Department of Finance
FOI Requests — 1,809 records (page 26 of 37)
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from officials. The communications are those outlined in the lobbying returns below. Can I include all electronic communications, including texts and whatsapps, any minutes of meetings or calls, and any replies from department staff or Ministers. The communications I seek relate to the updating of ILP legislation and in one instance, info on the ICAV Act 2015. These requests are specific to the lobbying returns below.” 2019 https://www.lobbying.ie/return/47221/irish-funds-industry-association-clg 2018 https://www.lobbying.ie/return/31059/irish-funds-industry-association-clg https://www.lobbying.ie/return/35306/irish-funds-industry-association-clg 2017 https://www.lobbying.ie/return/19939/irish-funds-industry-association-clg https://www.lobbying.ie/return/19410/nothern-trust-management-services-ireland-limited https://www.lobbying.ie/return/22794/irish-funds-industry-association-clg
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Revised Text advised on 10/06/2019 • “All correspondence to the Minister or Minister of State (including any attachments) from interest groups regarding the cost of insurance from the period of 1 January 2019 to 5 June 2019 inclusive; • All records relating to meetings (such as minutes, presentations, memo or briefing notes) between the Minister, Minister of State, Departmental Secretary General or Assistant Secretaries and representatives from interest groups regarding the cost of insurance for the same period.”
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking the release of the following: Release of a letter/submission sent to Minister Donohoe KPMG, the details of which were published on the lobbying register (link below). https://www.lobbying.ie/return/47498/kpmg
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Correspondence/records/communications of Senior Officials’ (at Principal Officer to Secretary General) and the Minister for Finance, relating to banking remuneration at AIB, Bank of Ireland and PTSB over the last 6 months.
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' - any correspondence/emails/letters/minutes of meetings between between any executives of Apple and the Minister for Finance from 1 January 2019 to present regarding the state aid case.'
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All records held by the Department in relation to a possible (domestic) tax on plastic products or tax specific plastic products. The request is for records from 1/05/2018 to current date.”
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• All briefing notes prepared for Minister Donohoe and/or Minister D'Arcy relating to the European Commission's antitrust investigation into Insurance Ireland and the Insurance Link database • All correspondence sent by any of Minister Donohoe or Minister D'Arcy; Secretary General Derek Moran; Assistant Sec Gen John Hogan or Assistant Sec Gen Dr Nicholas O'Brien to Margrethe Vestager or her officials in relation to the antitrust investigation. The timeframe should include the period of May 1, 2019 to June 1, 2019.
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• All submissions and/or correspondence received from external parties, lobby groups or representative bodies (excluding members of the general public) regarding the OECD Beps process. The timeframe should cover the period of May 20, 2019 to June 18, 2019.
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All correspondence to and from Ministers Donohoe and D'Arcy since 1 March this year (to date) related to insurance from the following companies: Ibec, Retail Excellence Ireland, Insurance Ireland, Alliance for Insurance Reform, Hanover Media Strategy Ltd, Law Society of Ireland, Irish Hotels Federation, Irish Farmers Association. Any minutes of meetings held between one or either of the ministers and any of the above organisations over the same time period.
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Copies of all hard and electronic correspondence between the Minister and his officials and NAMA specifically regarding Section 172(3) of the NAMA Act from 1st November 2018 to 21st June 2019.
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“In accordance with section 12 of the FOI Act 2014, I request access to any records where one or more of the irish companies WILLIAMSTOWN RENEWABLE FINANCE II DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY, TELLENES RENEWABLE FINANCE II DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY or GULESLETTENE RENEWABLE FINANCE 2 DESIGNATED ACTIVITY COMPANY are named. - the subject matter to which this request relates is Tax; the timeframe is from early 2016 until now, and restricted to Senior Management level.”
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All minutes, records and briefings provided to the Minister in relation to any lobbying meetings held between Irish Funds and the Minister for Finance, from August to December in the years 2016/2017/2018, in relation to changes in Budget and the Finance Bill.
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‘ - I am request copies of correspondence, both electronic and on paper) between the Pensions Policy / Public Service Pay and Pensions Division in the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and the Attorney General’s Office concerning legal advise sort by the Department on a matter or matters concerning the “Public Service Pension Appeals – Information Note for Appellants” over the period from 2018 to now.’
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A list of all submissions sent to the Minister through the e-submissions system. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/4/2019 – 2/7/2019.
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“A. Any such documents and records relating to the legal proceedings issued in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division entitled Shelbourne North Water Street Corporation, f/k/a Shelbourne North Water Street L.P. .v. National Asset Management Agency and National Asset Loan Management DAC. - the timeframe to which this request relates is from 01/01/2017 until today.”
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I'm looking for a copy of your 'Record of Processing Activities'. This is a single document that I understand that you are required to maintain under Article 30 GDPR. Could you supply the current version, and any earlier versions that are on file?
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If you don't maintain a ROPA, could you supply any records that provide an explanation as to why a ROPA is not required for your body.
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“A. Any such documents and records relating to the ownership and creation of National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and National Asset Loan Management (NALM) and communications since its creation relative to its ownership. This request includes: (i) Any such documents and records specifying precisely the entities including but not limited to entities of the Irish State and/or private entities that own shares in NAMA and NALM and all correspondence and communications with EU public bodies leading up to and following the nationalisation of Irish Life Assurance Company; (ii) Any letters and/or documentation and/or emails between the Department of Finance and NAMA and NALM relative to the ownership of NAMA and NALM; (iii) Any letters and/or documentation and/or emails between the Department of Finance and the IMF, World Bank, European Central Bank, UK Government and Eurostat relating to the creation and ownership of NAMA and NALM including but not limited to the entities that own shares in NAMA and NALM; (iv) All communications of Mr Kevin Cardiff and the Department of Finance with Mr Brendan McDonagh and EUROSTAT whilst Mr McDonagh was an employee of the NTMA; (v) All documentation, communications and memos of same between the Department of Finance and NAMA/NALM following queries and Parliamentary Questions made of the Minister relative to same by Deputy Mick Wallace.”
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Access to all of the submissions made in relation to the recent public consultation on the Local Property Tax.
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- the review by consultants Korn Ferry into bankers' pay and remuneration.
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All correspondence - whether by email, text message, whatsapp, letter or any other format – exchanged between Minister Paschal Donohoe and Minister Michael D'Arcy and the American Chamber of Commerce, Ireland and the American Embassy, since January 1, 2019.
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1. A list of all expenses, whether vouched or not, claimed by the following grades of employees in your department/any agency subject to FOI under the auspices of your department, in the years 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and so far in 2019: Secretaries-General, Assistant Secretaries, Principle Officers, and Assistant Principles (or equivalent grades). Please include the number of individuals in each grade, the amounts claimed by each individual, and the purpose of the expenses claimed (ie Domestic travel, foreign travel, subsistence etc). 2. The total amount of expenses claimed by all civil servants in your department / any agency subject to FOI under the auspices of your department, in the following years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and so far in 2019. Please provide the breakdown by grade and category of expense claimed.
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I am seeking the following submissions listed: 98) Draft consultation on the options for the use of revenues raised from increases in Carbon Tax
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165) Formal Observations on National Broadband Plan Memo 166) Outcome of CSO classification of State Aid Recovery (Apple) Escrow Fund 177) Update on Apple State aid 200) Observations received from Revenue Commissioners on Wildlife (Amendment) Bill 2016 246) Request for Ministerial consent under the Credit Institutions (Stabilisation) Act 2010 253) Formal Obs - Body Worn Cameras and other recording devices by An Garda Siochana I would like for my request to cover the period from 16/6/2019 – 13/7/2019
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Copy of all department management board meetings, between 1st February and 30th July 2019
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Any correspondence sent to the department from third parties relating to the implementation of the EU's Strong Customer Authentication rules, between Jan 1 2019 and July 31 2019 inclusive.
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I wish to request a copy of records of all significant services provided on a pro bono basis for 2017 and 2018 to date to include nature of work and estimated value and to include details and duration of any pro bono work done by secondees.
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• Records related to the meeting on 24 June 2019 between Minister of Finance Paschal Donohoe and acting Central Bank governor Sharon Donnery. This would include, but not be limited to, minutes and briefing notes related to this meeting.
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• The number of Full Time Employees in your department and the number of holiday allowance they are allocated/entitled too excluding bank holidays for 2018 and 2019? • The number of sick days incurred by your department for all Full Time employees for 2017 and 2018?
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We refer to the report of the Working Group on Periodic Payment Orders dated 22nd April 2015. At page 22 of the report, it refers to a Department of Finance Paper on Indexation. I would be
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obliged if you would furnish this Firm with a copy of said Department of Finance paper on Indexation.
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- copies of any records referring or relating to the planned date for publication of the second Section 227 review of the National Asset Management Agency for the period 2014-18. - copies of any records referring or relating to delays in publication of the above report.
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1. Analysis conducted by the department of the tax implications of reducing VAT on contraceptives to 0%.
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Correspondence and documents/reports (received and sent between 1 August 2018 to present date) between the Department of Finance (Principal Officer Level and above) and Brazilian authorities re discussions with Brazilian authorities to remove Ireland from a blacklist of tax havens. - Minutes from meetings (between 1 August 2018 to present date) between the Department of Finance and Brazilian authorities about Brazil placing Ireland on a blacklist of tax havens.
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copies of any records held relating or referring to the publication by the Department on their website of a letter from the incoming Central Bank governor to the Finance Minister. That time frame reduction should be 1 July 2019 to date of receipt of request
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Briefing Note for Minister's meeting with incoming Central Bank Governor (Makhlouf)
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- A list of addresses / locations for each vacant building or site currently managed or owned by the Department - The length of time each vacant site managed or owned by the Department has not been in use - The size of each of these vacant sites (in sq m or hectares) managed or owned by the Department
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1. Internal correspondence between Department of Finance officials on the Rainy Day Fund proposal (National Surplus Bill 2018) from 1 January 2019 to 19 June 2019, including - • in relation to the withdrawal mechanism of funds from a Proposed Rainy Day Fund; • in relation to the relationship of any withdrawal mechanism with the provisions of the EU Stability and Growth Pact; • in relation to the ability to withdraw funds and spend over and above the expenditure benchmark; 2. Final briefing prepared for meetings of any Oireachtas Committee by Department of Finance officials insofar as that briefing refers to any aspect of a Rainy Day Fund proposal (National Surplus Bill), from 1 January 2018 to 19 June 2019, including -
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• in relation to the withdrawal mechanism of funds from a Proposed Rainy Day Fund; • in relation to the relationship of any withdrawal mechanism with the provisions of the EU Stability and Growth Pact; • in relation to the ability to withdraw funds and spend over and above the expenditure benchmark; 3. Correspondence (if any) between the Department of Finance and EU Commission in relation to any aspect of a Rainy Day Fund proposal (National Surplus Bill) from 1 January 2019 to 19 June 2019;
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Copies of all internal and external correspondence in relation to: the Data Protection Commissioner's draft report and final report into the public services card. The time-frame for this request is January 2018 to date.
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- all of the documents held by the department relating to either the risks of OR advanced planning for a border poll at some point in the future. I would like my FOI to cover the last year.
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Any emails or letters received by the Department of Finance between the 25th May 2019 and the 7th July 2019, which contain the word 'recession'.
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"Any reports, e-mails, briefing notes, memos etc relating to the incoming governor of the Central Bank Gabriel Makhlouf." Between the dates 1/5/2019 - 28/8/2019.
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1 - All correspondence between Education Minister Joe Mc Hugh and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe pertaining to the Financing of the school-bus scheme for Primary Schools since February 3rd 2019. 2 - All correspondence between Education Minister Joe Mc Hugh and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe pertaining to plans by Minister Joe Mc Hugh to increase funding for the school-bus scheme by four million Euros since February 3rd 2019. 3 - All correspondence between the Education Minister Joe Mc Hugh and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe on plans to use Department of Education funds to increase the provision of seats on the primary school bus scheme since February 3rd . All correspondence on the above issues 1-3 between Minister John Halligan and the Department of Finance. All correspondence and records of contacts between the Secretary General of the Department and Minister Paschal Donohoe, Minister Joe Mc Hugh, the Secretary General in the Department of Education and the Secretary General of the Department of Finance re issues 1-3 above. This correspondence to include all Departmental emails, memos, letters, reports, submissions faxes and other commentary on the above issue.
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'Can you provide me with a breakdown of the percentage of total income tax that is paid by the top 1% of income tax earners in each of the last 15 years?'
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' - any records, including correspondence, memos or minutes, relating to meetings between Minister Donohoe and Amazon during 2019. Details of the meeting are included here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/50251/amazon-web-services'
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All briefings or correspondence prepared for the Minister or others, or correspondence between officials, in relation to the EU Commission announcement of the recovery package (multiannual financial framework and recovery fund) from May 25th 2020 to 2nd June 2020.
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Any analysis compiled by the department on policy proposals as part of the 2020 government formation talks/programme for Government 2020.
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1. 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.
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- a copy of the following two reports: (v) Draft Report: Audit of Freedom of Information processing The Committee discussed the terms of reference and the progress of fieldwork for this audit at the last meeting. The work done work done and the key findings in the report were noted. It was agreed that the implementation of the recommendations on the report will be tracked as per usual practice and the Committee approved the report as final.