Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
FOI Requests — 4,047 records (page 2 of 81)
- Received 1 July 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/06/2025 to 30/06/2025: Request for a list of e- Submissions submitted to the minister through the e-submissions channel.
- Received 30 January 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of any complaints received by Met Eireann (in any format) with regard to its forecasting/warnings etc. around the recent Storms Isha and Storm Jocelyn
- Received 23 September 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: In the period since 01/03/2024 between the Minister or staff of Principal Officer (PO) level within the Homelessness Unit and the Peter McVerry Trust or any Peter McVerry Trust officials. Request for copies of: 1. Any correspondence; and any associated reports, including financial reports; the notes of any meetings 2. Any reports or notes on the governance and finances of the Peter McVerry Trust and the services it provides; and any submissions or draft proposals to Any correspondence between the Minister or staff of PO level within the Homelessness Unit and the Charities Regulator on the governance and finances of the Peter McVerry Trust and the services it provides 3. Any correspondence and the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority on the governance and finances of the Peter McVerry Trust and the services it provides. 4. Any correspondence and the Housing Agency on the governance and finances of the Peter McVerry Trust and the services it provides 5. Any correspondence and the Dublin Regional Homeless Executive or Dublin City Council on the governance and finances of the Peter McVerry Trust and the services it provides.
- Received 20 June 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for records going back to the year 2010 appropriately to when a Wildlife Inspector first visited and in particular to 2015 when he found dead bats in the drinking water tank and furnished me with a removal licence, for which I update on an annual basis. National Parks and Wildlife Service has caused much damage and with total disregard to Heritage and my efforts and cost of maintenance.
- Received 3 July 2025Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for full information from the department and the National Parks and Wildlife Service RE: Operating Falconry Businesses in Ireland Such as - How many such premises are operating with a valid zoo licence issued for 2025 year? Full list of such premises/ individuals with a licence number/date of inspection. How many firms/individuals refused to get a zoo licence and to be inspected by zoo licence inspectors Full list of such premises/individuals. How many cases brought before the court for refusing inspections or licensed? Full list of such premises/individuals. If not, why the department did not take appropriate action?
- Received 19 January 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/08/2023 to 19/01/2024 - In relation of Housing Finance Policy and Debt Level. Request for minutes of meetings between The Department and Cluid Housing, also any correspondence between The Department and Cluid Housing.
- Received 29 January 2024Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/12/2023 to 29/01/2024 Requesting a copy of any records held by The Minister or the Secretary General of The Department referring to or relating to the purchase of residential property by an airline company.
- Received 26 January 2024Decided —GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request the release of all records relating to the correspondence between Airbnb and
- Received 6 May 2025Decided —RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 28/03/2025 to 04/05/2025: Request for correspondence to and from the minister, his secretary general and special advisors, the Taoiseach, Tánaiste, Minister for Finance, their secretaries general and special advisors on the issue of the Housing Activation Office and the appointment of a chief executive to that office.
- Received 25 February 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for any reports arising from the Department’s data collection study on market surveillance which began on 01/04/2017
- Received 22 January 2025Decided —Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2024 to 22/01/2025: Request for records of Correspondence between the Department and Peter McVerry Trust for the last year to include emails and letters between department officials at Principal Officer Level and above. Any correspondence specifically related to issues around financial control, corporate governance etc. at Peter McVerry Trust. Any correspondence about deficit funding for contracts awarded to Peter McVerry Trust. In the period of 01/01/2017 to 31/01/2019 emails from/to CEO of Peter McVerry Trust directly to the Minister’s mailbox.
- Received 8 February 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copies of all records relating to the meeting held between The Department
- Received 26 January 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2023 to 25/01/2024- Request for all correspondence, emails, letters and records and minutes of meetings etc. regarding the Arterial Drainage Act in the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2023-2030 held by The Department
- Received 26 January 2024Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2023 to 25/01/2024- Request for all correspondence, emails, letters and records and minutes of meetings etc. regarding Nitrates and the Nitrates Derogation in the National Biodiversity Action Plan 2023-2030 held by The Department
- Received 3 September 2025Decided 30 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for correspondence held by Met Éireann in relation to the choice of storm names for this year’s selection.
- Received 18 September 2025Decided 29 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/04/2025 to 18/09/2025: Request for the following: - Copy of submissions made by the department to the Department of Public Expenditure regarding funding for the housing/water sector to be provided under the revised National Development Plan Copy of briefing material prepared by the department for the minister for his bilateral meetings with the Minister for Public Expenditure regarding the revised National Development Plan
- Received 2 September 2025Decided 29 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/07/2025 to 02/09/2025: Request for copies of correspondence between the minister and the following individuals: Minister of State Seán Canney; Minister of State Noel Grealish; Minister of State Marian Harkin; Minister of State Kevin 'Boxer' Moran; Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae; Danny Healy-Rae TD; Michael Lowry TD; Barry Heneghan TD; Gillian Toole TD.
- Received 2 September 2025Decided 29 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 27/6/2020 to 2/9/2025: Request for copies of correspondence between the minister and former Minister Darragh O'Brien and former Dublin football manager/Irish Aviation Authority chief operations officer/chair of Dublin Citizen's Assembly Jim Gavin.
- Received 7 August 2025Decided 26 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the following e-Submissions - 062-25 Terms and Conditions of the new GNI CEO
- Received 7 August 2025Decided 26 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the following e-Submissions 011-25 GNI CEO Remuneration
- Received 30 July 2025Decided 25 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 19/02/2025 to 30/07/2025: Request for communications from Members of the public, sent to the offices of the Minister and Minister of State John Cummins, over plans to remove requirements for planning permission for cabins up to 45msq at the rear of properties Any communications sent between the two ministers’ offices surrounding the proposed changes to planning for said cabins.
- Received 29 July 2025Decided 24 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
1. Request for records related to the reportedly planned imposition of Habitual Residency Criteria or related additional criteria to access to long- term social housing supports provided under the Housing Acts. 2. Request for Memos held or drafted by the department or the Minister.
- Received 28 August 2025Decided 24 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for details of all third party companies, contractors and or/consultants engaged in work with the National Directorate Fire Emergency Management from 2020 to present: 1. The specific contractor in question is the Former Chief Fire Officer and International Expert of named company 2. Copies of contractual arrangements or agreements for any work undertaken by this contractor with National Directorate Fire Emergency Management 3. Minutes, including attendees, of the Ctrí and NMACs Project Boards from 2015 to date. 4. Details of competencies (as defined by the safety, Health and Welfare at Work Act 2005) held by validators on the External Validation Group of the National Directorate Fire Emergency Management
- Received 25 August 2025Decided 24 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the list of Environmental Impact Assessments for the last ten years that the department have conducted with regard to the spreading of fertiliser adjacent to the Lough Corrib – Owenriff – SAC – (Site Code 000297) Under the Habitats Directive these assessments are required if a farmer is spreading fertiliser within a 15km radius of an Natura Site - Special Area of Conservation (SAC).
- Received 2 September 2025Decided 23 September 2025GrantedDepartment 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:- Electoral (Amendment) Regulations 2025.
- Received 2 September 2025Decided 22 September 2025GrantedDepartment 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:- Presidential Election spending/reimbursement limits
- Received 1 September 2025Decided 22 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/06/2025 to 15/06/2025: Request for any letters (via post or email) sent to the previous Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien and department officials from the European Commission in relation to the renewal of Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation.
- Received 1 August 2025Decided 19 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for internal briefing notes, legal assessments, policy memoranda, Internal documents (e.g. general scheme drafts, internal memos, stakeholder impact analyses) that informed the minister along with any advice, submissions, or communications addressed to or from the minister a) RE: the most recent changes to Rent Pressure Zones (RPZ) b) RE: development and drafting of the Planning Design Standards for Apartments (2025)
- Received 30 July 2025Decided 18 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for records created in the period since 01/01/2025 relating to the new Planning Design Standards for Apartments, specifically: Correspondence and any associated reports, including financial reports; the notes or minutes of any meetings between Minister James Browne and staff of principal officer level about the new standards Associated papers or briefing notes exchanged between the Minister and staff of principal officer level regarding the new standards Reports or briefings drawn up by the department about new standards, which contain data on their comparison to European standards.
- Received 20 August 2025Decided 10 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2024 to 20/08/2025 1. Section 10 – Statement of Reasons Pursuant to Section 10 FOI Act 2014, please provide: The reasons for the act of National Parks and Wildlife Service that adversely affected me (namely, the intervention preventing me from presenting at the above conference) The findings on any material issues of fact made for the purposes of the act; and The name and grade of the person who made the decision. 2. Request for Records Separately, under the FOI Act 2014, Request for copies of all records held by National Parks and Wildlife Service relating to an individual’s proposed participation in the International Basking Shark Conference, including but not limited to: Internal and external correspondence (emails, letters, text/WhatsApp/Teams messages, memos, meeting notes/minutes, file notes) referring to the individual or their presentation; Communications between National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Irish Basking Shark Group or any other parties regarding the individual’s invitation, participation, or removal as a presenter; Any internal assessments, recommendations, or instructions made by National Parks and Wildlife Service staff in relation to the matter.
- Received 15 July 2025Decided 10 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 23/01/2025 to 10/07/2025: Request for: - 1. Any correspondence – including letters; emails; meeting minutes; memos; or otherwise between the minister, his departmental officials and advisors, and the Land Development Agency, on the Planning and Development Amendment Bill 2025 in relation to apartments between the date of his appointment as minister and 15/07/2025 2. Any emails referencing apartments between the Land Development Agency, the minister, his advisors and the department.
- Received 19 August 2025Decided 10 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2015 to 19/08/2025: Request for records in relation to traveller accommodations.
- Received 12 August 2025Decided 5 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for all data/documentation regarding the granting of the licence to capture, mark and tag Irish Hares from the wild for use as live lures for greyhounds at coursing events in 2025 and 2026 To include submission from the Irish Coursing Club, an indication of the number of submissions from other organisations and the general public Documentation on the deliberation process, meetings Recommendation to the minister on the granting of the licence, and any other data relating to this issue.
- Received 6 August 2025Decided 2 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 06/08/2025: Request for a list of all submissions prepared for the minister.
- Received 6 August 2025Decided 2 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 30/07/2025: Request for copies of the following e-Submissions and ancillary documents: - 301-25: Housing Finance Agency 2024 Annual Report and Financial Statements
- Received 7 August 2025Decided 2 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the following e-Submissions - 090-25 Review of Housing Assistance Payment Landlord Payment Guarantee
- Received 14 August 2025Decided 2 September 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of a letter dated 29/05/2025. This is further to the letter dated 16/05/2025 from the minister to all local authorities regarding rezoning of land for residential use, an order to facilitate additional zoning in support of accelerated housing delivery from the minister and Minister Cummins issued on the 29/07/2025 as per Gov.ie. Please confirm whether a subsequent letter was issued to local authorities following the order to reopen their development plans regarding updating their housing targets and rezone land for residential use.
- Received 1 August 2025Decided 1 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/07/2025 to 31/07/2025: Request for a list of e- Submissions submitted to the minister through the e-submissions channel.
- Received 5 August 2025Decided 1 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/04/2025 to 05/08/2025: Request for a copy of any briefings, memos, reports, submissions, Questions & Answers or other such high-level documents prepared for the minister or the secretary- general with regard to proposals to increase the size allowance for cabins or garden homes and/or the public consultation on the matter.
- Received 7 August 2025Decided 1 September 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a list of e-Submissions -165-25 Strategic Land Purchase at Mount Brandon, Co. Kerry
- Received 7 August 2025Decided 1 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a list of e-Submissions - 077-25 Departmental Response to SIPO direction to make discovery of the Mulcahy Report
- Received 11 August 2025Decided 1 September 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2015 to 11/08/2025: Request for a list, record, or database of un-commenced legislation for which the minister is responsible along with any accompanying briefing notes specifically produced on the un-commenced legislation . Refined to Local Government, Planning, and Housing Policy & Standards Divisions.
- Received 2 August 2025Decided 29 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/07/2025 to 31/07/2025: Request for the most recent "Housing System Overview" provided to the minister. In addition, all correspondence sent to the minister in relation to same.
- Received 22 July 2025Decided 29 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: Meeting between the minister and Central Bank Governor 03/04/2025 Request for the following information: - All minutes of the meeting All briefing notes provided to the minister ahead of the meeting. Any correspondence between officials in the minister's office at principal officer level and above, related to the meeting.
- Received 6 August 2025Decided 29 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 30/07/2025.Request for the e-Submissions and ancillary documents:- 211-25: Review of Rent Pressure Zones.
- Received 7 August 2025Decided 29 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for the following e-Submissions: - 053-25 Important update on Interim Remediation Scheme for Fire Safety Defects in Apartments and Duplexes.
- Received 8 July 2025Decided 28 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: In a recent press release new planning guidelines for apartments, the minister is quoted as saying that 'the changes being made, when compared to the previous guidelines, will likely result in some cases in an average of €50k and up to €100k cost reduction per unit." Request for any documents held by the department, including but not limited to correspondence with lobby organisations, the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation, the Department of Finance, the Housing Agency, the Land Development Agency, and internal departmental memo, on which these estimates of €50k and €100k are based.
- Received 8 July 2025Decided 28 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copy of any analysis of the impact on delivery or construction costs of the proposed changes to apartment guidelines. In addition, request for any internal correspondence, between department officials of principal officer level and above, that relates to the proposed changes to apartment guidelines.
- Received 5 August 2025Decided 28 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2014 to 31/12/2015 and 01/07/2024 to 05/08/2025 Request for the following: Impact assessments or expert opinion commissioned by or for the department related to reducing minimum sizes for apartments. Records related to engagements with stakeholders about this matter.
- Received 6 August 2025Decided 28 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 30/07/2025: Request for copies of the following e-Submissions and ancillary documents: 237-25: Local Government Fund Expenditure 2025 B 324-25: Local Government Fund Expenditure 2025 C.