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Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

FOI Requests — 4,047 records (page 25 of 81)

  • Received 3 August 2021
    Decided 31 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0288-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the chief executive of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive and the chief executives of either of the four Dublin local authorities, on the topic of housing or homelessness, between 01/03/2021 and 02/08/2021.

  • Received 3 August 2021
    Decided 31 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0286-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the chair of An Bord Pleanala, between 01/03/2021 and 02/08/2021.

  • Received 4 August 2021
    Decided 31 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0287-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the chief executive of the Land Development Agency, between 01/03/2021 and 02/08/2021.

  • Received 30 July 2021
    Decided 30 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0279-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All records and correspondence with IBEC from 01/01/2021-30/07/2021 as per the lobbying returns.

  • Received 30 July 2021
    Decided 30 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0283-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence held by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the definition of affordable housing / defining affordable housing from 01/02/2020 to 29/07/2021.

  • Received 31 July 2021
    Decided 30 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0281-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence held by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to cost rental equity returns from 29/7/2020 to 29/07/2021.

  • Received 31 July 2021
    Decided 30 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0280-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence with Construction Industry Federation and Minister Darragh O' Brien from 01/01/2021 -30/07/2021 as per the lobbying returns.

  • Received 10 July 2021
    Decided 27 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0255-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All documentation regarding the study by the NPWS into the survival and movement of hares returned to the wild after being coursed, to include details of methodology, and involvement of hare coursers and the Irish Coursing Club.

  • Received 27 July 2021
    Decided 25 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0272-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    The terms and conditions of the current licence given by the NPWS to the Dept of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and for the trapping, and culling/vaccination of badgers.

  • Received 25 June 2021
    Decided 23 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0235-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All correspondence between the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage and the former chair of the Land Development Agency John Moran between 26/06/2020 - 26/06/2021.

  • Received 21 July 2021
    Decided 19 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0265-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Health Service Executive regarding the provision of homeless services in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic covering the period 01/01/2020 to 15/03/2020.

  • Received 20 July 2021
    Decided 17 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0267-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records relating to ecological assessments and any information relating to annex habitats between personnel in South Dublin County Council and NPWS for the time period 01/10/2020 to 20/07/2021 pertaining to the Master Plan for Rathcoole and its area.

  • Received 20 July 2021
    Decided 17 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0263-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records relating to Bull Island Nature Reserve and access points there between 01/01/2021-20/07/2021. Records relating to the scoping, planning, demolition and removal of the Old Lifeguard Hut at the southern end of the Bull Island Nature Reserve.

  • Received 15 July 2021
    Decided 13 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0261-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and/or his officials, pertaining to the Amendment to exempt Cuckoo funds from the 10% stamp duty to the Finance Bill 2021, between 19/05/2021 to 07/07/2021.

  • Received 14 July 2021
    Decided 12 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0248-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence sent to Minister Darragh O'Brien and Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage staff (principal officer and above) between 01/05/2021 -14/07/2021, relating to the stamp duty exemption for funds that lease properties to the state for social housing, to include records of all research and reports compiled by Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage between regarding this matter.

  • Received 13 July 2021
    Decided 11 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0259-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    A list of payments made to Caas Ltd between 01/01/2010 to 12/07/2021.

  • Received 14 June 2021
    Decided 10 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0202-2021
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Emails and reports between Donegal County Council senior managment team and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to Mica/Pyrite or issues surrounding, and/or any issues arising in defective blocks/concrete products in dwellings/business premises or public buildings between 01/01/2020 and 01/06/2021.

  • Received 12 July 2021
    Decided 10 August 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0256-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records relating to a potential change in the boundaries of the land designated as the Connemara Bog Complex SAC from 01/01/2016- 12/07/2021.

  • Received 8 July 2021
    Decided 6 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0251-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records of communications between the Minister of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and the Environmental Protection Agency in relation to the issue of horticultural peat harvesting since 27/06/2020.

  • Received 9 July 2021
    Decided 6 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0253-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Research provided to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the impact of the 10% stamp duty levy imposed by the Minister for Finance on the purchase of more than 10 homes between 01/06/2021-08/07/2021, to include correspondence sent/received by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

  • Received 7 July 2021
    Decided 5 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0249-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence/reports supplied by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage to the European Commission/ European Court of Justice on progress on the agreed programme of measures in response to the judgement delivered on 28/03/2019 in case C427/17 concerning urban waste water treatment of agglomerations in Arklow specifically.

  • Received 5 July 2021
    Decided 3 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0243-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage and Airbnb, Facebook, Google, and Apple between 01/01/2021 - 05/07/2021.

  • Received 6 July 2021
    Decided 3 August 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0245-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Secretary General, the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage and officials in the Department of Finance regarding any proposals to formally declare housing an "emergency" under EU spending rules during 01/01/2021 - 06/07/2021 to include correspondence between the Secretary General and the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage.

  • Received 6 July 2021
    Decided 3 August 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0244-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence received/sent by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in relation to the amendment referenced in the below article Sunday business post: - https://www.businesspost.ie/houses/bulk-buying-funds-who-lease-to-state-are-exempt-from- new-10-stamp-duty-4ad90d12?auth=login

  • Received 1 July 2021
    Decided 29 July 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0242-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All records relating to meetings of the Bathing Water Expert Group between 01/01/2017-01/07/2021 to include copies of briefing material in relation to the Dublin Bay Area. Copies of any memoranda or any related matters from the Bathing Water Expert Group to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage relating to the Bathing Water Testing between 01/01/2017-01/07/2021.

  • Received 2 July 2021
    Decided 29 July 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0241-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Agendas and minutes of all meetings that included the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage and representatives of the Dublin Region Homeless Executive betwee 01/12/2017 and 01/07/2021.

  • Received 29 June 2021
    Decided 27 July 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0239-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence, meeting minutes and briefings between the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage and Dun Laoghaire- Rathdown County Council regarding vacant homes, between 01/01/2021-29/06/2021, to include any correspondence, meeting minutes and briefings with vacant homes officers assigned to each local authority, between 01/01/2021 - 29/06/2021.

  • Received 30 June 2021
    Decided 27 July 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0240-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing Local Government and Heritage and Pavee Point and The Irish Traveller Movement, regarding the provision of new or standards of existing Traveller accommodation, between 01/01/2021 - 30/06/2021.

  • Received 28 June 2021
    Decided 26 July 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0236-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of any briefings/submissions/memos/information notes/speaking notes prepared for either Minister Darragh O'Brien or the Secretary General with regard to the following report on deaths among homeless people : https://www.independent.ie/irish- news/politics/2020-homeless-deaths-nearly-twice-2019but-its-not-rough-sleepers-40586567.html

  • Received 25 June 2021
    Decided 22 July 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0232-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records relating to a benthic survey of the Codling Bank, commissioned by NPWS Science and Biodiversity Unit between 01/01/2012 - 26/06/2021.

  • Received 29 May 2021
    Decided 21 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0196-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records relating to the award of 25 million euro in funding for the Book of Kells project.

  • Received 23 June 2021
    Decided 21 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0228-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between Minister Darragh O'Brien and the Land Development Agency chief executive John Coleman and former Land Development Agency interim chairman John Moran between 14/04/2021-23/06/2021.

  • Received 24 May 2021
    Decided 20 July 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0183-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records in relation to the restoration and conservation works carried out at Ardagullion Bog, Co. Longford from 01/01/2014-24/05/2021.

  • Received 18 June 2021
    Decided 16 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0222-2021
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of identified Strategic Housing Development Review Report submissions.

  • Received 20 May 2021
    Decided 15 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0169-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All commissioned research, reports, memos and briefing notes on institutional property funds between 03/05/2021-20/05/2021. All correspondence between Principal Officers and above of the Department of Housing, Local Governement and Heritage and the Department of Finance in relation to institutional property funds between 03/05/2021-20/05/2021. All correspondence received by the Department of Housing, Local Governement and Heritage from Institutional Property Funds, Property Industry Ireland, Irish Institutional Property and Construction Industry Federataion between 03/05/2021-20/05/2021.

  • Received 17 June 2021
    Decided 15 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0226-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between Minister Darragh O'Brien, Kevin Dillon and Airbnb, in relation to short-term letting in Ireland, between 01/01/2021-17/06/2021.

  • Received 17 June 2021
    Decided 15 July 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0227-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records in relation to the damaging of a bat roost at Emo Court, Co. Laois, while work was being carried out by the Office of Public Works in January 2020.

  • Received 18 May 2021
    Decided 14 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0157-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of any briefings/submissions prepared for Minister O'Brien or the Secretary General with regard to cuckoo funds and/or the purchase of a housing estate in Maynooth by such a fund between 01/03/2021-18/05/2021.

  • Received 18 May 2021
    Decided 14 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0156-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of any records held by the National Parks and Wildlife Service referring or relating to the discovery of an Asian hornet in Dublin between 01/04/2021-18/05/2021.

  • Received 18 May 2021
    Decided 13 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0155-2021
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Communications referencing Urbeo, the "U Maynooth" scheme or the Carton Grove housing estate between 23/04/2021-14/05/2021.

  • Received 14 June 2021
    Decided 12 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0197-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of any briefings/submissions/reports prepared for Minister O'Brien or Minister Burke with regard to specified agreement on councillor pay between 01/01/2021 to 14/06/2021, to include correspondence held in the email accounts of Minister Burke or Minister O'Brien referring to the above agreement/plan, between 01/01/2021 to 14/06/2021.

  • Received 9 June 2021
    Decided 9 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0217-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence/minutes of meetings between the Minster for Housing, Local Governement and Heritage and the Residential Tenancies Board between 01/03/2021-09/06/2021.

  • Received 11 May 2021
    Decided 7 July 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0145-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records in relation to hare coursing meetings that took place from 01/01/2020-11/05/2021 to include coursers reports, veterinary reports, capture returns, release returns, NPWS reports, and all other documentation in relation to the granting of the 2020/2021 netting licence, plus issues arising from coursing season.

  • Received 12 May 2021
    Decided 7 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0144-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records in relation to the granting of a derogation from the EU Birds Directive for the all year around shooting of wood pigeons between 01/05/2021 and 30/04/2022.

  • Received 9 June 2021
    Decided 7 July 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0216-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    All guidance documents sent to presiding officers or other staff at polling stations in advance of the General Election held on 08/02/2020. A list of all polling stations for the 2020 General Election, to include a list of the names of the presiding officers for each polling station. All correspondence issued to Returning Officers or count staff on how to conduct the counting of votes for the 2020 General Election in accordance with the law.

  • Received 9 June 2021
    Decided 6 July 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0214-2021
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records from a meeting between Louth County Council and Departmental officials that took place in May 2021 in relation to Louth County Councils failed application for funding for the Drogheda Northern Port Access Cross Route.

  • Received 9 June 2021
    Decided 6 July 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0215-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Secretary General and Donegal County Council regarding issues arising as a result of mica in council homes, council costs re mica and redress associated with same from 01/06/2021- 09/06/2021.

  • Received 9 June 2021
    Decided 6 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0218-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Governement and Heritage and Dublin City Council between 01/01/2021 - 09/06/2021 in relation to homelessness. Minutes of meetings of the Homelessness Taskforce between 01/01/2021-09/06/2021, to include correspondence between Minister O'Brien and officials at, or above, the grade of Principal Officer in the Department of Housing and Local Government and Heritage.

  • Received 5 June 2021
    Decided 5 July 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0208-2021
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Copies of decision letters issued by the Department of Housing, Local Governement and Heritage to individuals which did not include information on the reduced rate fee for appeals during the period 26/05/2020 - 26/05/2021.

  • Received 1 June 2021
    Decided 29 June 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0199-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

    Records in relation to Blackwater Bank and Hempton's Turbot Bank as Natura 2000 sites created between 14/02/2013 and 08/04/2017.