Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
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- Received 7 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Meeting between the Assistant Secretary for Planning and The Irish Planning Institute. RE: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/116774/irish-planning-institute Request for access to the following records/details: All paper and digital correspondence (emails, letters, texts, WhatsApp, faxes) between department officials and IPI related to the meeting All final versions of briefing material prepared by officials for the meeting All minutes for the meeting All records of all material presented at the meeting
- Received 17 July 2024Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the following records: 1. Any and all notes, documents and files that relate to a working group review which was established by the Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, comprising of representatives from the department and the Local Government Management Agency (LGMA) Land Use and Transport Service committee to examine a European Courts of Justice ruling, Las v PSA Antwerp NV. The working group was formed with the intention of ascertaining the implications of that ECJ ruling on Ireland’s planning policy nationally. The review was to review the 2005 Planning Guidelines on Sustainable Rural Housing to bring Irish planning law into line with EU law. That review is specifically mentioned here in a Dáil debate record by the then Minister of State for Housing, Local Government and Heritage. 2. A circular letter dated the 31/05/2017 which was sent to all local authorities which related to the above working group. This circular advised that the local authorities should defer amending their rural housing policy / local need criteria presently contained in the County Development Plan until the report of the working group mentioned in part 1 is complete. 3. A copy of the report produced by the said working group into the impact of the ECJ ruling mentioned above on Irish planning policy, if such a report exists and all documentation, meeting minutes, memos etc. that refer to the work of this review group - be it ongoing or concluded.
- Received 2 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/04/2024 to 02/01/2025 Request for copies of revised or new guidance issued to Met Éireann broadcasters on how to report on or refer to climate change on air or in the public domain.
- Received 2 September 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 01/09/2025: Request for copies of the following e-Submissions and ancillary documents:- Summary of Social Housing Assessment (SSHA) 2025
- Received 8 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/05/2024 to 31/08/2024: Request for all records held by the Department relating to communications from Pathway Homes Ltd, regarding the removal of land from the Strategic Reserve in Sligo's Residential Zoned Land for current development. 1. All records relating to communications from Pathway Homes Ltd 2. All records of correspondence between the Minister or his office and Pathway Homes Ltd 3. All internal departmental records, briefings, or communications relating to this lobbying activity. 4. All records of any communication between the Department and Sligo County Council Searches of any relevant mobile phones, private email addresses, also messaging services. For reference https://www.lobbying.ie/return/108334/pathway-homes-ltd
- Received 20 December 2024Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of Indecon Review of Financing Costs for Residential Development and Forward Funding by a Government Purchaser in Order to Reduce All-in Delivery Costs (September 2023)
- Received 7 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the following records: Grazing licenses issued for Wicklow Mountains National Park lands in 2024 Database/spreadsheet data for grazing licenses issued for WMNP in 2024 Shapefiles for map 1 in Wicklow Mountains National Park management plan. Any other maps/data concerning sheep grazing in the park (Noted the Park does not actually maintain a database or GIS map for grazing) MAP GIS files for Maps 1, 2,3,4,5, 6 in the 2005-2009 Management Plan.
- Received 6 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2024 to 30/04/2024: Request for records held by the Department relating to communications from Pathway Homes Ltd regarding the removal of land from the Strategic Reserve in Sligo's Residential Zoned Land for current development. Searches of mobile phones, private email addresses, also messaging services. For reference - https://www.lobbying.ie/return/108334/pathway-homes-ltd 1. Records relating to communications from Pathway Homes Ltd 2. Records of correspondence between the Minister or his office and Pathway Homes Ltd 3. Internal departmental records, briefings, or communications relating to this lobbying activity. 4. Records of any communication between the department and Sligo Council
- Received 2 September 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 01/09/2025: Request for copies of the following e-Submissions and ancillary documents:- Revision of the EU state aid rules for services of general economic interest for affordable housing.
- Received 5 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/06/2024 to 05/02/2025: Request for: 1. Internal analyses or studies/research on the likelihood of housing output in 2024 being 40,000 homes or more? 2. Internal analyses of likely home building figures for 2024.
- Received 31 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for full copy of the appointment diaries for the Minister for Housing for: 1. The year 2024 and 2. The month of January 2025.
- Received 4 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for records of correspondence, reports and memos, meetings and notes between department officials (ranked at Assistant Secretary General and above, including Ministers) and Irish Institutional Property on matters relating to Housing For All and development of housing since 01/09/2024.
- Received 4 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for records of correspondence, reports and memos, meetings and meeting notes between department officials (ranked at Assistant Secretary General and above, including Ministers) and Castlethorn on matters relating to Housing For All and the development of housing supply.
- Received 10 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 29/11/2024 to 10/01/2025: RE: An issue in Kerry in relation to the weight of ballot paper bundles, which resulted in a delay to a count in Kerry. Request for information letters, emails or other correspondence from Kerry County Registrar/Returning Officer and other election staff in Kerry and the Department’s Local Government section relating to this incident and or any issues raised in relation to the type and quality of paper provided for ballots in this election.
- Received 1 March 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/02/2024 to 29/02/2024 request for a list of eSubmissions submitted to the Minister for Housing through the e-submissions channel.
- Received 6 March 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copies of the following records among Met Éireann staff on 01/03/2023: Any internal email correspondence regarding the issuing of weather warnings Any internal email correspondence among regarding media or other public responses to snow and weather warnings. Also any complaints sent by members of the public to Met Éireann between 01/03/2023 and 03/03/2023 regarding snow or weather warnings
- Received 4 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for records of correspondence, reports and memos, meetings and notes between department officials (ranked at Assistant Secretary General and above, including Ministers) and Dublin Airport Authority on matters relating to noise at Dublin Airport, planning regulations or matters, support for critical state infrastructure, and future growth of the airport.
- Received 4 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period from 01/01/2025 to 31/01/2025. Request for e-Submissions submitted to the Minister for Housing through the e-submissions channel.
- Received 30 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 23/01/2025 to 30/01/2025: Request for correspondence between the Minister and the Taoiseach, also EirGrid and the following: Chief Executive of Glenveagh Properties. Chief Executive of Cairn Homes, Chief Executive of Dublin City Council. Chief Executive of ESB Networks.
- Received 30 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copies of e-Submission 755-24 Section 28 Guidelines - Residential Zoned Land Tax
- Received 18 January 2024Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period 01/07/23 - 04/01/24- Request for correspondence between Dublin City Council and (separately) the City and County Managers Association and The Department at PO level and above relating to: The phasing out of long-term housing leases for social housing; tenders for Housing First and Procurement policies for Housing First Copies of audits - internal and external conducted by The Department of all organisations that receive public funding in relation to Housing First and homeless services allocated by the Department. Copies of correspondence within The Department at PO level and above in relating to the McVerry Trust on the issue of Housing First
- Received 23 January 2024Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020; Request for copies of all drafts of the ESRI research series number 111 on Regional Demographics and Structural Housing Demand at a County Level including any comments or responses from the Department to the ESRI during the drafting process of the final report.
- Received 29 January 2024Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All of the records and correspondence held by The Department relating to the possible publication of the Mulcahy report over the last 3 years.
- Received 2 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/12/2024 to 31/12/2024: Requesting e-Submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-Submissions channel.
- Received 7 August 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the following e-Submissions -206-25 Uisce Éireann Board Vacancy
- Received 1 September 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/08/2025 to 31/08/2025. Request for the following documents:
- Received 1 September 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/08/2025 to 31/08/2025: Request for a list of e- Submissions submitted to the minister through the e-submissions channel
- Received 29 August 2025Decided —GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: Meeting between the Construction Industry Federation and Minister of State John Cummins: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/127168/construction-industry-federation- cifI Request for correspondence related to this meeting, the minutes plus any briefing notes or other correspondence related to this meeting (including internal department correspondence; and correspondence to/from the Construction Industry Federation about the meeting and any follow-ups).
- Received 24 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: Ownership of Ballyboggan Abbey, County Meath: Request for a copy of 1. Correspondence between the department and Meath County Council Heritage Officer or others at Meath County Council 2. Correspondence between the department and the Office of Public Works.
- Received 28 February 2024Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 09/01/2024 to 27/02/2024; Request for all documents in The Department received by The Minister and Senior Officials from Cork City Council and any outside entities relating to the funding of the Cork Event Centre.
- Received 27 February 2024Decided —GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/11/2023 to 31/12/2023; Request for copies of all e-mails, reports, documents, and other correspondence between the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive and staff of Principle Officer and above within the Homelessness business unit in The Department related to a survey conducted on November 15th regarding the percentage of people in Section 10 funded emergency accommodation in Dublin who did not have an active social housing file and/or who did not have a social housing entitlement.
- Received 4 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
All correspondence of email and letter between Mr Graham Doyle, Secretary General and the Minister dated between 01/11/2024 to 05/01/2025.
- Received 21 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 08/11/2024 to 22/01/2025: Request for records and correspondence held by the department relating to 2025 government formation talks or programme for Government discussions. To include any briefings, memos or presentations prepared by civil servants in the department and given to politicians or negotiators during these discussions.
- Received 30 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of the letter sent by Construction Industry Federation (CIF) regarding the Department’s circular 16/2024 - Basic Unit Cost of new Build Social Housing Schemes – Q2 2024, reported by CIF on lobby.ie
- Received 20 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of all presentations and briefing notes prepared by the department for the Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael negotiating teams during recent government formation talks.
- Received 20 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copy of submissions made by department officials and/or briefing material drawn up for department officials taking part in the Government formation talks in January 2025
- Received 29 January 2024Decided —GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period 01/09/2023 to 28/01/2024- Request for copies of minutes of from The Department FOI management board meetings.
- Received 30 October 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the number of private rental inspections carried out in the first three quarters of 2024, broken down by local authorities, the total number of:
- Received 5 March 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period between 18/09/2024 to 23/01/2025: Request for: - 1. Any briefing papers or reports to the then minister for housing, on the housing output projections of the Central Bank of Ireland in its quarterly bulletin of 18/09/2024. 2. Minutes of any meetings on that topic. This request covers the period around the publication of the Central Bank report and subsequent periods until the end of the then minister’s mandate on 23/01/2025 3. Any other briefing papers, reports or analyses of housing output projections for then minister for housing.
- Received 25 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for all records related to this lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/116910/engineers-ireland
- Received 3 March 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In period of 01/01/2025 to 03/03/2025: Request for correspondence between Waterford Chamber of Commerce and Ministers James Browne and John Cummins.
- Received 24 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for all records related to this lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/112064/engineers-ireland
- Received 21 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a 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 30 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of any complaints received by Met Éireann with regard to its forecasting etc. around Storm Eowyn.
- Received 29 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period from 01/07/2024 to 30/09/2024: Request for all correspondence between the minister and senior officials above Principal Officer grade regarding the letter sent to the three coalition leaders dated 21/08/2024 with the subject line: “Housing for All update”- Previous draft versions of the letter.
- Received 28 August 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request the following: 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 external reports commissioned by the Internal Audit Unit (or fewer if they were provided to Internal Audit Unit more than 3 years ago); A copy of the minutes of the last five audit committee meetings and the last five risk committee meetings. We also discussed that the minutes of the last audit committee meeting (from July) will not be approved until the 7th October committee meeting, and we agreed that those minutes would be provided as soon as agreed (ideally on 07/10 or 08/10), rather than within the official response timeframe for an FOI. This does not change the date on which the balance of the records will be provided.
- Received 9 July 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/126744/permanent-tsb-plc Request for correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, memos, briefs related to an engagement between PTSB and persons at the department.
- Received 3 March 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/02/2025 to 28/02/2025: Request for e-Submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-Submissions channel.
- Received 29 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 29/01/2025: Request for a copy of any high-level documents e.g. submissions, briefings, memos, Questions and Answers, reports or other such records prepared for the Minister, the Secretary General or other senior department officials with responsibility for housing delivery referring or relating to the publication of Central Statistics Office data on the number of house completions.
- Received 18 June 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2021 to 18/06/2025: RE: Proposed Tuath housing development at “Portland Row” and “Aldborough Place” in Dublin 1. Request for following records: - 1. Regarding the funding, support, or policy alignment of the above development. Any correspondence between the department and: