Department of Finance
FOI Requests — 1,809 records (page 13 of 37)
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all correspondence between Minister Donohoe since he took office in June and Philip Lane, Governor of the Central Bank.
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• Details of all payments made by the Department to staff or former staff who have made claims against the Department through the courts, Workplace Relations Commission or Employment Appeals Tribunals in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017. • Please provide a breakdown of the payments ordered by the individual authorities - ie the High Court, Circuit Court District Cort, WRC, EATs etc. • Please provide a breakdown of the reason for the claims and resulting payments eg. assault, sexual harrassment, bullying personal injury etc. • Details of the legal fees paid by the Department in relation to claims made by former or current staff in the same years. • Please provide a breakdown that includes the name of the solicitors/law firms used in the Department's defence and the sums paid to them.
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All correspondence between Jean-Claude Trichet and the department - including ministers Brian Lenihan and Michael Noonan - which refer to tracker mortgages. The timeframe should cover the period December 16, 2010 to 31 October 2011.
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• Any and all briefings created by the revenue commissioners for Minister Paschal Donohoe on the matter of Brexit and its effect on the collection of taxes in Ireland. The briefings should date from January 1st 2017 up to the present day. • Any and all correspondence between the Minister Paschal Donoghue and/or his special advisors and Niall Cody on the matter of Brexit dating from January 1st up to the present day
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All emails, reports, briefings and other internal memos within the Department of Finance and or between the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and or between the Central Bank of Ireland between 1 June 2017 and 27 November 2017, regarding concerns around car finance products in Ireland related to their suitability and affordability to customers and or regulation of these products and or the risk to either the customers or sellers of these products from a fall in car prices and or other related risks.
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Correspondence both sent and received, (including full email chain) from Minister for State Michael D'Arcy to individuals both outside and within the Department,in relation to Ireland's Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) regime. Between the 30th August 2017 and 27th November 2017.
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All emails, reports, briefings and other internal memos within the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform between 1 January 2017 and 27 November 2017, regarding concerns related the cost of politicians pensions and or senior civil servants pensions and affordability of politicians and or civil servants pensions payments in future years.
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - copies of the following submissions: VAT Options Budget 18#9.
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Letter in response to Governor Lane regarding Budget 2018
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All records, including correspondence, notes, minutes and emails, relating to Irish securities settlement post-Brexit, specifically those relating to the possible establishment of a central securities depository in Ireland. The request covers the period from December 1, 2017 to date.
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. A copy of all internal audits completed within the department between 1st May 2017 and 7th June 2018.
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Scope narrowed 11/06/2018 to “All official ministerial correspondence regarding the Pope’s visit since January 2016 to date.” Copies of all correspondence sent/received by officials from this department or the Minister(s) in relation to the Pope's visit since 2016. This should include all correspondence including letters, emails etc. And it should include correspondence from members of the public as well as official representations.
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I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, all internal correspondence / memos / external correspondence relating to parliamentary question 23119/18 by Sinn Fein's Peadar Toibin about the withholding tax on visiting artists earning income from performances within the State.
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Copies of all correspondence sent/received by officials from this department or the Minister(s) in relation to smartphones or internet access for minors since 2016. This should include all correspondence including letters, emails etc. And it should include correspondence from members of the public as well as official representations.
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The submissions listed in FOI 131/2018 as follows - State Aid Apple case - approval of an investment policy for the escrow fund: 08/02. - Ministerial guidelines to NTMA: 12/03.
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The submission listed in FOI 131/2018 as follows - Observations on sensitive litigation files for the attention of government: 12/03
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Request for a list of the titles of Commissioned Reports, submitted to the Minister for Finance, which was subsequently requested and paid for by him/his Department; since the formation of the present Government in 2016 to present date. Request for a list of the titles of Commissioned Reports submitted by any another Department/Body/Office, which was requested by him/his Department; since the formation of the present Government in 2016 to present date.
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The minutes of a meeting between Galway Chamber and then Minister Eoghan Murphy that took place in early 2017 on the topic of Galway as a fintech hub after Brexit. The meeting was filed on the lobbying registerhttps://www.lobbying.ie/return/16708/galway- chamber.
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I am currently reading the Wright Report. It outlines the submissions to the review panel on page 59. https://www.per.gov.ie/wp-content/uploads/Review-of-the-Dept-of-Finance.pdf I am wondering whether these submissions are available, similar, for example, to submissions on the knowledge development box: https://www.finance.gov.ie/consultation-on-knowledge-development-box-submissions-received/
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- copies of any records held that mention or discuss the academic paper 'The Missing Profits of Nations' in period 1 May 2018 to current date. - copies of any records that discuss Ireland's status as a tax haven on foot of publication of the above report during the same period.
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Copies of the following records: • Purchase orders in relation to plastic cups, cutlery and straws dated 2013-2018 These records should reflect both quantity of goods ordered and the amount paid.
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• The amount spent ensuring that all systems and procedures were GDPR compliant - please detail any spending made to ensure GDPR compliance to date • The amount spent on GDPR training to date
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All records, correspondence, briefings etc. relating to the consideration of granting a money message in relation to the Consumer Insurance Contracts Bill 2017.
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All records, correspondence, briefings etc. relating to the consideration of granting a money message in relation to the Central Bank (Amendment) Bill 2018.
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All records related to the establishment of a Garda Insurance Fraud Unit since July 2017
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A copy of the Irish Funds Industry Association submission in response to a request from the Department of Finance, co-signed by Arthur Cox and certain other member firms of the IFIA regarding the making of ministerial orders pursuant to technical provisions of the investment funds legislation. It is referred to in this lobbying register return. https://www.lobbying.ie/return/28982/arthur-cox
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Records and policy on internal and external transfer requests for AP and PO staff. What transfer lists apply I.e
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Central transfer lists Organisation internal list Head to head lists Please outline how transfer requests work e.g. Seniority, suitability based on pmds, business reasons. Where business reasons apply please detail how such decisions are made I.e. Reasoning and method Since 2016 how many APs and POs have been moved based on transfer requests and the basis for the decision to transfer those involved. Whether any vacancies exist currently and where. Whether external transfer requests are considered. Any internal mobility policy and number of persons seeking transfer by location and grade and date sought.
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All correspondence between the minister for finance and anyone working in the Department of Finance with Michael Lowry TD, timespan June 2017 to date,
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- the amount of money categorised as "miscellaneous spending/miscellaneous expenditure" by the Department for the calendar year 2017. - a line by line breakdown from your financial system of all the items categorised as miscellaneous as per the above.
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- copies of all records relating to the possible emergence of a tax loophole whereby property owners are repeatedly applying for principal private residence relief on multiple properties. This request to cover the period 1 January 2018 to date.
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Email correspondence and the minutes of a meeting between the Dept of Finance and the Irish Funds Industry Association regarding the EU Money Market Fund Regulation Package. This was outlined in the lobbying registerhttps://www.lobbying.ie/return/28290/irish-funds-industry- association-clg
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1. All correspondence between ministers in the department and Fine Gael political director Alan Holmes between the period 14 June 2017 and 09 July 2018 2. All correspondence between special advisers in the department and Fine Gael political director Alan Holmes between the period 14 June 2017 and 09 July 2018
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Copies of all correspondence made between the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) and the Department of Finance in the last five years. Scope further narrowed as follows:
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The records I am looking for are in relation to the Garda pay negotiations that were going on over the last few years.
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- All documents including briefing notes, memos and internal correspondence relating to the report on local public banking in Ireland - All correspondence from external bodies (excluding members of the general public) in relation to the proposal to establish a local public banking system in Ireland. The time period should cover the dates April 1, 2018 to July 4, 2018.
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In relation to databases used by the Department for the purpose of its record keeping, please provide: 1. A list of those databases; 2. For each said database, please list the fields of entry; My preference is to receive these records in electronic, machine-readable format, if possible.
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1) all records held by the Department of Finance and created since 1 January 2007 relating to meetings or written correspondence between Finance Department staff or ministers and private parties (private individuals, companies, non-governmental organisations or other private bodies) in which the negotiation of the Ireland/Ghana double taxation agreement was discussed. Such records may include (but may not be limited to) emails, written correspondence, meeting minutes, advice or guidance both written and electronic. 2) The date at which negotiations for the Ireland/Ghana double taxation agreement commenced. 3) Whether the negotiations for the Ireland/Ghana double taxation agreement were first requested by the Ghanaian government or the Irish government. If any record relating to any particular meeting or written correspondence is deemed to be an exempt record under the meaning of the Act, I would nonetheless be grateful to receive the date, location and list of participants at the meeting.
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1. All written correspondence between the Department of Finance and the Department of Education including memos, minutes, reports, emails, faxes; regarding Harold's Cross Stadium from June 2016 to June 2018.
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Any and all records held by your department pertaining to the review and report on bogus self employment including any drafts, submissions and final report commissioned by the Minister for social protection in 2015. Dept. Finance was part of a working group established to investigate and compile the report.
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All records and correspondence between Denis Naughten TD and the Minister for Finance since 1 January 2018.
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Note - the requester has agreed to restrict the correspondence referred to below to Minister for Finance, MoS and Sec. Gen levels. Any and all correspondence between Department of Finance officials and Ministers, and the below listed individuals from June 1 2017 to July 13 2018.Nama chairman Frank Daly Nama chief executive Brendan McDonagh
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Note - the requester has agreed to restrict the correspondence referred to below to Minister for Finance, MoS and Sec. Gen levels. Any and all correspondence between Department of Finance officials and Ministers, and the below listed individuals from June 1 2017 to July 13 2018. NTMA chief executive Conor O’Kelly
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Note - the requester has agreed to restrict the correspondence referred to below to Minister for Finance, MoS and Sec. Gen levels. Any and all correspondence between Department of Finance officials and Ministers, and the below listed individuals from June 1 2017 to July 13 2018. • AIB chief executive Bernard Byrne
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Note - the requester has agreed to restrict the correspondence referred to below to Minister for Finance, MoS and Sec. Gen levels. Any and all correspondence between Department of Finance officials and Ministers, and the below listed individuals from June 1 2017 to July 13 2018. • PTSB chief executive Jeremy Masding
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Note - the requester has agreed to restrict the correspondence referred to below to Minister for Finance, MoS and Sec. Gen levels. Any and all correspondence between Department of Finance officials and Ministers, and the below listed individuals from June 1 2017 to July 13 2018. • Digicel chairman Denis O’Brien • Dermot Desmond of Intl. Investment & Underwriting • Ryanair chief executive Michael O’Leary • IAG chief executive Willie Walsh