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    Request Reference 21-135 Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: (1) Have you commenced to roll out diversity and inclusion training in the workplace to promote the visibility of the LGBTQI+ Community? Yes/No (2) Who is providing this training i.e. in-house training branch or specific organisations such as Teni, BelongTo, Shout Out etc. (3) Have you signed up as members of any of these organisations Yes/No (a) please specify which organisations if you have. (4) How many training days will each staff member receive, and is this training compulsory? Withdrawn or (5) Please provide a copy of documents/manuals provided for the diversity and inclusion handled outside 21-136 Other training. FOI
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    Department of Finance

    All reports written to monitor the terms and use of the Stadium (Paric Ui Chaoimh) under State Aid SA.44439 (2016/N) – Sporting Arena Cork – Ireland.

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    Request Reference 21-137 The amount of money spent in euros on advertising through paid-for or “sponsored” social Withdrawn or media posts or campaigns, with a breakdown by social media outlet and nature of handled outside 21-140 Journalist advertisement in each of the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and to date in 2021. FOI
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    Department of Finance

    (1) Have you commenced to roll out diversity and inclusion training in the workplace to promote the visibility of the LGBTQI+ Community? Yes/No (2) How much to date has been spent on diversity training and what is budgeted for future spend? (3) What amendments will you be making to your HR policies, if any, as a result of this inclusion initiative? (4) Do you have a policy around the use of pronouns by your staff? If so, what are the policies?

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    Request Reference 17-249
    Requester Type All briefings, correspondence, (including with the Revenue Commissioners and the Minister or his officials and political parties) or any other records held by the Department in relation to the relationship between potential revenue raised and changes in the excise duties on tobacco
    Department of Finance
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    Request Reference 17-272
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    Department of Finance

    All emails, reports, briefings and other internal memos within the Department of Finance and or between the Revenue Commissioners from 1 January 2016 to 28 August 2017, regarding Self Administered Pension Funds, regarding the suitability and affordability of this pension measure to the State and or related to concerns regarding the cost and appropriateness of the structure in the context of this pension measure being used for tax avoidance and tax planning

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    Request Reference 17-316
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    Department of Finance

    All briefings, correspondence or internal communications related to the decision in Budget 2015 to increase the capital allowance available to companies in respect of expenditure incurred on certain intangible assets in Budget 2015, from the period of 1st April 2014 to 31st October 2014

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    Request Reference 17-360
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    Department of Finance

    All documents including briefing notes, memos, correspondence etc relating to the increase in capital allowances on intellectual property (IP) assets from 80 per cent to 100 per cent introduced in October 2014. The timeframe should cover the period June 1, 2014 - January 1, 2015.

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    Request Reference 17-370
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    Department of Finance

    All documentation – including correspondence, as well as memos of meetings, records of phone calls, etc, with other departments, state agencies and external organisations - on Ireland’s bid for the Rugby World Cup 2023.

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    Request Reference 17-372
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    Department of Finance

    All correspondence between the Department of Finance and Apple on the following issue: The escrow account due to be set up to collect €13bn following the Apple Ruling. The date for this request covers 01/08/17-today's date.

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    Request Reference 17-376
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    Department of Finance

    Copies of all correspondence received by your Department from three companies - Apple, Google and Facebook - since January 1st, 2017 and memos or ministerial notes concerning any meetings with these three companies since January 1st, 2017.

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    Request Reference 17-380
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    copies of all documents held y the Department of Finance and concerning the decision of Michael Noonan to lift the 80 per cent cap on the amount of profit that can be covered by capital allowances. The decision was announced in October 2017 in relation to the 2015 Budget.

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    Request Reference 17-385
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    Department of Finance

    All emails, reports, briefings and other internal memos within the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and or the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform between 1 January 2017 and 4 December 2017, regarding the purchase of residential

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    Department of Finance

    property in the State by professional landlord companies and/or firms and or private individuals who purchase a residential property without the need for a mortgage and concerns related to the concentration of their ownership of residential property and or potential market distortions related to their property investments and or the impact on the residential housing market of their purchases.

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    Request Reference 17-387
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    Briefing documents, memos, and email correspondence within the Department in relation to briefings notes and memos, prepared for the Minister for Finance in relation to proposals for a "A Fair and Efficient Tax System in the EU for the Digital Single Market" between 1st September and 1st December 2017 Briefing documents, memos, and email correspondence within the Department in relation to the briefings notes and memos, prepared for the Minister for Finance in relation to proposals for "The EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes" between 1st September and 1st December 2017. This request would refer to all briefing notes and memos prepared on these proposals in the timeframe, not just in relation to EU EcoFin meetings.

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    Request Reference 17-392
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    copies of any briefings, submissions, reports, memoranda or other such explanatory documents prepared for the Department Secretary General or the Minister for Finance or his ministerial office relating to the operation/use of what has been called the 'single malt' tax avoidance mechanism.

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    Request Reference 17-395
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    Department of Finance

    - All records relating to planned cuts to the US corporation tax rate - Any records relating to references made by President Donald Trump to Ireland's corporation tax regime I wish to cover the timeframe 01/06/2017 - present day

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    Request Reference 17-397
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    Department of Finance

    • All submissions, both from officials and/or any outside parties, to the Minister for Finance regarding AIB and the programme for government commitment to not sell more than 25% of any bank before the end of 2018. These submissions should cover the period 01 September to 01 December 2017.

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    Request Reference 17-399
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to any minutes / notes / memos relating to the meeting between Amazon UK and Gerry Kenny as referred to in the following lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22288/amazon-uk-services-ltd

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    Request Reference 17-401
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    • A record of meetings between Mr Gerry Kenny, principal officer in the tax division at the Department of Finance, and representatives from the retail company Amazon. This should include any meeting notes, reports and draft reports arising from the meeting. • Correspondence between Amazon and Mr Kenny. • Correspondence, including but not limited to letters, emails, notes, memos, reports and draft reports to and from the minister’s office in relation to Amazon. • Correspondence, including but not limited to letters, emails, notes, memos, reports and draft reports to and from the minister’s office in relation proposals under the Estonian Presidency of the EU to modernise the VAT system.

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    Request Reference 17-403
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    All records, to include, but not limited to, correspondence and meeting minutes, follow up memos, briefing papers, etc, associated with this entry in the lobbying database https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22288/amazon-uk-services-ltd

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    Request Reference 17-405
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    I would like to request the following information held by the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and all communications between the Department and the CSO rwlatined to the potential reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies as part of the general government sector for the period of 2017.

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    Request Reference 18-001
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    All material relating to Betting Duty between 1 January and 31 December 2017 including:- - letters, emails, records of phone calls, meeting requests, meeting notes from individual bookmakers - retail and online, betting exchanges, on course bookmakers, and representative groups for the bookmaking industry to the Minister and the Department of Finance - all communication between the Revenue Commissioners and the Department of Finance in relation to Betting Duty - all communication and representations received from elected representatives, including Ministers, relating to Betting Duty - internal summaries, memos, notes to Minister relating to Betting Duty - minutes of the Tax Strategy Group discussion of the Betting Duty review Submissions to the Tax Strategy Group are available online so unless there is further detail, I do not require those.

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    Request Reference 18-006
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    Department of Finance

    dates, minutes and public communications issued where the Minister of Finance was in consultation with the Central Bank and agreed to revoke the code of practice in the transfer of mortgages (regulated products) as defined in the enclosed document entitled 'Central Bank of Ireland - Code of {Practice on the Transfer of Mortgages - for eacvh of the following 4 regulated entities. INBS Anglo Irish Bank IBRL IBRL (in special liquidation)

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    Request Reference 18-008
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    am requesting under the Freedom of Information Act any records (minutes of meetings, emails, letters etc) of contacts between representatives of the Construction Industry Federation and the Minister and/or department on dates between 1 May 2017 and 11 January 2018 (inclusive).

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    Request Reference 18-010
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    Department of Finance

    Any and all documents relating to the meeting between Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe and RBS CEO Ross McEwan in December 2017. This would include, but not be limited to, briefing notes, minutes and any other material relating to the meeting.

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    Request Reference 18-012
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    Department of Finance

    A Copy of the letter from the Governor and the Financial Regulator to the Minister dated 18 November 2008 that summaries and comment on the PWC Report that concerns the financial position of institutions participating in the Guarantee Scheme.

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    Request Reference 18-014
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    - the number and a list of all bills enacted and which relate to matters for which the minister has responsibility since 2011. - the number of reports reviewing such legislation laid by by the minister before an Oireachtas committee since 2011 as required under Dáil standing orders 141A (now 164A). - drafts of all such reports which may have been commenced or prepared but not laid in the Dáil library. - all internal memos, notes or guidelines held by your department relating to compliance with Standing Order 164A (and its predecessor 141A in the 31st/32nd Dáil.

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    Request Reference 18-016
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    Department of Finance

    - copies of any records held by your Department relating to organisation, decision making, authorisation, or any other matter related to the following trip using the government jet: 01/11/2017 Baldonnel - Naples - Larnaca- Valletta - Athens - Paris - Baldonnel (Finance MoS plus 3)

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    Request Reference 18-018
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    , access to the correspondence between Permanent TSB and Minister Donohoe about the Amendment of Section 122(3) of the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 as outlined in the following lobbying return. Please also include any response from Minister Donohoe to the letter outlined in the followoing lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/23837/permanent-tsb-plc

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    Request Reference 18-021
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    Department of Finance

    All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22790/kpmg

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    Request Reference 18-023
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    Please find below a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for: All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database https://www.lobbying.ie/return/23555/kpmg

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    Request Reference 18-025
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    Department of Finance

    Documents related to the meeting on 23 October 2017 referred to by KBC Bank in its lobbying return (https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22825/kbc-bank-ireland) including meeting minutes, agenda, powerpoint slides and any other information presented or circulated at the meeting.

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    Request Reference 18-027
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    Department of Finance

    All briefing material including memos, background papers, preparatory advice, minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, documents and publications in the Cost of Insurance Working Group within the Department of Finance since January 2017 in relation to Phase 2 Employer Liability Insurance and Public Liability Insurance.

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    Request Reference 18-029
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    Department of Finance

    All briefing material including memos, background papers, preparatory advice, minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, documents and publications within the Department of Finance since May 2017 in relation to the collapse of Setanta Insurance.

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    Request Reference 18-031
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to copies of minutes / memos / emails relating to the meeting between Minister Patrick O'Donovan and Dermot Earley in Government Buildings last year. Details of the meeting are outlined in the following lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22722/gaelic-players-association

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    Request Reference 18-033
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to all correspondence between Tom Parlon of the Construction Industry Federation and Minister Donohoe during 2017. I also wish to request, under FoI, any briefings / memos / minutes arising out of the meeting between Mr Parlon and Minister Donohoe as outlined in the following lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/20188/construction-industry-federation-cif

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    Request Reference 18-035
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    Details of all meetings with prospective funders/investors in relation to Social Housing during 2017 between either the Minister or his officials. Who attended, what was discussed, and what, if any, outcomes were decided on.

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    Request Reference 18-037 18-038 Journalist I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to the correspondence between Part-Granted the Paddy Power and the Minister as outlined in the following lobbying return. Please also include a copy of the email sent to Derek Moran and any response sent by Mr Moran. https://www.lobbying.ie/return/25295/paddy-power-betfair-plc
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    Department of Finance

    I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to any minutes / memos / correspondence relating to the meeting between Minister Donohoe and Cairn in Government Buildings in late 2017. Details of the meeting are set out in the following lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/25382/cairn-homes-plc

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    Request Reference 18-039
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    1. All records relating to the following entries in the lobbying database:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/24934/intel-ireland-limited

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    Request Reference 18-041
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    1. All records relating to the following entries in the lobbying database:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22825/kbc-bank-ireland https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22822/kbc-bank-ireland

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    Request Reference 18-043
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    Could I please get all correspondence sent by the Central Bank to Michael D'Arcy, the Minister of State at the Department of Finance, between December 1, 2017 and January 19, 2018.

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    Request Reference 18-045
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    1. All records relating to:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22792/insurance-ireland

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    Request Reference 18-047
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/25382/cairn-homes-plc

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    Request Reference 18-049
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    Department of Finance

    Copies of all correspondence between the chief executive of the National Treasury Management Agency and the Minister for Finance since January 1st, 2017.

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    Request Reference 18-051
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    According to the Lobbying Register, Minister Donohoe met with representatives of Cairn Homes in the last quarter of 2017. Could I please request copies of any briefing notes, presentations, notes of the meeting, related correspondence etc.

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    Request Reference 18-053
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    Department of Finance

    I would like to request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 all internal and external correspondence, documents, and minutes of meetings in relation to unlicensed gaming activity and non-compliance with gaming licensing requirements, including unlicensed slot-machines, from January 2016 to the present

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    Request Reference 18-055
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    Department of Finance

    Dear Sir/Madam, I am seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. I wish to receive all documents, including but not limited to the minutes, submissions, correspondence, relating to the meeting between Kevin Thompson of Insurance Ireland and Minister for State Michael D’Arcy and Minister for State Ciarán Cannon on the matter of reform of motor insurance. She this link from Lobbying.ie on same, on September 21, 2017 to December 31, 2017: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22788/insurance-ireland Secondly, I am seeking information under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. I wish to receive all documents, including but not limited to the minutes, submissions, correspondence, relating to the meeting between Sharon O’Brien of Liberty Insurance and Minister for State Michael D’Arcy on the matter of reform of motor insurance, on September 01, 2017 to December 31, 2017. She this link from Lobbying.ie on same: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/24441/liberty-insurance

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    Request Reference 18-058
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    *Any communications between the Department of Finance and the office of Daniele Nouy, Chair of the Supervisory Board at the European Central Bank from 1 January 2016 to date. This would include, but not be limited to, letters, emails, minutes of meetings, and transcripts/summaries of calls between department officials or the Minister and ECB officials or Ms Nouy herself.

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    Request Reference 18-060
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    Department of Finance

    • The individual submissions of each of the 24 contributors (individuals and organisations) to the public consultation on the use of intermediary-type structures and self-employment arrangements, the report of which was published in January 2018.

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    Request Reference 18-062
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    Briefing papers/material prepared for officials from the Department of Finance in advance of their appearance before Committee of Public Accounts on 14 December 2017.

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    Request Reference 18-064
    Requester Type
    Department of Finance

    Can you please provide me with a pdf copy of the briefing note that the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe TD, referred to in the Dáil on 13 December 2017 when discussing section 62 of the Finance Act 2017 which introduced a new section 31C into the Stamp Duties Consolidation Act 1999 (this amendment was introduced late in the legislative process as a Recommendation at Seanad Committee Stage). Minister Donohoe stated “I wrote to the relevant Opposition spokespeople to explain the background to the measure and why we are introducing it” – page 60 of the Dáil Debates.