October 2013. The amended Development Plan was sent to you following the adoption by the Sligo Co. Co. on or after the 7th of October 2013. I am requesting under FOI the original email sent by the Sligo Co. Co. notifying of same.
- Received 6 December 2022Decided 11 January 2022GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
• Records, including electronic records, distributed before or at the meeting of the Mobile and Broadband Taskforce scheduled to take place in Q3 or Q4 of 2022 for use or reference at that meeting. • Records of the agenda of the meeting. • Records of the content of presentations made at the meeting including presentation notes. • The minutes or draft minutes of the meeting, including attendees. • Records of any amendments to the currently published workplan.
- Received 17 November 2021Decided 10 January 2022RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
1. Any correspondence since January 2021 between the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications or the Secretary General or Assistant Secretary in his Department and the Chairman, Chief Executive or board of EirGrid on the stability of electricity supplies. 2. Any correspondence since January 2021 between the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications or the Secretary General or Assistant Secretary in his Department and the Commission for Regulation of Utilities or its Chairwoman on the stability of electricity supplies. 3. Any correspondence since January 2021 between the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications or the Secretary General or Assistant Secretary in his Department and the Chief Executive, Chairman or board of the Electricity Supply Board on the stability of electricity supplies.
- Received 19 November 2021Decided 31 December 2021RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Correspondence between Ministers Eamon Ryan, Hildegarde Naughton, Ossian Smyth [and their respective offices] and former President of Ireland Mary Robinson, dated between 1 October 2021 and 19 October 2021.
- Received 2 December 2021Decided 23 December 2021WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I refer to the Prospecting Licence covering Moylisha, Co. Wicklow (PLR 4032). I wish to obtain all reports submitted regarding work carried out on the site from August 2013 to the present date. Clarification Received 10/12/2021 1) Detailed company work reports on PLA 4032 submitted by the licensee since August 2013, excluding any associated raw data files (e.g. Excel spreadsheets). Block work reports that relate to the entire ground holding held by the licensee will also be excluded from the scope of the FOI request. 2) The environmental screening report relating to the most recent phase of drilling at Moylisha that was submitted on behalf of the licensee. 3) The independent consultant’s report (2018) on the assessment of drilling at Moylisha 4) Objections submitted to the Department in respect of PLA 4032 since August 2013.
- Received 26 November 2021Decided 22 December 2021Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Communication between the PO of Electricity Regulation Division/ the Minister / Secretary General / Assistant Secretary and Single Electricity Market Committee member, employee, executive, director or board member, between 1 January 2021 and 30 April 2021 in relation to: regarding any system alert relating to electricity supplies issued by any party.
- Received 25 November 2021Decided 22 December 2021RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All communications, dating from 1 January 2021 to 30 April 2021, between the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications, Eamon Ryan, / the Secretary General/ the Assistant Secretary, and the Principal Officer Level within the Business Energy and Gas Policy Division, and any Commission for the Regulation of Utilities commissioner, employee, executive, director or board member, regarding any system alert relating to electricity supplies issued by any party.