Department of Defence
FOI Requests — 849 records (page 2 of 17)
- Received 29 November 2024Decided 31 December 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
a copy of any reports, memos, submissions, or other such high-level documents prepared outlining the case or approval for the purchase of a Dassault Falcon 6X jet for use as part of the Ministerial Air Transport Service.
- Received 29 November 2024Decided 18 December 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
All correspondence between the Department of Defence and the United States government or the U.S. State Department related to the Occupied Territories Bill, from October 2023 to the present. This includes, but is not limited to, draft documents, briefing notes, meeting minutes, and any other related correspondence. Searches of any relevant mobile phones, private email addresses, and/or messaging services should be considered when processing this request.
- Received 11 November 2024Decided 10 December 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
I wish to receive, under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, to cover the period 1 September 2024-present, the following: • All records concerning the departmental review of defence procurement packages to ensure no further procurement of defensive equipment from Israel takes place
- Received 6 November 2024Decided 5 December 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
- Received 4 November 2024Decided 2 December 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
I am seeking the following: - Copy of the minutes of all department management board meetings for the calendar year 2024. - A list of all submissions made to the Minister through e-submissions (or any similar system) for the calendar year 2024.
- Received 1 November 2024Decided 29 November 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
- Received 17 October 2024Decided 21 November 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a record/spreadsheet/database broken down in as much detail as possible providing maintenance/servicing costs for the Garda Defender Aircraft in 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024. - a record/spreadsheet/database of the number of flying hours undertaken by the above aircraft in each of those years. - a copy of any reports, submissions, memoranda, or other such high-level documents discussing the cost of maintenance/viability of the above aircraft.
- Received 1 October 2024Decided 6 November 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
a copy of any briefings, memos, reports, submissions, or recommendations (high-level documents) held by the department relating to the issue of illegal encampments or unauthorised developments on department/DF lands at the Curragh. This should have said only for calendar year 2024, and as mentioned, this would only be very much high-level documents, not any day-to-day back and forth with the DF or Kildare Co Co or routine emails between department officials.
- Received 2 October 2024Decided 30 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Defence
- Received 1 October 2024Decided 29 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking a list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Defence through the e- submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-09-2024 - 30-09-2024.
- Received 26 September 2024Decided 24 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
All correspondence, documents and records since January 1st, 2023 relating to any potential aircraft transiting sovereign Irish airspace without having received appropriate organisation, carrying or suspected of carrying weapons, munitions, ammunition or the components thereof This should include, but not be limited, to: - Any internal correspondence relating to the matter - Related documents such, such as emails, memos, reports, draft programmes Any minutes, records or notes pertaining to any meeting at which this issue was discussed. - Any communications with or briefings for other government departments or state agencies - Any concerns expressed regarding national security, the intended recipient currently being engaged in war crimes or crimes against humanity - All other documentation pertinent to this issue.
- Received 23 September 2024Decided 22 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Defence
I wish to request access to any record created since 1 January 2023 which 1. lists / identifies contracts placed by your department with Israeli companies, or for the supply of goods or services originating, or partially originating, in Israel, or 2. lists / identies Israeli goods already in use in your department / office.
- Received 15 October 2024Decided 16 October 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
• The number of CCTV cameras used in buildings or areas owned/used by the department which include facial recognition functionality built in. • The locations of these cameras and when they were installed. • How many of these cameras are by Chinese manufacturer *named company. • The location of these cameras and when they were installed.
- Received 16 September 2024Decided 14 October 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, I wish to request access to the job description or role profile for the position of Secretary General or Deputy Secretary General used in the recruitment process on the last occasion either position was advertised.
- Received 16 September 2024Decided 14 October 2024GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, I wish to request access to the job description or role profile used in the recruitment / selection process on the last occasion a competition was held to fill each position based outside Ireland (e.g. Brussels, Geneva, Washington, Beijing, etc). This request should exclude all posts filled by career diplomats or staff of the Department of Foreign Affairs.
- Received 16 September 2024Decided 14 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, I wish to 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. I am seeking any single record, or the smallest number of records possible to provide the information sought - I am not seeking "any and all" such records. I am willing to agree to any change which your FOI body suggests which will minimise work for your organisation and minimise or eliminate charges for me.
- Received 11 September 2024Decided 9 October 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
a copy of any report submitted by the CoS of the Defence Forces to the department with regard to the award of medals for members. This request to cover the period 1 Jan 2024 to date.
- Received 4 September 2024Decided 2 October 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Defence 00770-24 - ODF Report 2024026 Urgent and Time-sensitive Defence 00628-24 Strategic Defence Review 2024
- Received 2 September 2024Decided 30 September 2024GrantedDepartment of Defence
- a database/spreadsheet/record of costs associated with the securing or guarding of former departmental or Defence Forces properties in 2022, 2023, and 2024. This record to include the following: a list of relevant properties, the date each was vacated, and the amount paid in each one of the above years for the provision of security services at each location.
- Received 2 September 2024Decided 30 September 2024GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking a list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Defence through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-08-2024 - 31-08-2024.
- Received 2 September 2024Decided 30 September 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, 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). I am seeking any single record, or the smallest number of records possible to provide the information sought - I am not seeking "any and all" such records. I am also not seeking records relating to individual staff - rather, I seek any record which constitutes a policy statement on recognition of long service.
- Received 21 August 2024Decided 27 September 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am requesting access to documents held by the Department of Defence pertaining to the maintenance and upkeep of the Curragh. Specifically, I seek the following: 1. The name of the contractor currently responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the Curragh. 2. All tender documents associated with the procurement process for this contract, including but not limited to: 1. The original tender notice. 2. The specifications and requirements outlined in the tender. 3. Submitted bids and related documents. 4. Evaluations of submitted bids. 5. The final contract awarded. 3. Information regarding the duration of the current contract and the expected date when this contract is up for renewal. Please consider this request under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2014. I would prefer to receive this information in electronic format at the email address provided above. If you require any clarification or additional details to facilitate the search for these documents, please do not hesitate to contact me at the email or phone number listed above. Thank you for your attention to this request. I look forward to your prompt response as stipulated by the Act, within 20 working days.
- Received 9 August 2024Decided 13 September 2024GrantedDepartment of Defence
All records related to this lobbying return filed by the Irish Congress of Trade Unions, available at the following link: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/109397/irish-congress-of-trade-unions. Please include all correspondence, including emails, letters, as well as meeting minutes.
- Received 12 August 2024Decided 12 September 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
All records related to the lobbying return filed by the Bere Island projects Group CLG, available at the following link: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/109528/bere-island-projects-group-clg
- Received 6 August 2024Decided 6 September 2024GrantedDepartment of Defence
a. A breakdown of the details of sales of all obsolete and/or used military equipment by the Defence Forces in the past twelve months. The information provided should include a detailed list of the equipment sold (name, number and use), the prices realised, the method of sale, and the recipient/purchaser.
- Received 9 August 2024Decided 6 September 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A list of all meetings attended by the Minister for Defence this year. For each meeting, please provide the following details: the date of the meeting; the location of the meeting (if in-person) or platform used (if remote) ); the purpose of the meeting; the names and titles of other attendees, where possible.
- Received 7 August 2024Decided 4 September 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
Please see the following notes to Vote 36 Defence 2022 Appropriation Accounts Please can I have copies of 1. Reports and correspondence resulting from the fraud noted in 2021 2. Your Fraud register
- Received 6 August 2024Decided 3 September 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
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 1 August 2024Decided 29 August 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking a list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Defence through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-07-2024 - 31-07-2024.
- Received 29 July 2024Decided 28 August 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
I am seeking copies of the following documents: - Defence 00656-24: Review of High Level Command and Control - Memo for Govt - Defence 00583-24: Summary of HSA Inspections - Defence 00665-24: Use of the Lear for Military transport - Defence 00618-24: Overview of Q1 2024 A7 and A7 related complaints Report I wish for my request to cover the period: 1.4.24 – 29.7.24
- Received 24 July 2024Decided 22 August 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking the release of records relating to the hire and use of commercial private jets as part of the Ministerial Air Transport Service from February 2024 to date. By this, I mean, any private jet travel hired by the Department in lieu of using the Learjet or any other Air Corps aircraft. Please provide a breakdown of details relating to these trips, such as date, destination, travelling official and cost. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, preferably in its original format. If you feel that the request is too broad, or that it may not be possible to respond to this request in a reasonable time, please contact me at this email address and inform me of how I can refine my request.
- Received 6 August 2024Decided 6 August 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
Pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking access to records held by your department/agency pertaining to Unidentified Aerial Phenomena (UAP), Unidentified Flying Objects (UFO), Non-Human Intelligence, biologics, and unknown manned or unmanned aerial vehicles. This request includes any documents or evidence related to non-human intelligence, biologics, and craft or materials from both foreign and domestic cases. Specifically, I am interested in: 1. Records of sightings or incidents involving UAPs/UFOs within Irish airspace. 2. Documentation or reports related to the tracking and investigation of UAP/UFO incidents. 3. Records pertaining to the study or analysis of UAP/UFO phenomena. 4. Correspondence with other government bodies or international organizations concerning UAP/UFO incidents.
- Received 1 July 2024Decided 29 July 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking a list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Defence through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-06-2024 - 30-06-2024.
- Received 28 June 2024Decided 26 July 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
I am seeking the following records: 1. Copies of communications - including emails, written reports/audits, email attachments etc - sent by the Defence Forces to the Minister for Defence that relate to criminal convictions/on-going court cases involving members of the Defence Forces. It has been reported that the Minister for Defence has received two such reports. Both should be released. This should include any follow-up/related correspondence. The timeframe I am referring to is from 17 June 2024 to the present.
- Received 28 June 2024Decided 26 July 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
I am seeking the following records: 2. Copies of all internal correspondence at the Department of Defence relating to the reports referred to above. The timeframe I am referring to is from 17 June 2024 to the present. The timeframe I am referring to is from 17 June 2024 to the present.
- Received 27 June 2024Decided 25 July 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
I am seeking the release of the recent report delivered to the Department in relation to the number of serving Defence Forces personnel who have a conviction relating to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.
- Received 26 June 2024Decided 24 July 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A copy of any briefings, memos, reports, Q&As, speaking notes, or other such high-level documents prepared for either the minister or the Secretary General with regard to the sentencing controversy involving a serving member of the Defence Forces. This request to cover the period 1 Jun 2024 to date.
- Received 10 July 2024Decided 12 July 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
1. > All correspondence including emails within the Department of Defence since 1st July 2023 that relates to the Military Chaplaincy Review Board. > > 2. > All meeting minutes and other documents within the Department of Defence since 1st July 2023 that relates to the Military Chaplaincy Review Board.
- Received 6 June 2024Decided 4 July 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
- a copy of any records held by the Secretary General that refer or relate to a formal decision to take the Learjet out of service for the purpose of the MATS in the period 1 Oct 2023 to 31 Dec 2023.
- Received 4 June 2024Decided 2 July 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Defence through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-05-2024 - 31-05- 2024.
- Received 21 May 2024Decided 28 June 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Defence
- Any documentation containing legal advices associated with the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024 from January 1 2024 to May 21 2024. - Any briefing documents prepared from January 1 2024 to 21 May 2024 for the Secretary General and Minister for Defence on the Defence (Amendment) Bill 2024 which references the legal basis of Heads 8, 25, 26, 28 of the associated general scheme.
- Received 28 May 2024Decided 26 June 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
- copies of any correspondence between the department and the DF with regard to a series of inspections undertaken by the Health and Safety Authority at Baldonnel, Haulbowline, the Curragh Camp and/or any other military facilities in the period since 1 Aug 2023. - a copy of any submissions, reports, memos, briefings, overview or review documents prepared for the Sec Gen or the minister with regard to the above reports.
- Received 25 June 2024Decided 25 June 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
Can you send me a link to the Defence Forces Regulations i.e. those recently referred to by the Minster for Defence in relation to Commanding Officers attending court etc. when members are before the Courts.
- Received 21 May 2024Decided 24 June 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
Request for all the phone call recordings from May 10th and the cctv footage from may the 15th to be sent to address provided
- Received 5 June 2024Decided 16 June 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Defence
Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: - Renaming of three horses recently purchased by the Army Equitation School - First Draft of the Strategic Defence Review - Ministerial Priorities 2024 - Recommendation from Chief of Staff to re-enlist former DF personnel - Note on Department of Defence & Defence Forces Efforts on Assistance to Ukraine I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/1/2024 - 4/6/24.
- Received 15 May 2024Decided 13 June 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
Specifically, I would like to request the following information: 1. The cost per round of 7.62×51mm NATO ammunition. 2. The cost per round of 5.56×45mm NATO ammunition. 3. The cost per round of 9×19mm Parabellum ammunition. 4. The cost per round of 12.7×99mm NATO ammunition.
- Received 29 May 2024Decided 5 June 2024WithdrawnDepartment of Defence
Seo iad na taifid atá iarraidh agam ná: An meid airgead a caitheadh ar earraí, ar sheirbhísí, ar bia nó ar eile ó na comhlachtaí seo a leanas: 16 x named companies Ba mhaith liom an t-eolas seo a fháil ón tréimhse 1 Eanáir 2024 - 25 Bealtaine 2024. Ba mhaith liom an t-eolas caiteachais airgid a fháil mar scarbhileog mhiondealaithe de réir na gcomhlachtaí. Muna bhfuil aon airgead ar bith íoctha chun comhlachta ar bith ar an an liosta thuas, ba maith liom ráiteas a dheimhníonn é sin mar PDF i nGaeilge.
- Received 3 May 2024Decided 4 June 2024RefusedDepartment of Defence
1. Details/records of any payments made by the Department to (a) a named company (b) a named company (c) a named person and/or a named person and/or a named person for services including (but not limited to) hostile environment training, from January 2014 to the present day.” (d) SOF Training
- Received 1 May 2024Decided 30 May 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Defence through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-04-2024 - 30-04- 2024.
- Received 30 April 2024Decided 29 May 2024Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
- a record of how much has been spent in total on air taxi services by the department in each of 2023 and 2024. To avoid confusion, I am looking for an aggregate figure for all such services for the two years mentioned and am not seeking the cost of the individual flights. The provision of aggregate information will mean there is no need for Section 36 to be applied. A request for "information" of this type, as opposed to records, is allowed under Section 17(4) of the FOI Act where it can be gathered with relative ease. - a copy of any records held by the Secretary General that refer or relate to a formal decision to take the Learjet out of service for the purpose of the MATS in the period 1 Jan '24 to date.