Department of Finance
FOI Requests — 1,809 records (page 27 of 37)
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(vi) Draft Report: Audit of interaction with Tax Appeals Commission An overview of the background to the audit was discussed and the Committee noted that the audit examined the Department’s interaction with the TAC as a body under its aegis. The Committee also noted the focus of audit on the Department’s role in the implementation of recommendations from the independent review of the TAC. The recommendation on the report was noted for tracking as per usual practice and the report was approved as final.
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• A copy of any notes, minutes, or memos in relation to a phone call between Paul Hewson (Bono) and the Minister in relation to the housing crisis which took place at some point in the first four months of this year. • A copy of any notes, memos or correspondence sent from the department to any other governmental department, minister, or state agency, in relation to a phone call between Paul Hewson (Bono) and the Minister in relation to the housing crisis which took place at some point in the first four months of this year.
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Any correspondence between department officials, meeting minutes and working papers related to Facebook's Libra project between Jan 1 2020 and Jun 26 2020.
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A copy of the briefing document provided to Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe following his appointment (unless it was considered unnecesasry)
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Any documents relating to the report on the future of pay structures at the bailed out banks which the Minister commissioned from KornFerry International (often referred to in media as “the KornFerry report” or “the banker pay report”). This would include the report itself.
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All briefing documents prepared for the incoming Minister and Ministers of State in the Department, including the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.
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copy of the briefing document(s) prepared for the new incoming minister and/or (if different records) the ministers for state in the Department.
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Any correspondence since 1 March 2020 to date between the Department of Finance and the CEOs of AIB, Bank of Ireland, Permanent TSB, KBC Ireland, and Ulster Bank related to coronavirus supports including mortgage payment breaks and criteria the banks are using to approve/reject mortgage applications due to the impact of the virus. This would exclude any officials from administrative office grade and below.
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• All correspondence between Minister Donohoe and the Banking Payments Federation of Ireland in relation to the impact of and response to Covid-19 with regard to the banking sector. • All correspondence between Minister Donohoe and individual banks (AIB, Bank of Ireland, PTSB, KBC Ireland, Ulster Bank) in relation to same. • Minutes of all meetings between Minister Donohoe and the above mentioned parties on same. • All briefing notes prepared for Minister Donohoe on the above correspondence and meetings. The timeframe should cover the period of May 1, 2020 - June 30, 2020.
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All correspondence/research/papers about emigration patterns and how the current and projected emigration patterns will affect the economy now and into the future. I am looking for all correspondence on this topic from January 2019 to date.
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Access to records held/between the Minister for Finance, or Secretary General and the four companies.
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• the Apple Corporation; • Facebook; • Google; • Twitter * From the beginning of this year to 8th July 2020.
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- copies of any briefings/submissions/memos or other such overview/explanatory documents prepared for either the Minister or the Secretary General with regard to the Apple tax case verdict. This request to cover the period 10 July 2020 to date of receipt of the request.
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- Submissions made to the Department (or the relevant public body) in relation to the drafting of Statutory instrument S.I No 125/2009.
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I request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 the following records held by the Department of Finance: All records in relation to the meetings, emails, letters and/or phone exchanges with the IFA as referenced in the following lobbying returns:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/508/the- irish-farmers-association---ifa
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In all the above, please exclude any and all correspondence in relation to setting up or organising of physical or virtual meetings.
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1. Correspondence between the Minister for Finance and the Central Bank pertaining to payment breaks issued in the context of COVID-19 from the 18th March 2020 to 20th July 2020; 2. Correspondence between the Department of Finance officials and the Central Bank pertaining to payment breaks issued in the context of COVID-19 from the 18th March 2020 to 20th July 2020.
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1. Briefing notes prepared for the Minister for Finance in relation to Parliamentary Question with Reference 10395/20, answered 9 June 2020; 2. Correspondence between the office of the Minister for Finance and Department of Finance officials in relation to the reply given to Parliamentary Question with Reference 10395/20, answered 9 June 2020; 3. Correspondence between Department of Finance officials in relation to the reply given to Parliamentary Question with Reference 10395/20, answered 9 June 2020.
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All correspondence between the department of Finance and (a) the Central Bank and (b) the main retail banks regarding the tracker mortgage issue since 1 March 2020.
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1. Briefing notes prepared for the Minister for Finance in relation to Section 8 of the Financial Provisions (Covid-19)(No. 2) Bill 2020, pertaining to the Help to Buy Scheme, between 27 June 2020 and 27 July 2020; 2. Correspondence between the office of the Minister for Finance and Department of Finance officials in relation to Section 8 of the Financial Provisions (Covid-19)(No. 2) Bill 2020, pertaining to the Help to Buy Scheme, between 27 June 2020 and 27 July 2020; 3. Correspondence between Department of Finance officials in relation to in relation to Section 8 of the Financial Provisions (Covid-19)(No. 2) Bill 2020, pertaining to the Help to Buy Scheme, between 27 June 2020 and 27 July 2020.
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The times and dates and which radio station or show when the minister of finance took part in media interviews specifically with television and radio interviews from the 1st March 2020 till the 31st April 2020.
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1. Internal correspondence between Department of Finance officials concerning the Consumer Insurance Contract Act 2019 or any of its provisions, from 1 June 2020 to 16 July 2020; 2. Correspondence between the Department of Finance and Insurance Ireland concerning the Consumer Insurance Contract Act 2019 or any of its provisions, from 1 June 2020 to 16 July 2020; 3. Correspondence between the Department of Finance and any insurer concerning the Consumer Insurance Contract Act 2019 or any of its provisions, from 1 June 2020 to 16 July 2020 (where insurer means an insurance undertaking, that is to say, an insurance undertaking within the meaning of, as appropriate, Regulation 3 of the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 485 of 2015), Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) Framework Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 359 of 1994) or Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Life Assurance) Framework Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 360 of 1994)); 4. Minutes of meetings held between the Minister for Finance or Department of Finance officials with Insurance Ireland or any insurer as defined in 3. above concerning the Consumer Insurance Contract Act 2019 or any of its provisions, from 1 June 2020 to 16 July 2020.
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1. Internal correspondence between Department of Finance officials concerning the Consumer Insurance Contract Act 2019 or any of its provisions, from 1 March 2020 to 16 April 2020; 2. Correspondence between the Department of Finance and Insurance Ireland concerning the Consumer Insurance Contract Act 2019 or any of its provisions, from 1 March 2020 to 16 April 2020; 3. Correspondence between the Department of Finance and any insurer concerning the Consumer Insurance Contract Act 2019 or any of its provisions, from 1 March 2020 to 16 April 2020 (where insurer means an insurance undertaking, that is to say, an insurance undertaking within the meaning of, as appropriate, Regulation 3 of the European Union (Insurance and Reinsurance) Regulations 2015 (S.I. No. 485 of 2015), Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Non-Life Insurance) Framework Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 359 of 1994) or Regulation 2 of the European Communities (Life Assurance) Framework Regulations 1994 (S.I. No. 360 of 1994)); 4. Minutes of meetings held between the Minister for Finance or Department of Finance officials with Insurance Ireland or any insurer as defined in 3. above concerning the Consumer Insurance Contract Act 2019 or any of its provisions, from 1 March 2020 to 16 April 2020.
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking copies of invoices or fee notes submitted by the following individuals for payment by the Department of Finance. - Aoife Goodman for work undertaken on the Apple tax case in the calendar year 2017. - Barry Doherty for work undertaken on the Apple tax case in the calendar year 2019. - Maurice Collins for work undertaken on the Apple tax case in the calendar year 2019. - Paul Gallagher for work undertaken on the Apple tax case in the calendar year 2019. - Philip Baker for work undertaken on the Apple tax case in the calendar year 2019.
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- copies of any briefings or submissions prepared for either the Minister or the Secretary General with regard to the following announcement:https://www.gov.ie/en/press- release/50a6d-minister-donohoe-reinstates-proprietary-directors-to-the-employment- wage-subsidy-scheme/
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- a record of the amount paid out in severance payments for former office holders [as per the attached image in the Dept of Finance accounts for 2019]. A breakdown of severance payments in each of the following years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and the number of persons in receipt of such payments.
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- Correspondence and documentation (sent during 2020) between the Department of Finance (Principal Officer Level and above) and the NTMA that related to Genomics Medicine Ireland + Genuity Science - Minutes from meetings (that took place during 2020) between the Department of Finance (Principal Officer Level and above) and the NTMA that related to Genomics Medicine Ireland + Genuity Science - Briefing notes or documents received or compiled by the Department of Finance during 2020 that relate to Genomics Medicine Ireland + Genuity Science - Correspondence and documentation (sent during 2020) between the Department of
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Finance (Principal Officer Level and above) and Genomics Medicine Ireland + Genuity Science
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Any communications related to a meeting between Minister Donohoe and "Private Equity Investors" as listed in his diary for 10 June 2020. This would include, but not be limited to, briefing documents, minutes and other relevant material.
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All emails, notes, memos, and letters within the time period 1st January 2020 to 30th April 2020 between Q4PR and the Minister for Finance and the special adviser to the Minister for Finance Ed Brophy, in relation to the lobby return dated the 21st of May 2020, and the
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housing policy proposals put forward by Irish Institutional Property as outlined in the aforementioned lobby return. (https://www.lobbying.ie/return/59704/q4pr.)
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I am requesting the 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.
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- copies of all correspondence between Minister/Sec Gen of Dept and financial institutions ( AIB (including EBS & Haven), BOI, KBC, Permanent TSB, and Ulster Bank) with regard to mortgage lending during the Covid-19 pandemic. - copies of any briefings/submissions/reports or other such review/overview documents prepared for the minister or secretary general with regard to mortgage lending during the Covid-19 pandemic. Request to cover the period 13 March 2020 to the date of receipt of the request.
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- copies of all records held referring or relating to the decision to reopen all but one gate in the Phoenix Park to vehicular traffic. This request to cover the period 6 June to date of receipt of the request. To clarify, this would be records held relating to Minister O'Donovan's role in this decision.
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• A copy of a letter sent to ministers by An Taisce between 1 May, 2020 to 31 Aug, 2020; please include any subsequent communications resulting from the letter, including internal departmental communications. • For assistance:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/60531/an-taisce-the-national-trust-for- ireland When conducting your search and retrieval please consider official information held on non- official systems, emails accounts and devices. For example, WhatsApp groups etc.
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All communication sent and received, including any documents or attachments, and all minutes of meetings held, including by the Minister and the Minister of State, in relation to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) in combination with renewable energy and/or green financing. The search should be limited to January 1, 2021 to the present. The search can be limited to Assistant Principal and above level, and should include the Office of the Minister’s and Minister’s themselves.
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Any internal department briefings or internal policy papers, on the topic of the cum-ex dividend arbitrage fraud scheme, between 1st November 2018 and 31st December 2019.
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I would like to obtain a copy of any submission to the Minister for Finance in relation to the following Program for Government commitment. "Work with the Central Bank of Ireland and Irish banking sector to increase the availability of long-term fixed rate mortgages".
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I would like to request: • The top 20 highest paid public servants in Ireland, with information on their job titles and salaries; and the total amount they were paid last year.
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All advice and notes provided by relevant Departmental officials to the Minister for Finance, his private office and his Special Advisors between the 1st May 2021 and 7th July 2021 and email exchanges between the Minister’s office and Advisors which were used to inform the department and the Minister’s consideration of Amendment No. 5 (Repayment of stamp duty where certain residential units leased) to the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 which was debated at Committee Stage in Dail Eireann on Wednesday the 7th July 2021.
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All advice and notes provided by relevant Departmental officials at the grade of Principal Officer and above, and advice and notes provided by external sources to officers at the grade of Principal Officers and to the Minister for Finance, his private office and his special advisors between the 1st May 2021 and 7th July 2021 which were used to inform the department and the Minister’s consideration of Amendment No. 5 (Repayment of stamp duty where certain residential units leased) to the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 which was debated at Committee Stage in Dail Eireann on Wednesday the 7th July 2021. And email exchanges between the Minister’s office and advisors between the 1st May 2021 and 7th July 2021 which were used to inform the department and the Minister’s consideration of Amendment No. 5 (Repayment of stamp duty where certain residential units leased) to the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 which was debated at Committee Stage in Dail Eireann on Wednesday the 7th July 2021.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
All advice and notes provided by relevant Departmental officials at the grade of Principal Officer and above, and advice and notes provided by external sources to officers at the grade of Principal Officers and to the Minister for Finance, his private office and his special advisors between the 1st May 2021 and 7th July 2021 which were used to inform the department and the Minister’s consideration of Amendment No. 5 (Repayment of stamp duty where certain residential units leased) to the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 which was debated at Committee Stage in Dail Eireann on Wednesday the 7th July 2021. And email exchanges between the Minister’s office and advisors between the 1st May 2021
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and 7th July 2021 which were used to inform the department and the Minister’s consideration of Amendment No. 5 (Repayment of stamp duty where certain residential units leased) to the Finance (Covid-19 and Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2021 which was debated at Committee Stage in Dail Eireann on Wednesday the 7th July 2021.
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Copy of correspondence from Minister of State Sean Fleming to Insurance Ireland dated 27 May 2021. (Note: The correspondence sets out that the purpose of exceptional state supports such as the CRSS was to assist businesses to survive during these difficult times.)
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I understand that PwC published their 2022 pre-Budget submission on climate action on 3 June 2021 and published their 2022 pre-Budget submission for the Irish Private Business and SME sector on 6 July 2021. I also understand PwC had met with or spoken to the Department about the pre-Budget submission(s) by June 6. I also understand that a meeting between PwC and the Department of Finance took place in early July to discuss the PwC pre- Budget submission for the Irish Private Business and SME sector. Therefore, in accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request access to the following records/details: • correspondence (emails, letters, texts, faxes, memos, voicemails) within Tax Division that related to either or both of the two PwC Pre-Budget submissions; and • correspondence (emails, letters, texts, faxes, memos, voicemails) relating to, and minutes of, meetings attended by members of the Tax Division that considered either or both of the two PwC Pre-Budget submissions
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• All reports/briefing notes etc prepared by the department's corporate affairs unit on the preparedness of the department to deal with a cyberattack, the impact of same on the department and the appropriate response to such an attack. The timeframe should cover the period of May 20, 2021 - June 20, 2021.
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1. All correspondence between the department’s communications unit and the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (in DPER) from October 2018 to present. 2. All correspondence received by the department’s communications unit in relation to gov.ie.
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All briefing materials on, or in any way referencing, Project Setanta prepared for Minister Donohoe The timeframe should cover the period of June 1, 2021 to July 29, 2021