Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment
FOI Requests — 1,589 records (page 9 of 32)
- Received 21 August 2024Decided 14 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I request access to all non-personal records relating to the drafting and approval of the An Post Main Superannuation Scheme 1990
- Received 20 August 2024Decided 14 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I request copies of Departmental / civil service records relating to Section 43 of the Postal & Telecommunications Services Bill 1983 which became Section 46 as the Bill was amended and progressed to enactment by the Oireachtas, specifically: 1. Records of the discussions on superannuation that took place: - At the Joint Working Group that was set up on 10 November 1981 and reported on 19 December 1983, and - At the Departmental Council before the adoption of Report No. 1635 (Establishment of State-Sponsored Bodies for the Postal and Telecommunications Services) on 30 December 1983. 2. Correspondence between the Dept of Posts & Telegraphs and the Dept of Finance surrounding proposals and agreement on the superannuation arrangements as published in above Sections of the Bill. 3. Copies of reports, letters, memos, representations, etc on contemporaneous information relating specifically to the superannuation arrangements for staff of the Dept of Posts & Telegraphs who were being transferred under above Act to An Post on 1st January 1984. Above to exclude copies of Departmental Council Report No. 1635 and Appendix I, II and III to the Report.
- Received 21 August 2024Decided 11 October 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I request access to all non-personal records relating to the decision (as set out in S.I. No. 445/1992 - Occupational Pension Schemes (Preservation of Benefits)Regulations 1992) to exclude the ‘An Post Main Superannuation Scheme, 1990’ from the provisions of part III of the Pensions Act, 1990.
- Received 21 August 2024Decided 11 October 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I request access to all non-personal records relating to the decision (as set out in S.I. No. 295/2008 - Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard)(Amendment) Regulations, 2008) to discontinue the exclusion of the ‘An Post Main Superannuation Scheme, 1990’ from the provisions of part IV of the Pensions Act, 1990.
- Received 21 August 2024Decided 11 October 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I request access to all non-personal records relating to the decision (as set out in S.I. No. 371/1991 - Occupational Pension Schemes (Funding Standard)Regulations, 1991) to exclude the ‘An Post Main Superannuation Scheme, 1990’ from the provisions of part IV of the Pensions Act, 1990.
- Received 19 September 2024Decided 10 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Letter sent to the department by Novartis in relation to the urban waste water directive between May 1st and Aug 31st, as outlined on the lobbying register https://www.lobbying.ie/return/112482/novartis-ireland-limited
- Received 16 September 2024Decided 10 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and the French Energy Minister on February 9, 2024.
- Received 25 September 2024Decided 9 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Access to all correspondence between Veolia and Minister Ryan during 2024.
- Received 23 September 2024Decided 9 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes, and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and Gaoithe Léime Teoranta on May 9th, 2024.
- Received 4 October 2024Decided 7 October 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
The minutes of board meetings of Inland Fisheries Ireland, as supplied to the Minister or his office on approval, for all formal meetings of the IFI board between its meeting on 14 September 2023 and the present date. I understand these are supplied to the Minister for the Environment a month in arrears, i.e. upon the occasion of their approval at the following board meeting.
- Received 9 September 2024Decided 7 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and corporate governance officials on Bord na Mona on April 29, 2024
- Received 30 September 2024Decided 2 October 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting Eamon Ryan attended on DAA' s dividend policy on November 23, 2023.
- Received 30 September 2024Decided 2 October 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan CEOs of Dublin Port and Irish Rail to discuss the 3FM project on November 1, 2023.
- Received 19 September 2024Decided 2 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Corio Generation has reported meeting with department officials on June 17 to discuss offshore wind and energy policy. I wish to request access to the following records/details: – all paper and digital correspondence (emails, letters, texts, WhatsApps, faxes) between the department and Corio Generation relating to the June 17 meeting – all final versions of briefing material prepared by officials ahead of the meeting – minutes for the meeting – records of all material presented at the meeting
- Received 16 September 2024Decided 2 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Request access to any record which sets out the cost to date in 2024 of providing period products free of charge as part of measures to address period poverty.
- Received 4 September 2024Decided 2 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I wish to request access to the most recent internal guidelines or policy document issued by your FOI body regarding. 1. the use of messaging apps or platforms (such as, but not limited to, SMS text messages, MMS messages, WhatsApp, Telegram, Signal, Snapchat, Instagram, Viber, WeChat, Hago, Messenger, BitMessage, Ring, Line, bulk SMS systems), or 2. the retention and archiving of messages sent using messaging platforms, or the transfer of such messages to a central repository with a view to ensuring compliance with FOI requests and data protection SARs. My request should be limited to cover the period from 1 January 2021 to date, and I will be satisfied if I receive the most recent guidance note / office notice / internal circular dealing with the use of messaging apps and the retention of all types of communications.
- Received 3 September 2024Decided 1 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and Bruno Benasson, chairman of EDF Energies Nouvelles on January 24, 2024.
- Received 29 August 2024Decided 1 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
1) Copies of complaints from the public received in relation to the Re-Turn scheme between May 30, 2024 and the present date through the email address provided on the Re-Turn website or other channels 2) Copies of briefing notes, memos and other records for Ministers in the department regarding the deposit return/Re-Turn scheme, including all correspondence received from Re-Turn CEO Ciaran Foley
- Received 2 September 2024Decided 25 September 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Seeking a list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications through the e-submissions channel. To cover the period from 01-08-2024 - 31-08-2024.
- Received 30 August 2024Decided 25 September 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Copies of all Climate Action Roadmaps submitted by Government Departments and Public Sector Bodies to the Department of the Environment, Climate, and Communications from January 1, 2020, to the present day.
- Received 9 September 2024Decided 24 September 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and Google on April 17, 2024.
- Received 10 September 2024Decided 20 September 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Minister Eamon Ryan and Cork Port officials on 6 March 2023 and between Eamon Ryan and the Chair of Cork Port on April 2, 2024.
- Received 26 August 2024Decided 20 September 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Form Energy has reported meeting with department officials to discuss policies for the delivery of a net-zero power system in Ireland, enabled in part by long-duration energy storage. I wish to request access to the following records/details: – all paper and digital correspondence (emails, letters, texts, WhatsApps, faxes) between the department and From Energy from May 1 to date – all briefing material prepared by officials ahead of the meeting between the parties – minutes for the meeting – records of all material presented at the meeting
- Received 28 August 2024Decided 19 September 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
The submission made jointly by The Irish Thoroughbred Breeders' Association, The Irish Jockey's Association, The Irish Racecourse Trainers' Association and The Association of the Irish Racecourse Owners to the Department of the Environment's 2014 Public Consultation on the revision of the 2006 Wind Energy Development Guidelines.
- Received 27 August 2024Decided 19 September 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All email correspondence between Minister Eamon Ryan and John McGeady, CEO of Social Justice Ireland, between the dates of 1 May, 2024 to 31 Aug, 2024
- Received 16 September 2024Decided 18 September 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and a meeting with transport officials about a Ryanair prebriefed on March 6, 2024.
- Received 16 September 2024Decided 18 September 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
1. Correspondence sent and received, as well as minutes of meetings, between Google and Minister Eamon Ryan, between 1st January and 13th September 2024. 2. Copies of any briefings prepared for Minister Ryan, ahead of any above meetings.
- Received 5 September 2024Decided 18 September 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Request copies of any correspondence, emails, notes of telephone conversations from 28 May 2024 to date between the Minister Eamon Ryan and his officials to and from David McRedmond CEO of An Post or his officials regarding Rathmines Post Office
- Received 16 September 2024Decided 17 September 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and DAA chair on May 16, 2024.
- Received 3 September 2024Decided 17 September 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and Cloud Infrastructure Ireland on February 16, 2024.
- Received 2 September 2024Decided 17 September 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I wish to request access to any record which outlines whether and how your FOI body recognises long service by staff (e.g., whether you acknowledge service of 25 years, 40 years or 50 years).
- Received 4 September 2024Decided 16 September 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 please can you forward to me any reports available that cover the culling of badgers in Ireland for the period 2018 to 2024.
- Received 13 August 2024Decided 9 September 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I would like to request any documents and communication between TikTok and Ossian Smyth and Patrick Neary in relation to Operation Clover in the period between 1 Jan 2024 and 30 April 2024.
- Received 30 July 2024Decided 9 September 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Records held by DECC which relate to workforce plans/workforce planning for the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the date range 1st March 2023 to 28 April 2023
- Received 6 August 2024Decided 6 September 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
1. All Credit Card Statements for December 2023, January 2024, and June 2024 2. All Bank Account Statements for December 2023, January 2024, and June 2024
- Received 3 September 2024Decided 5 September 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow-up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and Colin Kelly, CEO of Lakeland Dairies, on March 5, 2024
- Received 8 August 2024Decided 5 September 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
On behalf of Kilcully and Ballincrokig Residents Association I request the completion of the following Freedom of Information Request. Documents would be appreciated in soft copy. Note: Records includes minutes, work notes, emails, memos, project plan, project schedules, texts, tables, summary documents, press releases and any other relevant records The FOI refers to Kilcully and Upper Glanmire - both are areas on the North Side of Cork City and are within Cork City Councils Area. All roads listed are also on the Northside of Cork City and lie in the Kilcully or Ballincrokig townlands. 1. Kilcully Pedestrianisation Project - Financial Records i. Records to show allocation of funding for this project. ii. Records to show allocation of funding to compulsory purchase necessary for this project. iii. Records to show applications for financing of this Project. iv. Records to show drawdown schedule for financing of this Project. v. Records to show drawdown completed for financing of this Project. vi. Any communication to the Council or councillor’s or press releases regarding scheduling of this project. 2.Upper Glanmire Pedestrianisation Project - Financial Records i. Records to show allocation of funding for this project. ii. Records to show allocation of funding to compulsory purchase necessary for this project. iii. Records to show applications for financing of this Project. iv. Records to show drawdown schedule for financing of this Project. v. Records to show drawdown completed for financing of this Project. vi. Any communication to the Council or councillor’s or press releases regarding scheduling of this project. a. 3. Road Safety - Whitechurch Road / Old Whitechurch Road/ Carrignavar Road / Ballinahine Road b. Records to show allocation of funding for this project. c. Records to show allocation of funding to compulsory purchase necessary for this project. d. Records to show applications for financing of this Project. e. Records to show drawdown schedule for financing of this Project. f. Records to show drawdown completed for financing of this Project. g. Any communication to the Council or councillor’s or press releases regarding scheduling of this project.
- Received 4 September 2024Decided 4 September 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I wish to request access to any statistical analysis of FOI requests received in your body in the period from 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2024 - e.g., number of requests received broken down by requester, by section processing, by result (grant, part grant, refuse), by topic, by category of requester, by fee charged, comparison with same period in earlier years, etc.
- Received 3 September 2024Decided 4 September 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
All emails, correspondence, memos, briefing notes, WhatsApp messages, minutes and follow- up correspondence in relation to a meeting between Eamon Ryan and Ryanair on March 7th, 2024.
- Received 1 August 2024Decided 4 September 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Copy of results and any associated reports into the most recent stress test of critical infrastructure in the energy sector in Ireland against man-made threats which was carried out by the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications in association with energy operators and the Department of Defence and which have been shared with the European Commission.
- Received 14 August 2024Decided 3 September 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
I request the following information which is non-personal in nature: • Marine Mammal Observer (MMO) reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 12 of 2023 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 28 of 2023 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 37 of 2023 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 45 of 2023 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 57 of 2023 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 69 of 2023 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 74 of 2023 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 17 of 2024 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 19 of 2024 and all associated correspondence • MMO reports related to works carried out under Marine Notice No. 28 of 2024 and all associated correspondence
- Received 6 August 2024Decided 3 September 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
On July 23 Minister Ryan told RTE's Drivetime that he had met with data centre operators and "Irish companies which build these" Data centres. Could I please have records associated with those meetings from 2024?
- Received 21 August 2024Decided 29 August 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Requesting access records from 1993 of exhumations on the site of the former Magdalene Laundry in High Park, Drumcondra. According to the McAleese report the file was consulted in the Department of the Environment and was eligible for transfer this year under the 30 year rule but it wasn’t transferred to the National Archives.
- Received 30 July 2024Decided 27 August 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Emails, meeting minutes, records of calls, briefings, memos and other available correspondence relating to the meeting held between Niall Matthews, Lakeland Dairies chairperson, and Eamon Ryan, Minister at the Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications, at his Dáil office. The lobbying register entry shows the meeting took place between 1 January and 30 April 2024, and was published on the Lobbying.ie register on 20 May 2024. The subject of the meeting was to ‘Provide information on the work being carried out by farmers to protect water quality and inform Government of the importance of retaining the Nitrates Derogation for the national and local economy’.
- Received 29 July 2024Decided 23 August 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
a copy of any correspondence between the department and the OPW with regard to maintenance/snag issues associated with staff of DECC moving into the Tom Johnson House building.
- Received 12 August 2024Decided 21 August 2024RefusedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Confirms that requests sought relate to only one suspected case of possible fraud as report in the 2022 Appropriation Accounts
- Received 26 July 2024Decided 21 August 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
As of 26 July 2024, The number of WTE staff by grade and gender that are employed by the Department of Environment, Climate and Communications in tabular form
- Received 7 August 2024Decided 20 August 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
1. We request to see all records related to meetings and follow-up emails between private landowners and DECC elected representatives/officials about the potential involvement of those landowners in meeting Target 3’s ’30 by 30’ aims. We request to see all types of files related to those meetings since December 2022 when the Global Biodiversity Framework was agreed. 2. We request to receive records related to online or in-person meetings since the start of December 2022 during which the government discussed with other non-landowning parties about the role they could play in meeting Target 3's ‘30 by 30’ aims. We also request to see all records of any follow-up messages between DECC officials/elected representatives and those parties. 3. We request records of any DECC or DECC-commissioned assessments of the grounds of the properties occupied by the department to work out the area and percentage of those lands that are effectively being conserved to the benefit of the natural world. We request to see any records since December 2022 of considerations by Ministers and/or officials to undertake such assessment work. We request to see any records of considerations by Ministers and/or officials to boost nature conservation on department-owned land. 4. We request to see records of assessments made by DECC employees and DECC- commissioned outside parties of the proportion and percentage of land and marine areas across the country that already meet the 30 by 30 goal. 5. We request to see records of DECC or DECC-commissioned assessments of the proportion and percentage of land and marine areas across the country that could in the future meet the 30 by 30 goal.
- Received 2 August 2024Decided 15 August 2024TransferredDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
Please examine the records of Minister Bobby Molloy and all Department records where ‘taxi’ and ‘taxi deregulation’ are mentioned in the years 1997 to 2002 and I would be obliged if you would forward copies to me.
- Received 1 August 2024Decided 9 August 2024GrantedDepartment of Climate, Energy and the Environment
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-07-2024 - 31-07-2024.