Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
FOI Requests — 1,293 records (page 2 of 26)
- Received 17 February 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am requesting access to the following records held by your department: 1. The total expenditure incurred by this department on advertising in media outlets from January 2019 to January 2025. 2. A breakdown of the advertising expenditure for each media outlet, specifying: - The name of the media outlet (print, online, radio, television, social media, etc.). - The amount spent on advertising with each outlet per year. - A copy of each advertisement.
- Received 17 February 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1. The total cost incurred by the Department related to placing advertisements in online and digital platforms and the names of the platforms involved for 2022, 2023, 2024 and so far in 2025. 2. The total advertising spend by the Department broken down by medium - online, print media, radio, TV and outdoor - for 2022, 2023, 2024 and so far in 2025.
- Received 18 February 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- All briefing documents prepared for the Minister for Foreign Affairs that mention or discuss Ireland's obligations under the Genocide Convention, from October 2023 to present - Minutes of any meetings where the Genocide Convention was discussed.
- Received 20 February 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I wish to receive under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, the following to cover the period 1 November 2024-present: • All records received by the Tánaiste, Minister of State Richmond, their Advisors, and the Secretary General and Assistant Secretary General, that lobby against implementation of the Occupied Territories Bill from third parties in Ireland, the US and Israel, and the responses sent.
- Received 21 February 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, I wish to request access to the most recent notification(s) issued to users of mobile phones supplied by your organisation advising them of policy guidelines and tarrif or subscription details (e.g. policy requiring users not to use handsets while driving, or advising users of any limitations or restrictions on amounts of data or talking time, while on a home network or while roaming)
- Received 21 February 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, I wish to request access to any record which shows the total number of mobile phones used in Ireland (excluding phones used by staff routinely based in Northern Ireland) by your organisation at the end of 2024.
- Received 21 February 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - A record of the amount of money spent by DFA in providing consular assistance in exceptional circumstances e.g. flights, hotels, food, vouchers etc. This data to cover the years 2022, 2023, and 2024. - A record of the amount of money that was repaid in such circumstances for each year. - The number of people provided consular assistance in each of the above years. - The number of people who were provided consular assistance involving exceptional expenditure (as detailed above) for each of the years.
- Received 21 February 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1) The amount that was collected and retained in fees by each Irish Honorary Consul by location in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form
- Received 21 February 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I am writing to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for information relating to immigration from Ireland to the UK, particularly focusing on potential illegal immigration routes. Specifically, I am requesting the following information: 1. Does the Irish government have any mechanisms in place to track or estimate the number of immigrants, including those potentially entering illegally, moving from Ireland into Northern Ireland or mainland UK? 2. If such mechanisms exist, please provide the most recent available data on: a) The estimated number of immigrants moving from Ireland to the UK b) The number of individuals caught attempting to enter the UK illegally via Ireland 3. What assessment, if any, has the Irish government made regarding the potential security risks posed by individuals using Ireland as a route to enter the UK without proper vetting?
- Received 24 February 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request access to the following records from 2021 to 2023: 1. Copies of anonymized performance reviews and feedback provided to probationary Third Secretaries and Administrative Officers 2. Records of guidelines, templates, or standard operating procedures used for conducting performance reviews for probationary Third Secretaries and Administrative Officers. 3. Any internal communications or policies related to the management and evaluation of probationary Third Secretaries and Administrative Officers 4. Anonymized aggregate statistics on probation outcomes for Third Secretaries, including pass/fail rates, extension rates, and termination rates. 5. Anonymized summaries of performance issues commonly raised in reviews of probationary Administrative Officers and Third Secretaries, without identifying individuals. 6. Copies of the DFA’s probation management policies, including any documents outlining the department’s obligations under the “Guidelines on Managing Probation in the Civil Service.” 7. Records demonstrating how the DFA maintains comprehensive records of formal reviews, follow-up actions, and ongoing assessments during probationary periods for Third Secretaries and Administrative Offices 8. Anonymized data on the frequency and nature of formal review meetings held with probationary Third Secretaries. 9. Any departmental policies or guidelines related to accommodating employees with disabilities or neurodivergent conditions during their probationary period. 10. Anonymized data on the number of probationary Third Secretaries who disclosed a disability or neurodivergent condition, and any accommodations provided.
- Received 26 February 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1. In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act 2014, can you please provide the number of children born via surrogacy in Ukraine to people who are Irish Residents from January 2022 to date?
- Received 26 February 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Information and all correspondence, including the letters, phone calls, meetings and emails, relating to Lobbying return. These activities were carried out to ensure awareness of need for an EU harmonized approach on alcohol labelling. Information requested relates to the meeting from IBEC and any further correspondence as a result of this meeting, both to/from FDI and also with other departments. Furthermore, please provide details of the meeting with Minister Simon Coveney - any briefing documents and minutes also sought. The time period is from 1 September, 2022 to 31 December, 2022. This relates to the below link: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/90740/ibec 2 Information and all correspondence, including all of the emails referred to, relating to Lobbying return. These emails were exchanged to Ensure understanding of the drink industry's perspectives on proposal to introduce Minimum Unit Pricing in Ireland. Information requested relates to the meeting from IBEC and any further correspondence as a result of this meeting, both to/from FDI and also with other departments. Furthermore, please provide details of the meeting with Special Adviser Paul Fox- any briefing documents and minutes also sought. The time period is from 1 May, 2019 to 31 August, 2019 This relates to the below link: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/49748/ibec
- Received 28 February 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a copy of any requests for furnishings, office alterations, artwork, electronic equipment or any other such requests made for changes/alterations/or improvements to office accommodation by the Tánaiste or minister of state, or any of their advisers in the period since they took up their roles. This request should include any follow-up correspondence generated on foot of these requests.
- Received 31 January 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am requesting access to the following records: • A full copy of the appointment diaries for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade for the year 2024. • A full copy of the appointment diaries for the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade from January 1, 2025, to January 30, 2025. I request that these records include, but are not limited to, all official engagements, meetings, events, and any other recorded appointments in the Minister’s schedule during this period. If any part of my request is likely to be refused under FOI exemptions, I would appreciate if you could provide partial access to the records where possible, rather than a full refusal.
- Received 19 February 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I would like to request - All ministerial briefing documents from 2023 to present that mention;- Ireland's military neutrality policy - Any proposed - by government or any other party - changes to neutrality stance - International military cooperation - NATO/EU defence integration
- Received 25 February 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am seeking access to the following records - All records relating to the establishment of the US-based Strategic Economic Advisory Panel (SEAP), dated between January 15, 2025 and February 25, 2025.
- Received 25 February 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I request records of correspondences and attachments between the Embassy of Ireland, China and the Royal Hibernian Academy of the Arts (RHA) between 1st January 2024 and 31st May 2024.
- Received 27 February 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I would like to obtain copies of all schedules, agendas, and minutes or other records that the Department of Foreign Affairs holds, of meetings held between Irish diplomats stationed in the United States of America and US-based Zionist, or other pro-Israel lobbyist, organisations (whether nominally Jewish, or otherwise) where the issues of Palestine, Israel, the Occupied Territories Bill, Antisemitism, or the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance Working Definition of Antisemitism were discussed over the past six months. To be clear, the types of organisations I am referring to would include but are not limited to, for example, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Congress, AIPAC, Christians United for Israel, Zionist Organisation of America, Anti- Defamation League, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Democratic Majority for Israel, Republican Jewish Coalition, etc.
- Received 3 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking a list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-02-2025 - 28-02- 2025.
- Received 4 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- Any briefing documents or meeting minutes which mention Taiwan or the One China policy, going back 24 months. This only concerns meetings involving the minister, their advisors, or civil servants who worked directly with them.
- Received 4 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Any documents pertaining to the cost of the redesign of the Irish passport from January 1st 2023 through to March 1st 2025 - to include receipts, contracts and invoices for the public consultation on the redesign, the art work commissioned for the redesign and the manufacturer of the passports.
- Received 4 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- All records related to the Minister’s 2023 trip to China.
- Received 4 March 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the following esubmissions and associated documents: - DFA 00772-24; Inward Investment Screening - DFA 00021-25; Letter from Tánaiste to Samantha Power I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/12/2024 - 4/3/2025.
- Received 11 March 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- A list of any external comms or PR services acquired by the department in the last 24 months. Please mention when they were acquired, from whom and the cost. - All records - correspondence, briefs, presentations etc - related to any crisis comms services received by the department in that period.
- Received 11 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
– all paper and digital correspondence (emails, letters, texts, WhatsApps, faxes) between the department and Aircraft Leasing Ireland thus far in 2025 – minutes of all meetings between the parties in the same period – records of all materials presented at meetings
- Received 14 March 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
A log of all reported data protection breaches in respect of 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024 to include the date, department or section, location and brief details of the reported breaches - Records showing the usage and costs of diplomatic bags during the years 2023 and 2024, to include the number of times diplomatic bags were used, and the total cost of the diplomatic bag service
- Received 24 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1. The internal guidelines document for the appointment of honorary consuls from Ireland to other countries. 2. The total amount claimed in expenses by each of Ireland's honorary consuls in 2024.
- Received 19 March 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am requesting, on behalf of Ditch Media Limited, the following: - All records related to the Irish ambassador to Israel’s meeting with Dimiter Tzantchev and other ambassadors to EUMs in Israel. The meeting was held last month. Please include briefing notes, memos etc. if applicable.
- Received 19 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request the following records to cover 1 January 2025: • The agenda, notes taken to feed into the minutes, and any official minutes of any meetings of the new Consultative Group on International Trade Policy (Trade Consultative Group) chaired by the Tánaiste / Minister Simon Harris; • A copy of any terms of reference for the Trade Consultative Group; • A copy of any spreadsheet or document with a list of tentative or confirmed members of the Trade Consultative Group; • Any briefing papers or reports created by the department or shared with the department by other Trade Consultative Group members in advance of any meetings of the consultative group; • A copy of any invitations sent by the Tánaiste about membership of the strategic economic advisory panel (SEAP), the US-based group recently set up to advise the Government on trade issues; • A copy of any replies received from third parties about membership of SEAP; • A copy of any terms of reference for SEAP; • A copy of any spreadsheet or document with a list of tentative or confirmed members of SEAP; • Copies of any emails, memos, letters or briefings with recommendations for potential SEAP membership received from the US embassy, US consulates generals or Irish State agencies working in the US; • The agenda, notes taken to feed into the minutes, and any official minutes of any meetings of SEAP meetings;
- Received 19 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request a copy of records and correspondence in relation to United States Agency for International Development and Irish charities. The record requests are from January 20th 2025 to March 18th 2025.
- Received 20 March 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a copy of any receipts or invoices associated with a stay at the Old Parsonage Hotel in Oxford by members of staff of DFA, senior officials from other departments, and then- Taoiseach Simon Harris. I am seeking a copy of the actual hotel bill and any other DFA bills associated with that trip/visit in July 2024.
- Received 20 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking documents; - The full ministerial briefing notes presented to Tánaiste Simon Harris prior to his St Patrick’s Day trip to Philadelphia and New York.
- Received 26 March 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act, any correspondence from 1st October 2024 to date with the Tanaiste concerning a document produced by the Cork Branch of the Construction Industry Federation entitled Development Constraints Impacting Metropolitan Cork.
- Received 26 March 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the 2014 FOI act can I request correspondence between Simon Harris or his advisers and Irish Water in the last month.
- Received 27 March 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Please can you provide me with the total number of Dept. Of Foreign Affairs staff in receipt of the Keyholder Allowance, broken down by each grade (General Operatives / Clerical Officers / Executive Officers, etc.)
- Received 28 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Any correspondence between Mr Harris and his advisers and IBEC or other pharma companies from January to present.
- Received 1 April 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I am making a Freedom of Information request for the following records: • A copy of Tánaiste Simon Harris's engagements diary. The time period can be limited to 23/1/2025 and 1/4/2025.
- Received 20 March 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I am submitting this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. I seek records covering the period from January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2024, detailing instances where your Department failed to meet the statutory deadlines for releasing records in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, as prescribed by the FOI Act 2014. Specifically, I request the following: 1) The total number of FOI requests where the Department both: a) failed to release the requested records within 20 working days, as required by Section 13 of the FOI Act 2014 AND b) did not notify the requester of an extension within that same 20-working-day period, as allowed under Section 14 Note that I'm asking about cases in which both a) AND b) conditions apply. The resulting figure should be broken down by year. 2) The total number of FOI requests where the Department released the requested records later than 30 working days, despite notifying the requester of a 10-working-day extension under Section 14, broken down by year. 3) The total number of FOI requests where the Department refused the request under Section 15(1)(f) of the FOI Act 2014, on the grounds that the records were intended to be published within 6 weeks of the request, but then released those records more than 6 weeks after the refusal decision, broken down by year.
- Received 25 February 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am with a >€10k threshold for each subheading apart from the following for which a >€5k threshold should apply - Items of Artistic Value - Hotel & Accommodation Costs - State/Official Entertainment - Furniture & Fittings
- Received 12 March 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following information: • A breakdown of the Department’s total annual spend (for each year from January 1st, 2010 to present) on newspaper/paid media subscriptions. • A breakdown of the Department’s total annual spend (for each year from January 1st, 2010 to present) on individual newspaper/paid media subscriptions for its employees, by newspaper/media outlet; • A breakdown of the Department’s total annual spend (for each year from January 1st, 2010 to present) on corporate newspaper/paid media subscriptions, by newspaper/media outlet; I am interested in information covering the period from January 1st 2010 to present.
- Received 12 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I wish to receive under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, for the following to cover the period 1 December 2024-present: • A copy of all records (emails, reports, briefings, meeting minutes, text and WhatsApp messages, etc.) concerning the decision-making process to endorse the Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism and/or the IHRA’s non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism; • A copy of any correspondence and/or briefings outlining criticisms of the Global Guidelines for Countering Antisemitism and/or the IHRA’s non-legally binding working definition of antisemitism and/or potentials risks with the endorsement of either by the Irish State and/or Government
- Received 12 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: • The last 20 emails both sent and received by the minister. • The minister's calendar for February and March 2025.
- Received 20 March 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Copies of all correspondence between Tánaiste Simon Harris and representatives of Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, X, Google, TikTok, Amazon, Amazon Web Services. • Copies of the minutes of all meetings between Mr Harris and representatives of the same companies. The time period can be limited to 7/2/2025 to 19/3/2025.
- Received 24 March 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
- The Irish ambassador to Israel’s diary for 2023, 2024 and this present year.
- Received 20 March 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The main briefing material presented to Minister of State Neale Richmond prior to his St Patrick’s Day trip to Kenya and Tanzania
- Received 25 March 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking access to the following; A list of all individuals appointed as Special Advisers to any Minister or Minister of State within the Department, from 2011 to date, including: • Name of the adviser • Minister to whom they were assigned • Date of appointment • Date of resignation or cessation (if applicable) • Sanctioned salary rate at time of appointment • Total remuneration actually paid during the period of their service (gross, per year or cumulative) Any records containing biographical information provided to the Department or held by the Department in relation to those advisers, such as: • Curriculum Vitae (CV) • Biographical summaries prepared for internal use, ministerial briefings, or external publication (e.g., press releases or website bios)
- Received 1 April 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - A copy of any records held referring or relating to an amendment made to DFA advisories around travel to the United States for the transgender community in Ireland and revised requirements around identification and/or identity documents.
- Received 1 April 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Guidelines or directives issued to embassy staff in Israel regarding public communications, social media use, or engagement with media on politically sensitive topics.
- Received 1 April 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking a list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-03-2025 - 31-03-2025.
- Received 2 April 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1. Copy of representations made to the Minister for Foreign Affairs/Minister of State for International Development from aid agencies in relation to budget cuts being put in place by international donors since January 20th 2025 2. Copy of correspondence between the Minister for Foreign Affairs/ Minister of State for International Development and aid agencies regarding the implications of budget cuts put in place by international donors since 01 January 2025