Department of Defence
FOI Requests — 849 records (page 9 of 17)
- Received 3 September 2020Decided 29 October 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Part Transfer -copies of any submissions/briefings/or other such review, overview, or discussion documents discussing options for this repatriation, including but not limited to the use of the MATS for the repatriation operation.
- Received 30 September 2020Decided 29 October 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Information in relation to any agreement made between the Department of Defence C &A Branch & enlisted personnel representative association PDFORRA with regards to Border Allowance and cessation from 2009 to 30th September 2020.
- Received 27 October 2020Decided 27 October 2020WithdrawnDepartment of Defence
All Defence Forces regulations articles, paragraphs, subsections and amendments of the Irish Defence Forces Regulations, otherwise known as the DFR's. (Eg. DFR A.11 or DFR A.7.The Regulations referred to are ALL the Regulations with which all serving members of the Defence Forces are subject to under the Defence Act 1954 that are not readily available to view in the published Defence Act 1954.
- Received 28 September 2020Decided 26 October 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Part Transfer "Request all or any correspondence that the Deputy Director of the medical Corp had with the Minister for Defence's office.
- Received 20 October 2020Decided 26 October 2020TransferredDepartment of Defence
Have the Air Corps investigated whether they have sufficient fixed wing aircraft & pilots trained to provide 24/7 cover for Search and Rescue (SAR) Services with 15 minute take-off capacity. -Does the Air Corps have a sufficient number of AW139's with trained crew to provide 24/7 SAR Services for: North West, West, South East & East or any one of these areas. Please provide details. -Does the Air Corps have trained Drone operators which could be used to augment SAR operations?-Are the Air Corps currently training crews in: Night Flying, Winch Operations, Medical/First Aid -Which would enable the Corps to engage fully 24/7 in SAR operations. Has the Air Corps investigated the costs associated with providing full SAR services including cost/benefit analysis of aircraft purchase or leasing. - Has any report on the Air Corps ability to tender for the SAR service been prepared for the Officer Commanding the Air Corps Helicopter
- Received 15 September 2020Decided 23 October 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Part Transfer -the business case, cost benefit analysis or other such document for the decision to send Air Corps pilots to the United States for training - copies of any briefings/submissions or other such reports prepared for the minister or secretary general relating to the above.
- Received 21 September 2020Decided 19 October 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of any records held referring or relating to delays in delivery of Pilatus aircraft from the United States to the
- Received 15 September 2020Decided 12 October 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A list of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at your Department using the e-submissions system (or whatever relevant/similar system is in place at your Department) in the period 1st July 2020 to the 15th September. This request is to include the date of the submission and its title. I am not seeking copies of the submissions themselves.
- Received 11 September 2020Decided 9 October 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
1. The number of properties best described as Married Quarters (Family homes) owned by the Department of Defence 2. The location of all such properties throughout the state. 3. The number in use today with military personnel occupying 4. The number out of service and boarded up 5. The number of properties being occupied by over holders?
- Received 10 September 2020Decided 8 October 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Correspondence in 2016, 2017, 2018 & 2019 between the department of Defence and the Defence forces where the Defence Forces requested a fully functioning field hospital.
- Received 3 September 2020Decided 1 October 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of any records held referring or relating to the issue of awarding of medals to veterans of the Siege at Jadotville. For 1 January 2020 to 03 September 2020.
- Received 31 August 2020Decided 28 September 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of the text message between two Department staff members with regards to: Copies of any correspondence sent to the Secretary General before the 19th March 2020 making the case for the purchase of 1 PC12 as opposed to the 2 PC12 aircraft offered by Pilatus in March of 2020. Copies of any correspondence before 19th March 2020 between Des Dowling and Maurice Quinn specifically about the purchase of PC12 aircraft.
- Received 25 August 2020Decided 22 September 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of any invitations to events sent by email or by post to the office of the Minister and junior minister(s) at the department since their appointment in June. I am also seeking the release of any correspondence sent in response to these invitations, either by the minister(s) themselves or their secretary.
- Received 4 August 2020Decided 1 September 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all documents in relation to the proposed Institute for Peace
- Received 30 July 2020Decided 28 August 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Any written advice passed from DCOS SPT Office to the Department of Defence relating to the purchase of 2 Pc12 aircraft this year.
- Received 29 July 2020Decided 27 August 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Submission 00561-19 - Memo from A/SG Des Dowling to S/G Maurice Quinn. Background Speaking Points.
- Received 30 July 2020Decided 27 August 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all records, including email correspondence and memos, pertaining to an issue regarding discontinued Civil Defence uniforms which were collected by a charity in 2017 but subsequently appeared for resale. These should include internal emails and briefing notes from August
- Received 28 July 2020Decided 26 August 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Access to all correspondence / records relating to the naming of horses in the Army Equitation School since the start of 2016 to include a list of all the new horses named during that period.
- Received 28 July 2020Decided 19 August 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
Details of any purchases of computer equipment, mobile equipment, tablets, laptops, any mobile or computer accessories, any electrical equipment or appliances on behalf of any minister at your Department in period between 1st May 2020 and the 28th July 2020.- copies of any requests for additional office space, furniture, decoration, or paintings by any officeholder, minister at your Department in period as outlined above.- copies of the response that was issued in any such instance.- copies of any receipts or invoices associated with the above.
- Received 6 July 2020Decided 14 August 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all records held referring or relating to the provision of an aide-de-camp to the Tánaiste as part of arrangements for the new government
- Received 29 June 2020Decided 21 July 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
A copy of the briefing document drawn up by the Secretary General/senior Dept official outlining the main issues facing the newly appointed Minister for Defence.
- Received 29 June 2020Decided 21 July 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
A copy of briefing material prepared by the department for the Minister on his appointment.
- Received 29 June 2020Decided 21 July 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
A copy of the incoming Minister’s brief on areas covered/ previously covered by your Department.
- Received 30 June 2020Decided 21 July 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
A copy of the briefing document prepared for the new minister.
- Received 12 June 2020Decided 14 July 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
All correspondence and communications of any kind whatsoever between the Department of Defence, its employees, the Minister for Defence and/or his advisers and other civil servants and/or the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and/or the Green Party or their representatives regarding their programme for Government negotiations.
- Received 15 June 2020Decided 14 July 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
All records and correspondence held by the department related to a briefing/presentation on 2020 government formation talks/programme for Government provided to either the Green Party, Fine Gael, and/or Fianna Fáil. (I understand in the Greens case the party supplied departments with a list of queries or questions on their policy objectives in talks, and in most cases departments then provided a presentation/briefing to the Green Party discussing the policy issues. This request would be for records related to that presentation, and associated correspondence, and records related to other similar presentations if they took place provided to Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil) 2. All briefings or analysis compiled by the department on policy proposals as part of the 2020 government formation talks/programme for Government 2020.
- Received 15 June 2020Decided 13 July 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Correspondence sent and received by the department secretary general in relation to policy issues associated with the Programme for Government 2020 talks, between 3rd May and 15th June 2020.
- Received 15 June 2020Decided 13 July 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A copy of any incident report relating to the event where a door fell from an Air Corps helicopter as per the following article: https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0521/1139891- helicopter/
- Received 2 June 2020Decided 10 July 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A copy of the business case, cost benefit analysis or other such document for the procurement of the PC-12 aircraft that is currently in use. Copies of any briefings/submissions or other such reports
- Received 15 June 2020Decided 10 July 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
A database/spreadsheet/record of how much has been spent by the department on clean-up of illegal dumping on the Curragh in the period 2018, 2019, and 2020. Copies of any reports, briefings, submissions, or other such review or overview documents prepared within the department relating to the issue of illegal dumping on the Curragh during the same period.
- Received 4 June 2020Decided 2 July 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
Regarding the sale of the Gulfstream Govt. Jet 251, I would like a copy of the informal advice that the Dept. of Defence sought regarding the sale of the Jet from an Irish Aviation consultant in August 2015. This was referred to in the C&AG report regarding the disposal of the Jet in paragraph 8.15 - https://www.audit.gov.ie/en/Find- Report/Publications/2016/Disposal-of-Government- Jet.pdf
- Received 20 May 2020Decided 18 June 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A full itemised breakdown of the most up to date Fixed and Variable costings for the following aircraft - Learjet 258, CASA 235, PC12 280, Projected for the new PC12 Spectre fleet, AW139 fleet, EC135 fleet, Britten Norman Defender.
- Received 4 June 2020Decided 18 June 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
I would like to request a copy of any minutes of meetings and reports drafted by the committee setup by then Minister Simon Coveney to look into the replacement of the Gulfstream Govt. Jet. This committee was chaired by the Dept. of Defence and is referred to in para 8.36 of the C&AG report on the sale of the Gulfstream.
- Received 23 March 2020Decided 17 June 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
Details of Ireland's involvement in all military missions under the aegis of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy since 2011, to include details on the number of personnel involved in each mission, the services provided and roles fulfilled by Irish personnel in each mission, and the assets committed by Ireland to each mission.
- Received 5 May 2020Decided 3 June 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
A copy of all invoices/receipts associated with St Patrick's Day travel for the department in 2020. A record of how much was spent by the department. A record of how much of this money was recouped/could not be recouped.
- Received 27 April 2020Decided 25 May 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
I am requesting information with regards to the annual cost of maintaining the Reserve Defence Forces annually for the past 5 years. I would also request that these costings be broken down in categories for example wages, uniforms, equipment excluding uniforms.
- Received 6 April 2020Decided 8 May 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Copies of any records held referring or relating to the issue of keeping up flying hours on board the government jet during the COVID-19 crisis. This request to cover the period 1 March 2020 to date of receipt of the request.
- Received 6 April 2020Decided 8 May 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
Under the normal course of C&A business, RACO sought confirmation, that the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) was requested by the Department of Defence (DOD) to pay the Military Service Allowance (MSA) to Cadets, and that a refusal was received by DoD in writing. In doing so, RACO sought a written copy of this refusal. In response, DOD advised RACO to “please make that request through the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act”. Directing this matter to a FOI provisions, suggests that a final decision and determination has been made by DOD and DPER not to pay MSA to Cadets who have had their cadetship suspended, induction T&Cs unilaterally altered and directed to take on additional tasking’s on behalf of the Health Service Executive and the State. Accordingly, as a final determination has been made on this matter and under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Acts (1997 – 2014), RACO is seeking copies of all correspondence and records from 01 Feb 2020 to date, between the DOD and DPER regarding the decision not to pay MSA to Cadets redeployed away from their cadetship training and instead required to perform other tasking’s not referred to in the “Terms & Conditions and General Information Regarding Officer Cadetships in the Defence Forces 2019”.
- Received 17 April 2020Decided 1 May 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
A full list of capital works project funded by the Department of Defence that also include funding received from the EU in the years 2018, 2019 and to-date in 2020 in tabular form. Please include a brief description of the capital works, the total cost of the capital works and the amount of the costs that were covered by EU funding in each of the years in question in tabular form. To further assist you what I am seeking eg. In 2018 X capital works were carried out and the total amount was Y amount and of that Z amount was received from the EU.
- Received 6 March 2020Decided 3 April 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of any correspondence between your department and D/PER relating to the post of Director of Military Prosecutions in the period 1 September 2018 to date of receipt of this request. Copies of any records held referring or relating to delays in the appointment of the Director of Military Prosecutions in the period 1 January 2019 to date of receipt of this request.
- Received 17 February 2020Decided 29 March 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
All minutes of board meetings held during 2019. If you do not have a board, the board-equivalent body will suffice, ie, governing authority, management committee, etc. (Management Board)
- Received 5 March 2020Decided 25 March 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
A copy of acts which changed the terms and conditions of contract for soldiers between 2004 and 2006, with the signature of the relevant minister and date, bring the changes of contract into law.
- Received 27 February 2020Decided 23 March 2020GrantedDepartment of Defence
Records showing the number of employee/official mobile devices - to include smartphones, laptops and tablets - reported lost by or stolen by employees/officials in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Breakdown of same by device and year and whether devices were encrypted or not.
- Received 24 February 2020Decided 20 March 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Copy of the briefing document that has been prepared for the incoming minister, following the recent general election.
- Received 10 February 2020Decided 9 March 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of the following submissions prepared for the minister (FOI 0005 2020 refers): - Priorities 2019 - Progress Report.
- Received 10 February 2020Decided 9 March 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Copies of the following submissions prepared for the minister (FOI 0005 2020 refers): - Maritime Patrol Aircraft Replacement Project - approval to award contract.
- Received 22 January 2020Decided 6 March 2020RefusedDepartment of Defence
Request for Information appertaining to the issue of the Border Poll in respect of a united Ireland
- Received 10 February 2020Decided 4 March 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of the following submissions prepared for the minister (FOI 0005 2020 refers): - Review of the C&A scheme for members of the Permanent Defence Forces.
- Received 3 February 2020Decided 2 March 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all records held relating to the decision to provide a choice of anti-malarial medication to Defence Forces members on overseas duty. This request to cover the period 1 December 2019 to date of receipt of the request.
- Received 31 January 2020Decided 28 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
1. The contract for purchase of the PC-12 aircraft for the Irish Air Corps. 2. The contract for purchase of the Airbus Military CN-295 for the Irish Air Corps.