Department of Defence
FOI Requests — 849 records (page 14 of 17)
- Received 15 August 2016Decided 12 September 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
All electronic and written correspondence and records (between May 7th 2015 and June 23rd 2016) in the Department of Defence (at Assistant Secretary level and above and to Ministerial Offices) and with other government departments and relevant agencies with regard to any contingency plans for a decision by the voters in the United Kingdom to vote to leave the European Union.
- Received 25 July 2016Decided 22 August 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A detailed breakdown of payments made to companies for translating services between 1/1/10 – 31/12/12. I wish for the breakdown to include the name of the company in receipt of payment as well as a description of the work carried out.
- Received 13 July 2016Decided 17 August 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A list of all FOI requests / FOI logs – received in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. If possible I would prefer to receive this information in electronic format, such as a PDF for example.
- Received 11 July 2016Decided 12 August 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
1. The number and percentage of vacancies at each rank in the Air Corps, naval Service and Army as of 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 30 June 2016 2. The number of male and females that were recruited into the Air Corps, Naval Service and Army as of the of 31 December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 30 June 2016 3. The number and amount of each allowance that officers can claim for in addition to the normal salary while away on EU, UN or NATO mission and indicate if each allowance is available to certain ranks only or for all ranks 4. Please provide a full list of countries where the Defence Forces purchased necessary military equipment in the years of 2014 and 2015 e.g. USA, France, Spain etc 5. The number of Doctors, Nurses, Dentists, Physiotherapists etc working in the Defence Forces Medical Corps as of December 2014, 31 December 2015 and 30 June 2016
- Received 14 July 2016Decided 11 August 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A list of all FOIs (non-personal) request submitted to your department since February 2016. Please provide the exact wording of the request.
- Received 14 July 2016Decided 11 August 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
All FOI requests(Non Personal) submitted by journalist Mr. Ken Foxe since 2014. All FOI requests (Non Presonal) submitted by journalist ............. since 2014
- Received 13 July 2016Decided 8 August 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all internal audit reports carried out by or for your department or which have been supplied to the Department by any agencies under your remit, since January 2015, and any related correspondence to/from the relevant line Minister regarding this audit if such exists, since then.
- Received 7 July 2016Decided 2 August 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all mileage claims (to include the amount paid on dealing with the claim) made by any minister or minister of state at your Department relating to travel undertaken in the calendar year 2016 only,
- Received 1 July 2016Decided 29 July 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
1. All correspondence held by the Department in the past four years concerning proposals to create Ireland’s own fleet of jet fighter aircraft, including combat and interception jets (including the model and estimate cost of purchasing each jet, as well as costs associated with training jet pilots to fly the aircraft.) All correspondence concerning the development of a radar sureveillance capability for the Air Corps.
- Received 28 June 2016Decided 26 July 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all reports, contingency plans and risk assessments relating to the Brexit referendum compiled by the Department.
- Received 24 June 2016Decided 22 July 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
1. What was the rate of pay for a new soldier in 2010? 2. If this had changed, what was the reason for the decision?
- Received 24 June 2016Decided 22 July 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
All documents prepared for release in the event that Britain voted to remain in the European Union.
- Received 21 June 2016Decided 19 July 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A copy of the minister's diary between May 6, 2016 and June 21, 2016.
- Received 21 June 2016Decided 19 July 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
Copies of any reports drawn up by the Defence Forces on relation to the proposed purchase of a new aircraft for the Ministerial Air Transport Service since January 1, 2016.
- Received 20 June 2016Decided 18 July 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
• Detail of any qualified legal advisory council employed by the Department of Defence • Detail of any qualified legal advisory council seconded from another department to the Department of Defence setting out the Department the person is on secondment from. • Detail of any qualified legal advisory council temporarily employed by the Department of Defence
- Received 17 June 2016Decided 15 July 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
1. Number of cases referred by complainants by all ranks to the office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces in the period 1st January 2000 to 17th June 2016. 2. With respect to (1) ABOVE Please provide details of the Number of Adjudications or Recommendations where the complainants complaint was upheld. 3. With respect to (1) ABOVE in the case of each complaint upheld by the Ombudsman please set out the period of time before the Recommendations or adjudication in each case was fully implemented. 4. With respect to (1) ABOVE In the case of each complaint upheld by the Ombudsman and where the recommendation or adjudication was not immediately implemented please provide full details of the reasons or rationale for failure to implement, to include: all internal memos, correspondence with the Minister or Junior Minister, correspondence with the Defence Forces. 5. With respect to (1) ABOVE In the case of each complaint upheld by the Ombudsman please provide details of any cases referred to the Attorney General or any other legal advisor for advice before the recommendation was fully implemented.
- Received 16 June 2016Decided 14 July 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A database of all items of equipment or vehicles sold off by the Department of Defence or Defence Forces in period 1 Jan 2013 to the current date to include the price it was sold for, date of sale, and a brief description of the item sold.
- Received 2 June 2016Decided 1 July 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
I now wish to obtain copies of the various draft and final reports that the consultants procured to undertake the climate survey analysis, sent to the Department of Defence.
- Received 30 May 2016Decided 28 June 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A copy of the conciliation and arbitration scheme for members of the Permanent Defence Force Officers Rank. • A copy of the conciliation and arbitration scheme for members of the Permanent Defence Forces Other Ranks
- Received 27 May 2016Decided 27 June 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A breakdown of payments made to companies for translating services between 1/1/13 – 31/12/15. I only wish to receive figures relating to translations from English to Irish.
- Received —Decided 23 June 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
All electronic and written correspondence (within the dates 1st July 2015 and 20th January 2016) between the Department of Defence (at Assistant Secretary level and above and to Ministerial offices) and the Departments of 1. An Taoiseach 2. Environment, Community and Local Government and 3. Justice and Equality, with regard to responsiblility for National Emergency Planning.
- Received 23 May 2016Decided 21 June 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
The names of all the people (along with their job title) who have been appointed by the minister or ministers of state at your Department since their appointment.
- Received 16 May 2016Decided 14 June 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all correspondence relating to the following: The purchase of a new aircraft for the Ministerial Air Transport Service. correspondence can be limited to items from January 1, 2016 to May 16, 2016.
- Received 12 May 2016Decided 10 June 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all invoices and receipts relating to any travel undertaken by an officeholder, minister, OR minister of state for St Patrick's Day 2016. Copies of all invoices and receipts relating to a spouse or partner if they travelled with the officeholder, minister OR minister of state. a copy of the itinerary for the above trip. copies of any records relating to the repayment of expenses for mileage or any other expense category by an officeholder, minister OR minister of state at your Department to cover the period 1 January 2014 to date of receipt of this request. This request excludes any such records already released to me.
- Received 28 April 2016Decided 26 May 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
A full list or documents giving information of films and television programmes with which the DF have co-operated, since the introduction of FOI and where possible before that.
- Received 18 April 2016Decided 13 May 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A list of all refurbishment works that were carried out at any Air Corps, Naval Service, military barracks in the years 2014,2015 and to-date in 2016. Please include the length of time each project took to complete. To assist you further I am only seeking where the costs were in excess of €10,000
- Received 14 April 2016Decided 13 May 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
1) The number of staff sick days for the calendar years 2014, 2015 and so far for 2016. 2)The cost of temporary/ substitute cover, if any, for those on sick leave during the periods specified above.
- Received 31 March 2016Decided 28 April 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
I wish to request under the Freedom of Information Act all documentation relating to a foxhunt meet at the Curragh Camp in 2015 (see attached report in the Irish Field dated Dec 4, 2015)) which involved officers of the Irish Army and the Kildare Foxhounds. I understand that a request was made to the Dept. of Defence for permission to hold the meet and we are seeking all documents relating to this request and any other documentation generated by the Irish Army in relation to this event.
- Received 23 March 2016Decided 22 April 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
1.the name of the operation?; 2.the reason for the operation?; 3.why your pilots are flying and hovering at extremely low levels over a residential area with no regard for public safety?; 4.the cost to date of the operation in its entirety?; 5.the official request you received from commissioner Noreen o Sullivan in relation to the use of the military aircraft?; 6. data in relation to the alititde of all air craft while performing this operation..from the flight data recorder.this of course will not compromise any aspects of the operation as it only will inform us exactly how low they have been flying.
- Received 16 March 2016Decided 18 April 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
All correspondences, letters, emails, documents etc regarding the use of the Government jets/helicopters / the possible use of jets/helicopters / Ministers and or TDs queries regarding the possible use of the jets; Please provide a log of all occasions when government jets/helicopters were used by the previous government during their entire term Please provide all details regarding each time the jets were used – including details of what Minister requested the use of the jet, where it was going, who was carried on each jet etc. Also please provide the cost associated to each trip made; Please provide a table of the top 20 Ministers/TDs (and anybody else who used the jet) who used the jet the most. Please provide the associated cost which each individual incurred as a result of their request. The timeframe for this is for the entire period of the last government.; Please provide details of the salaries paid to each pilot / co-pilot of the government jets/helicopters in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012 and 2011. Please provide documents of salary/contracts for pilots flying government jets; The total cost of maintenance, servicing etc of all government jets over the last 5 years.
- Received 5 April 2016Decided 5 April 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
The number of all sick days taken by personnel in the Department of Defence; The number of sick days broken down in tabulated form by month; A breakdown of the reasons cited for the sick days taken by overall number of times cited; The total number of staff who took a sick day on Wednesday 18 March; This information provided for the period between 01/01/2015 and 31/12/2015.
- Received 3 March 2016Decided 1 April 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Training syllabus for Emergency Medical Technicians provided by the Civil Defence Board to it's public units; Training presentations (Powerpoints, Overhead Slides) provided for Emergency Medical Technicians provided by the Civil Defence Board to it's public units ; The number of Emergency Medical Technicians trained by the Civil Defence Board during the period of one calendar year 2014 to 2015.
- Received 19 February 2016Decided 30 March 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Make & Model & No. of Gov jets/helicopters used by cabinet ministers; maintenance costs, menus, salary of crew etc.
- Received 24 February 2016Decided 24 March 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
The number of incidents in which the Army Bomb Disposal Unit was called to assist in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012. Please state where each army bomb disposal unit was called to / what was conducted at the scene. Please also state the cost of operating the Army Bomb Disposal in 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012.
- Received 22 February 2016Decided 22 March 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
A breakdown of payments made to external communications and public relations companies employed by the Department between the dates 9/3/2011 - 22/02/2016 as well as a description of the work carried out.
- Received 16 February 2016Decided 15 March 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
(1) Total amount spent, if any, on private detective work in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011, (2) Any contracts for private detective work in 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012, 2011 (3) All emails/letters/correspondences, internal or external, in relation to private detective(s).
- Received 12 February 2016Decided 11 March 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
A table showing how much was spent by the Department on catering in respect of the years 2011, 2012,2013, 2014 and 2015, broken down by year. It should include the name of the companies who provided the services and how much was paid to each of the companies. [This relates to Departmental expenditure only.]; A table showing how much was spent by the Department on taxis in respect of the years 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, broken down by year. It should include the name of the companies and how much was paid to each of the companies. [The relates to Departmental expenditure only.] – As advised it will not be possible to include refunds of taxi fares through the travel and subsistence system to individuals.
- Received 4 February 2016Decided 2 March 2016GrantedDepartment of Defence
The number of staff by grade that are earning between €40,000 and €50,000, between €50,001 and €60,000, between €60,001 and €70,000 and so on in the years 2013,2014 and 2015
- Received 13 January 2016Decided 8 February 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
1. The total amount of money spent by the department on hiring photographers or obtaining photography in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and for the first two weeks of 2016. 2. A detailed list of the events / media engagements at which an external photographer was engaged by the department in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and for the first two weeks of 2016, including the contract price, a description of the event and a record of which, if any, Minister attended. 3. The total amount of money spent by the department on makeup, hair styling, other beauty products and the hiring of any supplier of these services in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and for the first two weeks of 2016. 4. A detailed list of the events /media engagements for which makeup, hair styling or other beauty industry service was engaged by the department in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and for the first two weeks of 2016, including the contract price, a description of the event and a record of which, if any, Minister or department official utilised the service.
- Received 13 January 2016Decided 8 February 2016Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A copy of all current/active warrants of appointment or certificates of appointment which have issued by, or on behalf of, the Minister to people to serve on bodies under the ageis of the Department (to include the address for service for each appointee that is typically captured along with the recipient’s name at the top of each letter) I am requesting this to ensure a similar level of transparency to that which applies to corporate bodies subject to the Companies Act 2014. Information to properly identify officers responsible for corporate entities is commonplace and publicly available for approximately 200,000 private bodies listed with the Companies Registration Office. Entities that file an annual return under the Companies Act must also include each officer’s address, date of birth, business occupation and nationality details as listed in Section 149 of the Companies Act 2014.
- Received 26 January 2016Decided 19 January 2016RefusedDepartment of Defence
All records relating to the suspected “cyber attack” that disrupted access to the Department’s website on the 21/22 January 2016.
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5. Protocols or procedures in place for reporting and investigating UAP/UFO sightings. 6. Information on specific cases, including any physical materials believed to have originated from UAP/UFO incidents currently held by your department/agency.
- Received —Decided —Department of Defence
Any documented responses by the Defence Forces, Department of Defence, or any other affiliated units to incidents involving UAP/UFO activity. Any follow-up investigations or actions taken, including coordination with external agencies. 4. Broader Categorization: Any records, regardless of how they are categorized or labeled, that involve unexplained aerial phenomena, including those not explicitly classified as "UAP" or "UFO" but falling under similar descriptors (e.g., "unidentified aircraft," "anomalous radar returns," "unknown aerial activity," etc.). I would also like to reference my prior Freedom of Information requests to both the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces, where I was informed that there were no records whatsoever fitting my criteria. However, the recent article published by Sidestream News (“The Irish Government's Secretive Hold on UFO/UAP Records” https://www.sidestreamnews.com/post/exclusive-the-irish-government-s- secretive-hold-on-ufo-uap-records ) directly contradicts these responses by detailing the existence of material related to UAP/UFO activity held by Irish government entities. This highlights significant public interest in this area and that the departments are quite frankly lying about the extent to which they care and how much material they hold in relation.
- Received —Decided —Department of Defence
Therefore, I am specifically requesting access to all documentation, correspondence, or files mentioned in the Sidestream News article, including but not limited to any material cited as being in the possession of government departments or agencies or any material the departments have in relation to specific events, locations and occurrences described in the above article. This request is intended to ensure a comprehensive disclosure of all relevant records, materials, and communications related to these topics. I respectfully request that this search include all available records, irrespective of classification or categorization, and cover all relevant departments and units. If information is deemed exempt or redacted, I request a detailed explanation citing the applicable exemption provisions under the Freedom of Information Act. If this request is considered too broad, I would appreciate assistance in refining it to ensure its compliance while maintaining the intent to obtain a full account of relevant information. I quite simply won't accept a response stating that there were no relevant files pertaining to my request since we know of numerous cases that it would frankly be embarrassing if the defence forces or department of defence do not have record of, considering they are known to the public. There is a slim to 0% chance that there is no internal communication within these departments that even discussed UAP. I'm also requesting this internal correspondence as stated above. I would also like a confirmation of receipt of this request and an estimated timeline for when I can expect a response. I understand this request exhibits frustrations, though not unfounded, and is not personal to the case handlers. Thank you for your attention to this matter.
- Received —Decided —Department of Defence
2. Minutes of all meetings between the Minister/Department of Defence and European Council, European Commission and Operation Sophia Command representatives in regard to Eunavfor Med (Operation Sophia) which involve discussion of the Irish Navy's role in Operation Sophia, and which inculde specific reference to Irish expertise in maritme search and rescue. 3. All correspondence between the Department of Defence and the European Council, European Commission and Operation Sophia Command in regards to Eunavfor Med (Operation Sophia) in which it is set out/agreed that the Irish Navy is participating in Operation Sophia solely in a humanitarian search and rescue role. 4. Minutes of all meetings between the Minister/Department of Defence and European Council, European Commission and Operation Sophia Command representatives in regard to Eunavfor Med (Operation Sophia) which involve discussion of the Irish Navy's role in Operation Sophia and which involve specific reference to the Irish Navy participating in Operation Sophia solely in a humanitarian search and rescue role.
- Received —Decided —Department of Defence
Maritime (semi) autonomous Systems for Mine Countermeasures (MAS MCM), Upgrade of Maritime Surveillance, Counter Unmanned Aerial System (C-UAS), Military Mobility, Energy Operational Function (EOF), European Secure software defined Radio (ESSOR), Cyber Threats and Incident Response Information Sharing Platform, and EU Radio navigation Solution (EURAS)
- Received —Decided —Department of Defence
recommendations of the Working Group on Malaria Chemoprophylaxis.
- Received —Decided —Department of Defence
The total price of the winning tender. Please state the price ex vat.
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(d) What Irish, EU and International safety standards is Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment complying with for the 5G strategy and existing 5G technology. (e) I request proof e.g. a certificate from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment that confirms that UK, EU and International safety standards for workers and the public have been meet. 1.4 If no, I request to know when you will be chairing a 5G strategy? 2. I request the name/s of the Officer/s in charge of the 5G strategy and roll out for 5G and Smart Cities; and who their subject area expert or consultancy is, their CV and qualifications on 5G and Smart Cities. 3. Are you in talks with any experts, companies or entities about autonomous vehicles (AV) for public transport and/or private use on Public Highways?
- Received —Decided —Department of Defence
3.1 If yes, I request to see the complete strategy, its ambitions and its objectives in PPTX, Word, PDF or picture format. 3.2 I also request a supplementary document that includes all levels of detail on: (a) Companies and entities involved and the names of the company/entity officers? (b) Specification sheets of all technology. (c) What type of communication system will the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment be utilising to control the vehicles? (d) What Irish, EU and International safety standards does your AV strategy and rollout comply with? (e) I request proof e.g. a certificate from the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment that confirms that UK, EU and International safety standards for workers and the public have been meet.