Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
FOI Requests — 1,293 records (page 26 of 26)
- Received 26 October 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Copies of letters and emails sent by the public to Minister Simon Coveney regarding his attendance at a church service in Armagh marking the centenary of partition between October 1 2021 and the date of this request • Copies of all correspondence between Taoiseach Micheál Martin and Minister Coveney regarding the same event between October 1 2021 and the date of this request
- Received 27 October 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Any and all communications, including emails, messages on messaging services, and minutes of meetings between Minister Simon Coveney or any of his representatives, and: Any representatives of TCAGSM, Catherine Martin or Jack Chambers Any representatives of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform or Michael McGrath that make reference to the America's Cup, dated from 01/06/20 to 14/09/21 inclusive.
- Received 2 November 2021Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
A copy of the pre-budget submission from your Department to the Department of Finance ahead of Budget 2022. A copy of any cover, explanatory or accompanying letters sent by the Minister or Secretary General of your Department along with the pre-budget submission. A copy of any response received from the Department or from D/PER.
- Received 2 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
A record/spreadsheet/database detailing all expenditure by the DFA associated with the Irish Pavilion for the Dubai Expo 2021. A copy of the business case, cost benefit analysis, approval, or sanction document relating to the above project. A copy of any progress reports relating to the project.
- Received 2 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I am seeking copies of any correspondence between the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and Ministers of State assigned to the Department, and the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, from the period November 1st, 2018, to November 1st, 2021.
- Received 3 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Copies of any records held or created in the Minister for Foreign Affairs Office (including by the Minister’s Special Advisors), and the department’s Press Office/Communications Office, and the Security and Corporate Compliance Unit, referring or relating to the issue of retention or deletion of records by officeholders or public servants when held on mobile phones, in text messages, private emails, messaging services or other such communication methods. This request to cover the period 1 August 2021 to date of receipt of the request
- Received 3 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Copies of all correspondence, memos, reports related to the review of how special envoys are appointed. T he time period involved can be limited to September 1st, 2021 to November 3rd, 2021
- Received 4 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Details of all available flights which applied to avail of UN Resolution 1368 for all available years.
- Received 8 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• All records of vetting procedures used by Irish Aid to ensure that organisations it funds have no links to terrorism, and any records of discussions around same in relation to Addameer and Al-Haq. • All records of official discussions regarding financial safeguards/regulations regarding funding to Addameer and Al-Haq. • All bilateral briefings or documentation sent between Addameer or Al-Haq, or individuals representing Addameer or Al Haq, and officials in the Department of Foreign Affairs since 2016. “Mass circulation” emails and press releases can be excluded. • The total amount of funds given to Addameer or Al- Haq by Irish Aid over 2020 and 2021, including projected costs for Q4.
- Received 10 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Records of all gifts received by the Minister from foreign dignitaries between October 31 2020 and the current date, their value, who gave them, and where they are currently stored
- Received 11 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
All available information including e-mail regarding the application of aircraft 85-0034 which landed in Shannon on 2nd January 2014.
- Received 11 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1. Copies of all emails received by Chris Donoghue (Special Adviser) to his official Department email address on 27th July 2021. 2 . Copies of all emails sent by Chris Donoghue (Special Adviser) from his official Department email address on 27th July 2021. 3 . Copies of all emails received by Laura McGonigle (Special Adviser) to her official Department email address on 27th July 2021. 4 . Copies of all emails sent by Laura McGonigle (Special Adviser) from her official Department email address on 27th July 2021.
- Received 12 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I wish to apply for the attachment together with correspondence with the OIC on the resulting appeal.
- Received 15 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
A copy of all invoices/receipts associated with the visit of Minister Colm Brophy and delegation to New York in October. An itinerary for the visit. A spreadsheet/record/database of all costs incurred on the trip if available.
- Received 15 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
All correspondence to the department, including the minister's office, from Katherine Zappone and any correspondence from the department, again including the minister's office, to Ms Zappone from September 2021 until present
- Received 4 November 2021Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Could you please let me know what was the full cost to the state for setting up and carrying out the Afghanistan rescue mission
- Received 17 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
A copy of the video promoting Ireland's bid to host the 2024 America's Cup that is referenced in the attached record.
- Received 18 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I am seeking copies of correspondence sent by members of the public to the Department of Foreign Affairs concerning a potential State visit to Ireland by US President Joe Biden between 3 November 2020 and 31 October 2021.
- Received 19 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1. Any review carried out by the Department between 1 July and 18 November into the Irish campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council. 2. Any correspondence, from 19 June 2021 until 18 November 2021, associated with a review of the campaign for a seat on the UN Security Council.
- Received 22 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I request all files/memos/emails/records/correspondence that contain the following: UFO/UAP/UAPTF. This includes correspondence sent to the Minister.
- Received 24 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
A copy of all briefing material prepared for Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney on the backlog in passport applications in the Passport Service, from May 4 2021 (when the Passport Service re-opened for applications) to present. A copy of all briefing material prepared for Minister for Foreign Affairs Simon Coveney about the proposed use of the additional €10m allocated for the Passport Service in Budget 2022 to cope with the increased demand for passports.
- Received 24 November 2021Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The number and percentage of passport renewals were completed online and by passport express in the years of 2018, 2019, 2020 and to-date in 2021 in tabular form
- Received 25 November 2021Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
All records in relation to payments made to Amnesty International Ireland for the years 2020 and 2021, the records to include any payments made through Irish Aid
- Received 29 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I am requesting a copy of the memorandum of understanding between the Irish government and the UK which would allow the deployment of an RAF quick reaction force into Irish airspace in the case of an emergency.
- Received 29 November 2021Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
A record detailing the inventory of wine held by the Department of Foreign Affairs at its headquarters to include the name of the wine, the year of bottling, the number of bottles held, and the purchase price per bottle. A copy of the most up to date policy, advice, sanction, or business case associated with the department's wine purchases.
- Received 30 November 2021Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1. All versions of the Green Foreign Ministry Action Plan from 2018 onwards. 2. All progress reports regarding the most recent version of the Green Foreign Ministry Action Plan.
- Received 29 November 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I would like to request any information your organisation holds that mentions a Concert Hall massacre that appears to have taken place in Beijing, in June, 1989. In particular, I would like copies of all telegrams that mention this event as well as any video footage you have of what occurred. If possible, I request that the video footage be sent to me in digital format. If this isn’t possible, we will come to Dublin to pick it up/digitise it if this is required. I also request copies of all telegrams, reports, and any other information held, concerning events in Beijing in 1989, that have not previously been released. This includes all information held by your embassy in Beijing, not just DFA itself.
- Received 2 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• Copies of any correspondence between the Minister Simon Coveney, the Minister's special adviser and the America's Cup organisers regarding Ireland's bid to host the America's Cup and the cost associated. • Copies of any correspondence between Minister Coveney and the Minister for Tourism, the Minister of Public Expenditure or the Taoiseach re same.
- Received 11 November 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
FOI/Req/21/163 refers. Requester appealed refusal of this request under section 15 (1) (f), and the OIC directed that the Department process the request again
- Received 8 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1 - Records relating to the December 2006 announcement of a €500,000 Irish Aid grant to Outreach Moldova and any reports, audits, memos and correspondence relating to any subsequent review of this grant. 2 - Records, memos and correspondence relating to complaints received from Outreach Moldova volunteers after the 2006 funding was announced to include a copy of the final February 2009 Irish Aid report into the concerns raised and any follow up correspondence. 3 - Records of any funding applications by Outreach Moldova post 2009 and any reviews of any such applications.
- Received 8 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1 - Records, memos and correspondence relating to the decision by the Minister for Foreign Affairs to appoint a new honorary consul to Moldova în February 2019. 2 - Copies of the six monthly financial accounts and annual reports of activities provided by the honorary consul to Moldova since their appointment in 2019.
- Received 8 December 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
All correspondence/records - including emails, briefing notes, DFA minutes, letters - between the Department and Victoria Harbor Group, or any other Hong Kong based companies or businessmen, about the proposals to build a new city in Ireland from July 2020 to today's date.
- Received 9 December 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
All memos, briefings and correspondence held by The Department relating to the Twitter activity of The Chinese Embassy in Ireland's Twitter account, dated between 31st March and 10 December 2021.
- Received 13 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
All notes and records concerning the meeting by historian Mr. Thant Myint-U with Minister Coveney on 17/11/21.
- Received 14 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
• All briefing documents on the America's Cup prepared for Minister Coveney • All correspondence between Minister Coveney and Minister Catherine Martin or Minister Jack Chambers regarding the America's Cup • All correspondence between Minister Coveney and Origin Sports Group regarding the same topic • All correspondence between Minister Coveney and Grant Dalton of Emirates Team New Zealand on the same topic
- Received 20 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
All notes and records concerning the meeting by historian Mr. Thant Myint-U with Minister Coveney on 17/11/21.
- Received 22 December 2021Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I write to request data (annually aggregated/not identifiable) concerning Irish Aid employees and applicants to Irish Aid.
- Received 29 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under Freedom of Information legislation, I would like to request all records held in the Department of Foreign Affairs in relation to correspondence received from/to the NYPD (New York Police Department) in the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 2020 and 2021, to include but not be limited to records showing: • All correspondence concerning Government/Department trips to New York received from or sent to the NYPD • All correspondence received from or sent to the NYPD following Taoiseach trips • All correspondence regarding behaviour of officials, staff, security, politicians, advisers or others before, during or after trips to New York received from or sent to the NYPD
- Received 29 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking the following: 1. Copies of all correspondence - including emails, and texts from Department of Foreign Affairs work phones and personal mobile phones used for work- related purposes of those involved in organising the party - relating to the invitation to others to attend a party/social gathering at Iveagh House in Dublin on June 17, 2020. 2. Copies of all correspondence - including emails and texts from Department of Foreign Affairs work phones and personal mobile phones used for work- related purposes of those associated with organising the party - relating to the supply of food and drink to the party. 3. Copies of all correspondence - including emails and texts from Department of Foreign Affairs work phones and personal mobile phones used for work- related purposes - between those who organised the June 17 party/social function and senior officials in the department, up to and including Minister Simon Coveney between June 17, 2020 and December 29, 2021.
- Received 29 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I am submitting an FOI request for all records in relation to a party held in the Department of Foreign Affairs which event has been discussed in various sections of the media this week, the records to include cost of alcohol supplied at this event.
- Received 30 December 2021Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
I wish to request access to the following records under the Freedom of Information Act: - copies of emails, letters, memos and other records relating to a gathering of the UN Security Council campaign team at Iveagh House on June 17, 2020 - copies of credit card statements and other records relating to expenses incurred in connection with the gathering at Iveagh House including but not limited to the purchase of champagne and other alcohol produced at the event - copies of emails, letters, memos or other records relating to public health guidance in relation to the Iveagh House gathering before or after the event, to include any reviews or guidance that followed the gathering - copies of any briefing notes or other correspondence for/to the minister for foreign affairs and trade in relation to the gathering at Iveagh House
- Received 31 December 2021Decided —GrantedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
1) The total number of cases of suspected passport fraud that the department, or the Passport Office, investigated in (i) 2019 (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 2) The total number of cases of suspected passport fraud that the department, of the Passport Office, passed on to the gardaí for investigation in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 3) The total number of passports that were cancelled because of suspected fraud in (i) 2019 (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021 4) A list of the most common types of passport fraud in (i) 2019, (ii) 2020 and (iii) 2021
- Received 31 December 2021Decided —RefusedDepartment of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Copies of all text messages received or sent by Minister Simon Coveney regarding a gathering at Iveagh House following the UN Security Council election on June 17, 2020, including SMS and messages on other messaging apps. C opies of text messages sent and received by Minister Simon Coveney regarding the same 2020 gathering at Iveagh House between December 28, 2021 and the present date, including messages on other messaging apps.