Department of Health
FOI Requests — 2,058 records (page 4 of 42)
- Received —Decided 26 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
All records between HSE CEO Mr. Bernard Gloster and Minister Jennifer Carroll McNeill in relation to the former's retirement.
- Received —Decided 26 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
Correspondence/memos/briefings in both directions between the Medical Council and officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Health relating to increasing doctor retention fees from April 2025 until to date. The minutes of any meetings between the Medical Council and officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Health relating to increasing doctor retention fees from April 2025 until to date.
- Received —Decided 26 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
1. Correspondence, notes, memos and related documents provided or sent to the Minister for Health from within the Department relating to the new Children’s Hospital in August 2025 and to date in September 2025 2. Correspondence and related documents received by the Assistant Secretary with responsibility for Health Infrastructure from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board relating to the new Children’s Hospital in August 2025 and to date in September 2025 3. Quarterly Briefings provided to the Minister for Health in April 2025 and July 2025 4. The Minister for Health’s diary for year to date
- Received —Decided 25 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I request access to records held by the Department of Health relating to Minister Leo Varadkar’s comments and involvement regarding the appointment of John McNulty to the IMMA board in September 2014. Timeframe: 1 July 2014 – 31 December 2014. Specifically: 1. Briefing notes, memos, or media lines prepared for Minister Leo Varadkar concerning John McNulty’s IMMA appointment. 2. Internal correspondence within the Department referring to the Minister’s public statements on McNulty. 3. Communications between the Department of Health and the Department of the Taoiseach or the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht concerning McNulty. 4. Diary entries or schedules referencing McNulty or media preparation on the matter.
- Received —Decided 24 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
Correspondence/memos/briefings (in both directions) between the HSE and the Minister for Health relating to histopathology in Our Lady Hospital in Drogheda from June 2025 until to date.
- Received —Decided 23 September 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment 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 01-04-2025 - 30-04-2025.
- Received —Decided 23 September 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment 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 01-05-2025 - 31-05-2025.
- Received —Decided 23 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
• A copy of the most up-to-date version of the risk register(s) for the department; • A copy of the last three internal audits carried out within the department; • A copy of the last three audits of the organisation carried out by external auditors at the request of the department, a parent State body or any other arm of the Government or State [excluding Annual Report and Financial Statements]; • A copy of the last three audits carried out by the department or commissioned by the department of any entities sitting below it, supported by it or funded by it; • A copy of the minutes of the last five audit and risk committee (ARC) meetings
- Received —Decided 23 September 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment 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 01-01-2025 - 31- 01-2025.
- Received —Decided 23 September 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment 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 01-02-2025 - 28- 02-2025.
- Received —Decided 22 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
I would like to request a copy of the Dickson Report into Paediatric Urology Service.
- Received —Decided 22 September 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 calendar year 2024- i.e. 01/01/2024 to 31/12/2024 (with both dates inclusive). 1. All correspondence (letters, briefing notes, reports, emails) between the Department of Health and: o Galway University Hospital, or o 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. I am not seeking personal patient information, only governance and service-level documentation.
- Received —Decided 19 September 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 01-06-2025 - 30-06-2025.
- Received —Decided 17 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
Correspondence between Minister for Health and the HSE (in both directions) relating to board members in Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) from May 2025 until to date.
- Received —Decided 17 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
I am requesting all correspondence including email memos meetings minutes etc., in relation to Dept. of Health decision not to approve the application of pay increases to the pensions of medical Scientists who retired prior to 1/1/2024 as per the recommendations contained in the Conal Devine Medical Scientist Assessment Report published in January 2023.
- Received —Decided 16 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
1. All records, including emails, briefing notes, internal communications, draft replies, and memos concerning the receipt, handling, and preparation of a response to the Topical Issue raised by Deputy Mattie McGrath on July 17th, 2025, regarding protected disclosures in the health sector, including allegations about end-of-life protocols, vaccine safety oversight, and regulatory failure. 2. All correspondence (including internal emails, ministerial communications, and correspondence with Deputy Kieran O’Donnell, Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill, or their staff) relating to the preparation of the official response delivered by Deputy O’Donnell in the Dáil on that date. 3. Any records indicating when the Department or the Minister became aware of the protected disclosure referenced by Deputy McGrath, and any actions taken in response prior to or after the Topical Issue was raised. Please include all relevant records between June 1st, 2025 and August 19th, 2025.
- Received —Decided 15 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
A copy of all records held referring or relating to the processing, handling or response to the FOI request FOI- 0219-2025.
- Received —Decided 15 September 2025WithdrawnDepartment of Health
I wish to request access to the following records, which I believe to be held by your department /organisation. 1. All correspondence between the Minister for Health and the chair of the HSE Board Ciaran Devine dealing with a. Hospital waiting lists and emergency departments b. Consultant productivity between the dates 1 Feb 2025 and 1 September 2025.
- Received —Decided 12 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
New Wording: Please provide me in electronic format, by email to XXX with all records in all formats, under FOI and any other applicable legislation, with all records from all formats, relating to SLA’s and other funding agreements (excluding Sheds for Life funding) signed between the Department of Health and the Irish Men’s Sheds Association for the period since January 1st 2023. Old Wording: Please provide me in electronic format, by email to XXX with all records in all formats, under FOI and any other applicable legislation, with All records from all formats, relating to interaction between the Department of Health and the Irish Men’s Sheds Association for the period since January 1st 2023. In particular please focus on records concerning Funding, Governance, Reports and SLA’s.
- Received —Decided 12 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
ADDITIONAL WORDING: Could you please ensure that the records include those related to the National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (NACDA) AND National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD). These are the same entity but the name was changed at one point. In my request I refer to NACDA but this is shorthand for NACDA and NACD. ORIGINAL WORDING: I am requesting records held by the Department of Health relating to the work of the former National Advisory Committee on Drugs and Alcohol (NACDA)/ National Advisory Committee on Drugs (NACD). Specifically, I request: 1. A list of all research projects commissioned or conducted in-house by the NACDA, including: o the project/research title, o the cost of the research, o the commission date, and o the publication date (where applicable). 2. Any correspondence, minutes, or records relating to delayed or blocked publication of NACDA- commissioned research, including but not limited to: o objections to publication, o issues raised regarding research integrity, o policy reasons given for withholding publication, and o any decisions not to proceed with publication.
- Received —Decided 12 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
-Correspondence between officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Health and officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Justice in relation to the expansion of eligibility of access criteria for State-funded assisted human reproduction treatments from March 2025 until Jun 2025. -Correspondence between officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Health and officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Children in relation to the expansion of eligibility of access criteria for State-funded assisted human reproduction treatments from March 2025 until Jun 2025.
- Received —Decided 11 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
1. Any agendas, minutes, notes, or summaries relating to a meeting between Minister of State Mary Butler TD and SpunOut, held on Thursday, 24 July 2024. 2. Any documents prepared for the Minister in advance of the meeting. 3. Any communications (emails, letters, or memos) between Department staff and/or the Minister and SpunOut relating to the meeting.
- Received —Decided 11 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
New wording: Correspondence/memos/briefings between officials in the department of principal grade or higher and HIQA relating to the Midwest review and its impact on other aspects of HIQA's work from between April 2025 until to date, August 11th2025. Old wording: Correspondence/memos/briefings between officials in the department of principal grade or higher and HIQA relating to the Midwest review and its impact on other aspects of HIQA's work from between March 2025 until to date, August 11th 2025.
- Received —Decided 11 September 2025WithdrawnDepartment of Health
1. All minutes of meetings, notes, or records of discussions held by the Department of Health, between 2016 and 2019, relating to the decision to establish two separate registers (Counselling and Psychotherapy) under CORU. 2. Copies of any reports, submissions, or consultation summaries provided to the Minister for Health or senior officials which informed this decision. 3. Any correspondence (letters, briefing notes, or emails) between the Department of Health and CORU, training providers, or professional bodies concerning the rationale for a two-register system.
- Received —Decided 9 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
• Correspondence between the Department of Health and the Department of Finance relating to the delayed implementation of alcohol warning labels from March 2025 until July 2025. • Correspondence between the Department of Health and the Department of Public Expenditure relating to the delayed implementation of alcohol warning labels from March 2025 until July 2025. • Correspondence between the Department of Health and the Department of An Taoiseach and/or Department of An Tánaiste relating to the delayed implementation of alcohol warning labels from March 2025 until July 2025.
- Received —Decided 9 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
I request the following formal written records held by the Department of Health. For each item, please either provide the record(s) or confirm explicitly that no such record is held. 1. Strategy & Internal Preparedness Date range: 1 January 2024 – present (a) Any current written policy, strategy, framework, or briefing note adopted by the Department on identifying, monitoring, or responding to misinformation/disinformation (including public health misinformation, whether standalone or part of a wider strategy). (b) Any written record listing the names and grades of staff, or the name of any organisational unit, formally assigned responsibility for this function. (c) The most recent staff training material (slide deck, handbook, notes, or equivalent) containing content on misinformation/disinformation, together with the covering email or memo by which it was circulated internally. 2. Participation in the National Counter-Disinformation Strategy (NCDS) Date range: 1 January 2024 – present (a) Any submissions or briefing papers by the Department to the NCDS working group, consultation, or related interdepartmental bodies. (b) Any minutes or agendas (internal or external) in which the NCDS Strategy was discussed.
- Received —Decided 5 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
I hereby request all correspondence between the Chief Medical Officer and members of the HSE Executive Management Team and HSE Chief Executive Officer, and vice versa, in relation to alcohol health information labelling between 1 April 2025 and 21 July 2025.
- Received —Decided 5 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
The office of the Minister of Health has confirmed that they are actively in the process of recruiting a National Director of Men’s Health. Under FOI, I am requesting a copy of the expression of interest, job specification that was circulated and those it was circulated to?
- Received —Decided 5 September 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment of Health
I am seeking a copy of the form used by employees to disclose a disability for the purposes of recording disability numbers under Part 5 of the Disability Act 2005. This request is made under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, in particular Section 12, which provides that every person has the right to access records held by a public body. However, if it is possible to provide the form directly without the need to process this as a formal FOI request, I would be grateful if you could do so.
- Received —Decided 3 September 2025WithdrawnDepartment of Health
All correspondence (including emails, letters, memos, and briefing notes) between officials at the Department of Health and Children’s Health Ireland (CHI) in relation to: Patient safety concerns, surgical outcomes or reviews. Governance, clinical oversight, or leadership issues. Internal culture, bullying allegations, or whistleblower reports The Timeframe I am requesting is from Jan 2024 to July 2025.
- Received —Decided 2 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
All email correspondence between the CEO of Children’s Health Ireland and the Department of Health since January 1, 2025, up to the present day. Please include attachments sent with these emails. I am seeking any correspondence that mentions the word 'spinal'.
- Received —Decided 2 September 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment of Health
I would like to request copies of all records for the period 1 January 2020 to date relating to: a. any contracts or other commercial agreements for the provision of media monitoring services to include all tender documents, the name of the third-party service provider(s), the cost of the service – with a breakdown if the cost is apportioned across different elements of the overall service, and the current term of the contract.
- Received —Decided 28 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I wish to seek records of the National Hearing Care Plan Working Group under the Freedom of Information Act. I am seeking the following records: 1. A list of the dates of meetings of the NHCP Working Group. 2. Minutes of meetings of the NHCP Working Group. 3. Minutes and records of Department of Health internal meetings in relation to the NHCP Working Group.
- Received —Decided 28 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
1. A breakdown of all advertising and media placement payments made to the newspaper Leinster Express during the years 2020 and 2021, specifically in relation to COVID-19 public information and health campaigns. 2. For each payment, please include: o The date of payment, o The amount, o The purpose or campaign title, and o The department/agency responsible for the spend (e.g., Department of Health, HSE, Department of the Taoiseach).
- Received —Decided 27 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
New wording: All internal correspondence internal to Senior Management of the Department and the Health Infrastructure Division and between the department and Children's Health Ireland relating to and discussing the branding and naming of the New National Paediatric Hospital between 1 February 2023 and 27 June 2025 inclusive. Old wording: All correspondence internal to the department and between the department and Children's Health Ireland relating to and discussing the branding and naming of the New National Paediatric Hospital between 1 February 2023 and 27 June 2025 inclusive.
- Received —Decided 27 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
I request copies of all correspondence with and within the Minister for Health's office and the relevant unit within the Department of Health with regards to the free HRT scheme: 1. Discussing the eligibility criteria for the scheme and, 2. Discussing which medicinal products should be included in the scheme.
- Received —Decided 26 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Health
1. A database/record/spreadsheet of all rental payments paid by the DoH for the lease of a property (formerly the offices of the National Women's Council) at the Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street in the period 1 Jan 2010 to the current date. 2. A record of when the lease on the property expired. 3. A record of how long the lease was paid for i.e. years in total. 4. A record of whether the office space was used by the DoH during the period after it was vacated by the National Women's Council, for what purpose, and during what years.
- Received —Decided 26 August 2025WithdrawnDepartment of Health
Health Research Regulations and Health Research Consent Declaration Committee This FOI request relates to any (i) internal papers/submissions and (ii) external correspondence between the Department of Health, the Health Research Board and the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee relating to: - The Department's decision that applications for membership of the Committee must be made through the secretariat to the HRCDC and not directly to the Department/Minister and the communication of that decision to the HRCDC and/or the HRB,
- Received —Decided 22 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
Any and all correspondence regarding black mold infestation in the new children’s hospital in Dublin.
- Received —Decided 21 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
• Briefing documents/notes received by the Department from the Medical Council prior to/in relation to governance meetings with the Council, from 1 January 2025 to 11 July 2025. • Business case/s submitted by the Medical Council in relation to the salary for a new CEO appointment, from 1 January 2025 to 11 July 2025.
- Received —Decided 21 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
Correspondence (including attachments) between the Minister for Health/Secretary General and the board of CHI/chief executive of CHI between May 1st 2025 and to date, July 23rd 2025 relating to the unpublished 2022 internal review.
- Received —Decided 20 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
· All briefing documents prepared for Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill regarding Children's Health Ireland between May 1 2025 and the date of this request · All briefing documents prepared for Minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill regarding the National Treatment Purchase Fund between May 1 2025 and the date of this request · All correspondence between Minister Carroll MacNeill and Lucy Nugent of CHI between May 1 2025 and the date of this request · All correspondence between Minister Carroll MacNeill and Fiona Brady of the NTPF between May 1 2025 and the date of this request · All correspondence between Minister Carroll MacNeill and HSE CEO Bernard Gloster regarding CHI and the NTPF between May 1 2025 and the date of this request Correspondence should include, but not be limited to, letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, memos, briefing documents, minutes of meetings etc.
- Received —Decided 20 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
Copies of all correspondence from within the Social Care, Mental Health, Drugs Policy and Unscheduled Care Unit that relate to amendments to the Mental Health Bill that were submitted to the Dail in June/July 2025. The correspondence should be from 1 January 2025 to present.
- Received —Decided 20 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
New wording: 1. All briefing notes, emails, or lines prepared for Department of Health Ministers or their spokespersons between January 1 and May 31, 2025, which reference NTPF outpatient waiting list figures. 2. Any correspondence or internal memos relating to the addition of 7,044 patients to the Beaumont outpatient waiting list in June 2025. 3. Any analysis or briefing prepared for Ministers or Department officials regarding the accuracy or integrity of NTPF waiting list data following the Beaumont incident. 4. Any records of engagement, emails, or briefing materials exchanged with Gibney Communications and or Drury Communications between June 1 and July 15, 2025, relating to the Beaumont Hospital outpatient waiting list correction or public messaging about waiting lists. Old wording: 1. All internal communications and briefing materials referencing NTPF outpatient waiting list figures used in Department of Health public statements, speeches, or press briefings between December 2024 and May 2025. 2. Any correspondence or internal memos relating to the addition of 7,044 patients to the Beaumont outpatient waiting list in June 2025.
- Received —Decided 18 August 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment of Health
I am requesting a copy of the following document: “Independent Review of Escalation in Costs – National Children’s Hospital”, prepared by PwC and published in 2019. Please provide the full report, including any appendices, as released to the government at that time. I would also like to inquire why the document is not publicly available, as is stated in the following press release?
- Received —Decided 13 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Health
Correspondence between Department of Health Department of Public Expenditure and Reform officials at PO level or above on the costs and operation of the National Treatment Purchase Fund between 16 April and 16 July 2025.
- Received —Decided 12 August 2025WithdrawnDepartment of Health
Correspondence – in both directions - between the Minister for Health/Secretary General and Children’s Health Ireland relating to the unpublished 2022 internal report from between May 1st 2025 and August 1st 2025. This correspondence should include attachments, memos and briefings.
- Received —Decided 11 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
Any correspondence, emails or letters, sent and received between the Minister for Enterprise and the Minister for Health, between 1st March and 29th June 20205
- Received —Decided 11 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Health
1. A list of all e-submissions sent to the cabinet minister in your Department during the period January 1st-July 2nd this year. Please note, I am not looking for the e-subs themselves, just a list of their titles
- Received —Decided 11 August 2025Handled outside of FOIDepartment of Health
I wish to request details in relation to pressers, press conferences and media interviews involving ministers. By press conferences, I mean events to inform the press about a subject or announcement at which the minister(s) answers questions from journalists present. By pressers, I mean press opportunities where the minister(s) would make time in their schedules to answer questions from the assembled press. By interviews, I mean one-to-one interviews between the minister(s) and a media or social media outlet, whether that is on radio, television, podcasts, online or a newspaper publication. For the six-month period in 2025 from January 1 to June 30, please disclose the following: 1. The number of press conferences held. For each, please give its date; location; subject; and the minister(s) taking questions. 2. The number of pressers held. For each, please give its date; location; and the minister(s) taking questions. 3. The number of interviews. For each, please give the date of the interview and/or its publication date; the minister(s) being interviewed; the media or social media outlet, and if applicable the specific programme (e.g. Morning Ireland); and the media format (e.g. TV, radio, newspaper, podcast).