Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Department 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 01-04-2024 - 30-04-2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

1. A copy of any briefings prepared for the Minister of State for EU Affairs, between 7th April and 1st May 2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to make a Freedom of Information application in relation to all documents and records, including records in electronic format, held by your Department concerning repatriation of Irish citizens to Ireland during the years 2019-2021. In particular, such records should include details of funding provided to citizens by the DFA to support their repatriation, including flights and accommodation as part of their return, details of which countries repatriation flights were arranged or supported by the DFA, and cases in which commercial flights were utilised and financial contributions were made by the DFA to same.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to apply under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for the following information: 1.Details/records of any payments made by the Department to (a) Irish Training Solutions/ITS; (b) Global Risk Solutions; (c) Danny Cluskey and/or Nigel McCormack and/or Darren Kelly for services including (but not limited to) hostile environment training, from January 2014 to the present day.” (d) SOF Training 2. Details/records of any invoices received by the Department from any of the above parties. I request the information dating back to 2015.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Records of correspondence, letters, emails, text messages, reports and memos, meetings, meeting minutes, and the like between the Minister’s office and the Olympic Federation of Ireland about the television coverage of the Olympic Games in Ireland and Northern Ireland.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I am submitting an FOI request for records recording discussions by Minister Michael Martin and the department as to : 1. Whether the state of Taiwan should be given recognition in general terms in view of its history of operating as an independent self-sustaining coherent entity 2. Whether Taiwan should be given recognition given the consideration of and the granting of recognition of the State of Palestine and given Palestine's lack of a history of operating as a coherent independent entity and given Palestine is divided into two unconnected physical geographical areas

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

1 A copy of any briefings/news digests sent from the DFA's Perm Rep office in Brussels, to DFA head office in Dublin, between 1st January and 12th March 2024. 2. Correspondence (sent and received including attachments) between Perm Rep Ambassador Aingeal O’Donoghue and either director general Alma Ní Choigligh or secretary general Joseph Hackett, between 1st February and 12th March 2024. 3. A copy of any internal DFA audits related to the Perm Rep office in Brussels, completed between 1st January 2023 and 12th March 2024 4. A copy of any briefings prepared for Tánaiste Micheál Martin, related to the Perm Rep office in Brussels, or European Union affairs, between 1st January and 12th March 2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking the release of records relating to commercial jet travel of the Minister from June 2020 to date. By this I mean, any invoices or booking confirmations for commercial jet travel undertaken by the Minister for the time period requested.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the invoices associated with the following along with a record of how much was spent in total by DFA on "items of artistic value" during 2023; - ITEMS OF ARTISTIC VALUE (& ancillary costs - ASU) PMU Property Development RHYME STUDIO 11/05/2023 369583 6,374.65 - ITEMS OF ARTISTIC VALUE (& ancillary costs - ASU) PMU Property Development SOTHEBYS 21/12/2023 392935 24,218.79 - ITEMS OF ARTISTIC VALUE (& ancillary costs - ASU) PMU Property Development Lasalle College of the Arts 27/12/2023 394334 5,136.28 - ITEMS OF ARTISTIC VALUE (& ancillary costs - ASU) PMU Property Development William Neal Greig 28/12/2023 393749 9,566.16 - ITEMS OF ARTISTIC VALUE (& ancillary costs - ASU) PMU Property Development Chimera Gallery Westmeath 28/12/2023 393750 5,462.41 I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a spreadsheet/database/record of the current SubHead & Descriptions in use for the financial management system for Vote 28 and Vote 27 of the DFA. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

What are the current summary statistics for the length of time taken for the passport office to issue expedited and non-expedited first-time applications. By summary statistics I am also referring to those parameters that describe the statistical distribution of the data. For example, it might take an average of 3 months to issue a passport, but the added data that 95% of passports are issued in 4 months speaks to the distribution of the data.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to make the following request for the indicated records held by the Department: 1. All records relating to all submissions or observations provided to the Department of Justice by the Department of Foreign Affairs relating to the designation of Algeria as a safe country under section 72 of the International Protection Act 2015.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I would like to request access to the following document under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. "The Department of Foreign Affairs Feedback to the IPO on potential designation of Algeria as a safe country of origin for the purposes of the International Protection Act 2015"

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to make a request for records held by the Department of Foreign Affairs under the Freedom of Information Act. The records are: Briefing notes, email correspondence, letters and meeting minutes in relation to a meeting between AstraZeneca and Barbara Cullinane, as detailed on the lobbying register https://www.lobbying.ie/return/111249/astrazeneca- pharmaceuticals-ireland-dac

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I request access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held the Department of Foreign Affairs, dated between December 1, 2023, and the date of this request: • Records of correspondence, letters, emails, text messages, reports and memos, meetings, meeting minutes, and the like, between the Department’s Secretary General, Ministers and Meta/Facebook regarding digital policy, taxation and online safety.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I am submitting an FOI request for records discussing how the decision of the Irish Government to recognise the State of Palestine may impact on the role of Ireland providing Irish soldiers to the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon and on the perception that Ireland is a neutral nation.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Will you provide me with the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 1) Copy of the diary of just Irish Ambassador to Singapore for the period of 1st January 2024 to date in 2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to make a request for records held by the Department of Foreign Affairs under the Freedom of Information Act. The records are: Minutes of meetings, notes from phone calls and any accompanying letters and emails from Aughinish Alumina to the Tanaiste and the Department where the company provided further update of the ongoing risks to employment as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The details of the correspondence are outlined on the lobbying register: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/112047/aughinish-alumina-limited

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to request access to the following: - Copies of any internal correspondence/memos to the Minister regarding the decision to recognise the state of Palestine. - Copies of minutes of meetings attended by the Minister regarding the decision to recognise the state of Palestine. - I want this request to cover the period from March 1st, 2024 to May 22nd, 2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to request access to the following records that I believe to be held by your organisation: 1. The itinerary for the ministers trip to Israel in November 2023 2. Communications between the minister and Taoiseach on Israel & Palestine between 13/03/2024 until 25/05/2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I am seeking the following: - A record, spreadsheet, database detailing all costs associated with the furnishing of the official accommodation for the Consulate General of Ireland in San Francisco. - A copy of the invoices/receipts associated with the purchase of any items related to the furnishing of the above property.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Táim ag scríobh chun iarratas a chur isteach faoin Acht Saorála Faisnéise. Tá an t-iarratas le fáil thíos: Sonraí an Iarrthóra Sloinne: Sardina Ainm: Seathrún Seoladh: 24 Newmarket Sq, Cnoc Mhic an Bhaird, BÁC 8 Uimhir fhóin: 089 263 6737 Sonraí Pearsanta Ba mhaith liom an t-eolas seo a fháil ar seachadadh trí ríomhphost agus é i nGaeilge amháin. Sonraí na hIarrachta I gcomhréir le hAlt 12 de chuid an Acht um Shaoráil Faisnéise, iarraim rochtain ar thaifid neamh-phearsanta. Seo iad na taifid atá iarraidh agam ná: An meid airgead a caitheadh ar earraí, ar sheirbhísí, ar bia nó ar eile ó na comhlachtaí seo a leanas: AXA Insurance, Puma, Carrefour, Caltex, Siemens, Hewlett Packard, Chevron, RE/MAX, Texaco, AHAVA, sodastream, McDonalds, Domino's, Burger King, Papa John's, Wix. Ba mhaith liom an t-eolas seo a fháil ón tréimhse 1 Eanáir 2024 - 25 Bealtaine 2024. Ba mhaith liom an t-eolas caiteachais airgid a fháil mar scarbhileog mhiondealaithe de réir na gcomhlachtaí. Muna bhfuil aon airgead ar bith íoctha chun comhlachta ar bith ar an an liosta thuas, ba maith liom ráiteas a dheimhníonn é sin mar PDF i nGaeilge.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Minutes of meetings and related email correspondence and submissions in relation to a meeting between Ibec and Eugene Lennon from the Department of Health regarding the European Health Data Space and the Medical Device Regulation, as outlined on the lobbying register https;//www.lobbying.ie/return/108663/ibec

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to request access to the following: Any records of correspondence, memos, emails, briefing notes, relating to the Government’s decision to recognise an independent state of Palestine, including (but not limited to) correspondence to/from the Embassy of Ireland in Israel regarding the Government’s decision to recognise an independent state of Palestine; my request is limited to records held from January 2023 to the present day.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to request access to the following records: 1. Correspondence between the Minister's advisers and Department officials regarding the recognition of the state of Palestine between the period 01 April 2024 and the present day. 2. Correspondence between the Department of Foreign Affairs and the Department of the Taoiseach regarding the recognition of the state of Palestine between the period 01 April 2024 and the present day. 3. Correspondence from the general public regarding the recognition of the state of Palestine between the period 01 April 2024 and the present day. 4. Correspondence from any state agencies, multinationals based in Ireland and any other companies or people on their behalf regarding the recognition of the state of Palestine between the period 01 April 2024 and the present day. 5. Correspondence from Israel's ambassador to Ireland regarding the recognition of the state of Palestine between the period 01 April 2024 and the present day.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

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 01-05-2024 - 31-05-2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Between 2022 - present, all briefing documents given to Ireland’s deputy permanent representative to the EU, Ambassador Barbara Cullinane, regarding the Nature Restoration Law.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I wish to make a request for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. Records created on or after 1 June 2022 until 17 June 2024, of communications between the Department and the Loyalist Communities Council (LCC) and the Ulster Volunteer Force (UVF)

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking the following: 1) An inventory of all financial expenses related to the Tánaiste's visit to Egypt and Jordan as per a press release issued by the Department of Foreign Affairs dated to the 22nd of April 2024. 2) Any record of gifts exchanged, given, or received between Irish representatives and foreign officials throughout the trip.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I am requesting under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 all correspondence, documents, briefing notes, etc relating to the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade’s decision to include the musical notation of the Irish national anthem "Amhrán na bhFiann" on the redesigned Irish passport which was launched in September 2013.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Could you supply me with the following information under the FOI Act 2014 1) As of 19th June 2024 The number of cars and vans owned by Department of Foreign Affairs that were allocated to each Irish Embassy and Consulate General Office in tabular form for work related travel. To be further assistant what I'm seeking eg 2 cars and 1 van allocated to the Irish Embassy in London 1 car allocated to the Irish Consulate General Office in New York etc 2) The amount that the DFA spent on purchasing new state owned cars and vans for the Irish Embassies in the years of 2022, 2023 and to-date in 2024 in tabular form.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the FOI Act, I am seeking a record of the following: a) The total number of car parking spaces currently available to staff of your public body in the Dublin City Council area. b) The number of car parking spaces currently owned by your public body in the Dublin City Council area. c) The number of car parking spaces currently leased by your public body in the Dublin City Council area. d) The number of car parking spaces currently provided to your public body by the OPW in the Dublin City Council area.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - The number of training courses, seminars, presentations or any other type of training event arranged or provided by the DFA in the period 1 Jan 2023 to the current date. - The number of registrants & actual participants at each course. - The cost of each event, or if appropriate, the costs of the series of events where multiple events related to the same type of training or were provided by the same trainer/company. - An aggregate cost for all of the events. - The names of any companies used for such training and how much they received.

Department 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 01-06-2024 - 30-06-2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I would like to exercise my rights under the Freedom of Information Act and request any and all information from within the DFA concerning efforts by the Department, Diplomats, Envoys, Deputies, Senators or the Government to pursue bilateral agreements with Egypt since 2013.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

It is imperative as a matter of public interest that the Government now demonstrate that the EU Asylum and Migration Pact was properly laid before both Houses of the Oireachtas, and we seek the following under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. 1. Confirmation that all measures required to be taken under the above-cited legislation were undertaken, specifying date(s). 2. Information on what specific processes and procedures were undertaken with a timeline of date(s) executed to ensure compliance with the above-cited legislation. 3. Full and detailed particulars, including documentary evidence, of all processes and procedures that were followed including information notes submitted on each measure.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I'm issuing a freedom of information request regarding the updated legal advice that government has received from the Attorney General in relation to the Occupied Territories Bill. Government has stated that this bill is not compatible with EU Law but they have not issued the legal advice on this. As Ireland continues trading with businesses and individuals operating within illegal Israeli settlements it is imperative that the public are made aware of this legal advice.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - copies of all invoices associated with expenditure with the Dublin Airport Authority for enhanced passenger services at the airport in the past twelve months. Also, any such invoices where they relate to other Irish airports. A table of all costs associated with such enhanced/VIP services at any Irish airport during the same period.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am seeking access to the following records - All correspondence between Tánaiste Micheál Martin and Ursula von der Leyen, dated between April 10 and July 20th, 2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I am making a Freedom of Information Request under the under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. The International Fund for Ireland (IFI) claims to have "robust systems in place to scrutinize project proposals and to ensure that funded projects deliver specific outputs that support and encourage peacebuilding activity". I would like to know exactly systems were in place to scrutinize project proposals relating to the following initiatives and organisations since 2014; - Concerned Residents of Upper Ardoyne - Twaddell/Woodvale Residents' Association - Lower Shankill Community Organisation. - Action for Community Transformation initiative - Twaddell, Ardoyne, Shankill Communities in Transit (TASCIT) - Building Cultural Networks -Teach na Fáilte I would like to know if any measures where taken to analyse accounts provided for projects relating the initiatives/organisations mentioned above such as hiring a forensic accountant. If such measures were taken, what were they? I would like to know if steps were taken to make sure that people involved in terrorism, criminality and and paramilitarism for any dates after 1998 were not involved in managing or organising IFI- funded projects relating to the initiatives/organisations listed above. If such steps were taken, what were they? I would also like to know if any IFI board members were aware that multiple trustees and organisers of the initiatives/organisations mentioned above have been involved in crime/terrorism/paramilitarism since 1998?

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I'd like to make this request under the FOI Act. I request the following records: • a report or document or aggregation of reports or documents that has the number of replacement foreign birth registration applications received in 2023 and YTD 2024 • a report or document or aggregation of reports or documents that has the number of replacement FBR applications completed by month in 2023 and YTD in 2024 • a report or document or aggregation of reports or documents that has the number of replacement FBR applications currently pending/processing and the number awaiting customer action/response • a report or document or aggregation of reports or documents that has the current average processing time for a replacement FBR submitted today.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - Copies of all correspondence between 1st January 2023 and 25th July 2024 relating to Ireland Israel Alliance sent or received by the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Office of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, his special advisor Deirdre Gilliane, the Secretary General, or the Middle East and North Africa Section.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a record/spreadsheet/database of costs associated with the purchase of new or second-hand vehicles by the department in 2023. - a record/spreadsheet/database of income associated with the sale of old DFA vehicles in 2023. - a copy of the invoices/receipts associated with the purchase of the ten most expensive vehicles procured in 2023. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.

Department 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 01-07-2024 - 31-07-2024.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 why once a registered package has not been received why is there a 2 month mandatory wait before an investigation can be launched? Following that how many lost passports are recovered through the process? Finally, how many passports have to be cancelled and reissued as they have not been recovered through this process?

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

1. Records of assessments of applications by the Expert Advisory Panel and any correspondence relating to the decisions to award or withhold funding to any project for which an application was made under the GIMCF from its inception to date. 2. Any records relating to assessments of journalistic output produced with support of this funding so far or any assessment of how the funding has been used to date. I expect this to include assessments from the DFA Management Committee and the GIMCF and its advisory committee. Please include full records of minutes of any quarterly or annual reviews carried out by the Department and the Expert Advisory Panel. Please also include any correspondence with the media organisations on issues to do with GIMCF projects. 3. Records showing a breakdown of the total amounts granted each year by the GIMCF and which organisations that received those monies. I would also like any records relating to any decisions to recoup money that was previously granted. 4. Records showing how much each of the GIMCG advisory committee members have received for their work to date. 5. Records showing how much PHD Media has been paid for its work on the GIMCF to date. 6. A copy of each MoU agreed with media organisations to date.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I am submitting a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for access to any records, correspondence, or documentation held by the Department of Foreign Affairs concerning: 1. Any requests, diplomatic notes, or communications from Japan or Denmark regarding the detention or extradition of Captain Paul Watson. 2. Any internal discussions, communications, or records within the Department of Foreign Affairs regarding the potential detention, arrest, or extradition of Captain Paul Watson in Ireland. 3. Any responses, actions, or decisions made by the Department of Foreign Affairs in relation to these requests or discussions.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

1. All Credit Card Statements for December 2023, January 2024, and June 2024 2. All Bank Account Statements for December 2023, January 2024, and June 2024 For Credit Card Accounts, you can limit the scope of your search to those cards held at HQ Ireland, and the Diplomatic Missions in Paris, New York, Jordan, Rome, and Holy See. Please see the following notes to Vote 28 Foreign Affairs Appropriation Accounts. It is to Bank and PMG accounts that make up these balances that I refer. You can limit your search to the PMG account, and to the Commercial Bank accounts of the Diplomatic Missions in Moscow, Japan, Sydney, Spain, and London.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

• A breakdown of the holders of Irish Passports within each of the Six Counties, i.e. Antrim, Derry, Tyrone, Down, Fermanagh & Armagh. • Number of Catholics in the Six Counties, i.e. Antrim, Derry, Tyrone, Down, Fermanagh & Armagh. • Number of Protestants within the Six Counties, i.e. Antrim, Derry, Tyrone, Down, Fermanagh & Armagh.

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 all communications between Helene Fallon Wood, all officers of the DFA and Trade and Irish Aid from January 1st 2021 to July 1st 2024.