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- Received —Decided 18 February 2026Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following e-submissions and ancillary documents relating to: - HLT 01288-25: Briefing for Minister’s Visit to Barretstown
- Received —Decided 10 February 2026RefusedDepartment of Health
All correspondence, including mobile phone messages, to or from civil servants and the Minister (Principle Officer and up) with the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in relation to budget 2026 between July 2025- 07 October 2025.
- Received —Decided 9 February 2026RefusedDepartment of Health
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the following ministerial submissions: - HLT 00980-25 – Insourcing Controls
- Received —Decided 9 February 2026RefusedDepartment of Health
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the following ministerial submissions: - HLT 00904-25 – Visit to Portiuncula
- Received —Decided 9 February 2026RefusedDepartment of Health
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the following ministerial submissions: - HLT 00655-25 – Visit to Mater Hospital
- Received —Decided 9 February 2026RefusedDepartment of Health
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the following ministerial submissions: - HLT 00748-25 – Consultant Contract Uptake
- Received —Decided 4 February 2026Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
New Wording: A copy of any briefing documents or memos prepared for the minster and/or her officials [principal officers and above] relating to the completion date and/or opening date of the children’s hospital. Time Period: June – November 2025. Old Wording: A copy of any briefing documents or memos prepared for the minster and/or her officials for the same period relating to meeting the timeframe for the opening of the children’s hospital.
- Received —Decided 30 January 2026RefusedDepartment of Health
New Wording: 1. Correspondence between the Minister and the EU Commission from January 2024 to July 2024 regarding a Generational Ban (or Smoke Free Generation policy). 2. Briefing, correspondence or meeting minutes between January 2024 and November 2024 regarding discussions between the Minister and the Minister for Health NI regarding tobacco age of sale policies. 3. The “Preliminary legal advice” indicating that Ireland cannot pursue a Generational Ban, as referenced in the Press Release of 14 May 2024 regarding Cabinet approval to increase the age of sale to 21. Old Wording: Pursuant to Section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, we request access to all records as follows: 1. Relating to the Irish Government’s receipt of “advice from the EU” and, if different, any separate legal advice (“we got legal advice to see whether we could do this here”) 2. Relating to Mr Donnelly’s “discussions on the issue with my counterpart in Northern Ireland” 3. Relating to the “Preliminary legal advice” indicating that Ireland cannot pursue a Generational Ban This request encompasses all records covering both sides of any exchanges, i.e., from the Irish Government to the European Commission, the Northern Ireland Health Minister and third parties, and vice versa. “Records” includes notes or records of meetings, calls and briefings; advices and all written communications and any other relevant materials,
- Received —Decided 30 January 2026Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
1. Records, including briefing documents and correspondence, relating to a recent trip to Iceland by the Minister of state for mental health, Mary Butler, to review transgender healthcare services. 2. An itinerary of the trip to Iceland detailing meetings attended by the Minister of State, and a breakdown of costs, if available. 3. Correspondence relating to trip to Iceland, between Minister Mary Butler or her office and a) Bernard Gloster, the HSE CEO and b) Dr Colm Henry, the HSE’s chief clinical officer. The timeline of my request is from September 1 2025 to date.
- Received —Decided 20 January 2026Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
37 submissions by organisations to the Consultation on the Deprivation of Liberty Safeguard Proposals between December 2017 and May 2018.
- Received —Decided 16 January 2026RefusedDepartment of Health
Reports to the Department/Minister for Health from the HSE National Cancer Control Programme to date in 2025.
- Received —Decided 15 January 2026Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
A copy of any submissions, memos, reports, advisories or other such high-level discussion documents prepared for the Minister for Health or the Department Secretary General with regard to the provision of the 'enhanced' flu vaccine for this year's flu season.
- Received —Decided 14 January 2026GrantedDepartment of Health
A copy of the letter sent to the Minister on December 11th from the National Gender Service around closure of their waiting list, as referenced in https://www.rte.ie/news/primetime/2025/1211/1548485- transgender-care-waiting-list-to-close-due-to-resourcing- concerns/
- Received —Decided 8 January 2026Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
A list of all e-submissions prepared for Minister Carroll MacNeill in the period 1 May 2025 to date.
- Received —Decided 8 January 2026GrantedDepartment of Health
I’m seeking itemised breakdowns of travel and subsistence expenditure for any and all Department of Health staff trips to visit any EHR deployments, EHR providers and conferences or other events held by EHR providers since January 1, 2023. These may be in the US, Canada, UK including Northern Ireland, Australia or New Zealand. Please include for each trip the dates, purpose, itinerary, role/job title and itemised costs (flights, transport, accommodations, meals, per diems.
- Received —Decided 6 January 2026Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
New Wording: I request the following records to cover the period 10 October 2025-present: 1. A copy of any meeting minutes, briefings, evacuation plans and/or post-operation debriefs shared between officials in the departments of Health, and/or Justice and/or Foreign Affairs and Trade concerning the recent medevac of a group of Palestinian children as referenced here; 2. A copy of any correspondence (incl attachments) with officials from the WHO and/or the Norwegian government and/or the Jordanian government concerning the recent medevac; 3. A copy of any correspondence (incl attachments) with embassy teams in Israel, Palestine, Jordan or Egypt concerning the recent medevac; Old Wording: I request the following records to cover the period 10 October 2025-present: 1. A copy of any correspondence (incl attachments), meeting minutes, briefings, intel reports, situation reports, evacuation plans and/or post-operation debriefs shared between officials in the departments of Health, and/or Justice and/or Foreign Affairs and Trade concerning the recent medevac of a group of Palestinian children as referenced here; 2. A copy of any correspondence (incl attachments) with officials from the WHO and/or the Norwegian government and/or the Jordanian government concerning the recent medevac;
- Received —Decided 6 January 2026RefusedDepartment of Health
New wording: Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking the following: 1. Copies of all emails SENT TO the National Implementation Group established by the HSE to guide the implementation of the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 BY Minister of Health Stephen Donnelly, his advisers and/or Department of Health officials in relation to a “prescribed birthweight” meaning a birthweight of not less than 2500g (or “2500 grammes” or “2.5kg”) and to a “perinatal death” meaning a death which occurred within 7 days of birth. 2. Copies of all emails SENT BY the National Implementation Group established by the HSE to guide the implementation of the Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Act 2023 TO Minister of Health Stephen Donnelly, his advisers and/or Department of Health officials in relation to a “prescribed birthweight” meaning a birthweight of not less than 2500g (or “2500 grammes” or “2.5kg”) and to a “perinatal death” meaning a death which occurred within 7 days of birth. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, preferably in its original formatting. For context, the emails I am looking for should contain information to and from the National Implementation Group that led to the former Minister of Health giving a Statutory Instrument No. 501/2024 - Patient Safety (Notifiable Incidents and Open Disclosure) Regulations 2024 Amendments of October, 2024. It made regulations for the purposes of Schedule 1 of the act insofar as notifiable incidents 1.10 and 1.11 were concerned.
- Received —Decided 2 January 2026GrantedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following e-submissions and ancillary documents relating to: - HLT 01323-25: Visit to Newcastle West Primary Care Centre
- Received —Decided 31 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I am seeking a list of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Health through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-11-2025 - 30-11-2025.
- Received —Decided 31 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following e-submissions and ancillary documents relating to: - HLT 01372-25: Briefing for visit to Saint James’s Hospital 23.10.25
- Received —Decided 31 December 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following e-submissions and ancillary documents relating to: - HLT 0136-25: Briefing for the Minister regarding CNO visit to Mayo University Hospital re Safe Staffing
- Received —Decided 23 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
1. Briefing documents provided to Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill regarding nicotine pouches between February 1 2025 and the date of this request 2. Correspondence between Minister Carroll MacNeill and nicotine and tobacco interest groups regarding nicotine pouches and disposable vapes between February 1 2025 and the date of this request 3. Correspondence between Minister Carroll MacNeill and relevant officials in the HSE regarding nicotine pouches between February 1 2025 and the date of this request Searches to be refined to as per Requester 05/12/2025: Vape Business Ireland, Irish Vape Vendors Association, Respect Vapers, Creative Retail Distribution Limited (Hale Vaping), P.J. Carroll & Company Ltd (and Reg Flag Consulting on their behalf), Imperial Brands John Player (and GME Media on their behalf) and Retailers Against Smuggling
- Received —Decided 23 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following e-submissions and ancillary documents relating to: - HLT: 01389-25: Agenda and Docs for meeting with HSE Chief People Officer on Agency Spend
- Received —Decided 23 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following e-submissions and ancillary documents relating to: - HLT 00892-25: Briefing for Minister in advance of Meeting Chair of VHI
- Received —Decided 22 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
HLT 00838-25: National Treatment Purchase Fund Annual Financial Statements
- Received —Decided 22 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
Copy of correspondence sent by voluntary hospitals to the relevant unit(s) in the Department of Health in reply to the letter sent by the Minister for Health on October 17th regarding compliance with the new financial management system being introduced by the HSE in its own hospitals.
- Received —Decided 22 December 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
I request copies of all meeting minutes of the rolling HRT Advisory Group meetings alluded to in the document attached, which occurred from 16th October 2024 onwards.
- Received —Decided 22 December 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following e-submissions and ancillary documents relating to: - HLT 01297-25: Monthly Report on Waiting List Performance – September 2025
- Received —Decided 19 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
1. Copies of meeting minutes and agenda from meetings of the Steering Group for the Strategic Review of General Practice in 2025 to date. 2. Copies of submissions made by various organisations to the Strategic Review of General Practice.
- Received —Decided 19 December 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment of Health
Please provide the records that led to the decision that Portiuncula University Hospital Maternity unit will no longer accept high-risk pregnancies. (The minister gave a commitment on Galway Talks with John Morley several months ago that she would provide this.) Format of Access: I would prefer to receive these records by email. Timeframe: Four weeks
- Received —Decided 19 December 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment of Health
I request copies of all correspondence between officials of the former Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly, and the National Cancer Control Programme Business and Planning Team from the years 2022 and 2024, related to funding for cancer support groups. I would like and correspondence that exists from that time that was made via mail or email.
- Received —Decided 18 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
HLT 01150-25: HSE Internal Audit Report – Review of National treatment Purchase Fund Income for Rheumatology Services in Beaumont Hospital 2019-2024
- Received —Decided 18 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
HLT 00174-25: HSE Insourcing Review
- Received —Decided 18 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
Correspondence between CHI CEO Lucy Nugent and Minister for Health and Sec Gen relating to statutory inquiry of spinal care and the HSE subsuming CHI from September 1st until to date.
- Received —Decided 18 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
It has come to my attention that a correspondence has been received by the DOH in relation to my position on the AHRRA Board. I’m requesting a copy of the correspondence under FOI.
- Received —Decided 17 December 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
A breakdown of expenses, including travel expenses, and receipts for same incurred by senior department of health officials (top 13 included on list in link here) https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-health/organisation- information/department-of-health-who-does-what/ from 1st January 2025 to 31st October 2025.
- Received —Decided 17 December 2025WithdrawnDepartment of Health
New Wording: All correspondence (excluding any correspondence from the member of the public) to and from the Minister for Health, from July 1, 2025, until present, which references maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital in Co. Galway. Old Wording: I am looking for all correspondence to and from the Minister for Health, from July 1, 2025 until present which references maternity services at Portiuncula Hospital in Co Galway.
- Received —Decided 17 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
I am looking for all correspondence to and from the Minister for Health, excluding any correspondence from members of the public, from August 1, 2025 until present, which references the new national children's hospital, in relation to its construction / timeline for opening / any delays.
- Received —Decided 17 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
1. A copy of direct correspondence between the minister (or her office) and BAM in the period from June 1 2025 to date. 2. Minutes or notes of any communications or conversations the minister or her officials held with representatives of BAM.
- Received —Decided 17 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
1. Correspondence with Eli Lilly about the availability and pricing of Mounjaro. 2. During 2024 and 2025
- Received —Decided 16 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
1. Any internal correspondence within the department related to the EU tobacco control framework, the Tobacco Products Directive or its revision, between 1st August and 31st October 2025. 2. Any correspondence received by the department, from other public bodies (Irish or EU), or third parties, interest groups or companies, related to the EU tobacco control framework, the Tobacco Products Directive or its revision, between 1st August and 31st October 2025.
- Received —Decided 16 December 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
I request copies of all documents within the Minister for Health's office and the relevant unit within the Department of Health pertaining to the eligibility of transgender people under the free HRT scheme from 4th September 2025 onwards.
- Received —Decided 16 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
Correspondence between Dr Yvonne Traynor, CHI board chairwoman, and the Minister for health (in both directions) relating to the children’s hospital group from September 2025 until to date.
- Received —Decided 16 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following e-submissions and ancillary documents relating to: - HLT 01312-25: Briefing for visit to University Hospital Limerick 13/10
- Received —Decided 16 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
I request all Department of Health data regarding Justice Meenan’s 2020 recommendation to "make medical record altering with the attempt to mislead or deceive a criminal offense"
- Received —Decided 15 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I wish to request the following records under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, relating to the maternity department at Galway University Hospital for the period 1st of January 2023 to 31st of December 2023 (inclusive). 1. All correspondence (letters, briefing notes, reports, emails) between the Department of Health and: •Galway University Hospital, or •The Saolta Hospital Group, Concerning the provision, performance, or governance of maternity services, including but not limited to issues of safety, risk management, or quality of care. This request is intended to capture records relating to safety concerns, but I also wish to include records addressing wider governance and performance issues where relevant. 2.Copies of any reports, audits, reviews, or assessments commissioned or received by the Department concerning maternity services at Galway University Hospital. 3. Minutes and agendas of any Department of Health meetings where maternity services at Galway University Hospital were discussed. 4. Letters or emails to the Minister of Health from service users, relatives, staff, professional bodies, unions or members of the public with concerns regarding the maternity unit in Galway University Hospital. Personal identifiable information is to be redacted from such correspondence.
- Received —Decided 15 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
Final Wording: Records relating to the decision to transfer high risk pregnancies from Portiuncula hospital to Galway University hospital including records relating to the rationale behind the decision, minutes of any meetings relating to the same and any other relevant material from 01/10/2024 to 31/07/2025 New Wording: I request for access to the following records from 1st October 2024 to July 2025: 1. Records relating to maternity services at Portiuncula University Hospital (PUH): All records (including correspondence, memoranda, briefing notes, reports, submissions, internal communications, and emails) concerning PUH maternity services and any changes to the provision of patient care between PUH and University Hospital Galway (UHG) or other maternity units. This includes records referring to or describing changes such as diversion, transfer, reallocation, alteration, reduction, reconfiguration, centralisation, redesign, or modification of maternity services, patient pathways, or models of care. 2. Meetings: Minutes, agendas, attendance lists, and notes of all meetings where PUH maternity services were discussed in connection with the above. 3. Decisions or Directions: Copies of decisions, directions, instructions, or determinations (formal or informal) issued by the HSE, Saolta University Health Care Group, the Department of
- Received —Decided 11 December 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
Correspondence sent from the department of health about the government's plan to defer introducing health warning labels on alcohol products. Timeline: June 1 - November 1 2025.
- Received —Decided 10 December 2025ClosedDepartment of Health
I am seeking copies of the following ministerial submissions: - HLT 01015-25 – Waiting List Performance - HLT 00980-25 – Insourcing Controls - HLT 00904-25 – Visit to Portiuncula - HLT 00655-25 – Visit to Mater Hospital - HLT 00748-25 – Consultant Contract Uptake
- Received —Decided 9 December 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
I request all Department of Health correspondence regarding Justice Meenans 2020 recommendation to "make medical record altering with the attempt to mislead or deceive a criminal offense"