Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
FOI Requests — 4,047 records (page 3 of 81)
- Received 6 August 2025Decided 26 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 30/07/2025: Request for e-Submissions and ancillary documents 257-25: Uisce Éireann - Housing Delivery and Economic Regulation.
- Received 7 August 2025Decided 26 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for e-Submissions 257-25 Uisce Éireann - Housing Delivery and Economic Regulation
- Received 29 July 2025Decided 26 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for any records, reports, or communications held by the department or National Monuments Service RE: Discovery of historical human remains during construction activity in the Seven Mills area near Fonthill Station in July 2025. This is might include: - Site assessment reports Archaeological or osteological evaluations Findings of historical significance Internal or external correspondence related to the discovery
- Received 11 July 2025Decided 22 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 20/01/2025 to 06/07/2025: Request for copies of the following e-Submissions and ancillary documents: HLG 00181-25: GNI Capital Commitments for 2025.
- Received 8 July 2025Decided 22 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 06/07/2025: RE: The Expansion of Rent Pressure Zones to cover the entire country. Request for the following: - e-Submissions and ancillary documents: 231-25: Rent Pressure Zones - Proposal to Designate Correspondence between the minister and Chief Executive of the Housing Agency and assistant secretary general in the Homelessness, Rental & Social Inclusion Division. All memos or briefing documents prepared the minister Correspondence between assistant secretary general of the Homelessness, Rental & Social Inclusion Division and the secretary general at the department
- Received 31 July 2025Decided 22 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2023 to 18/07/2025: RE: Rural Water Programme for the Inishbofin Water Group and/or Sewerage Scheme. Request for the following: - 1. A copy of the application form submitted by Donegal County Council 2. Any reports, assessments, or supporting documents submitted as part of that application. 3. Correspondence (letters, emails, memos, or any other communication) between the department and Donegal County Council 4. Any minutes of meetings, internal memos, or notes created by the department in relation to the evaluation of the application.
- Received 30 July 2025Decided 19 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/04/2024 to 31/03/2025: Request for all emails sent by officials of the department to the Housing Agency’s Underwriting Team and Chief State Solicitor's Office (CSSO) which relate to: 1. The eligibility of non-EU applicants under the Local Authority Home Loan (LAHL) scheme; 2. The interpretation or application of residency criteria, particularly Section 3.4 of the Credit Policy; Any instructions, requests, or guidance to pause, defer, suspend or hold the processing of LAHL applications involving non-EU residents
- Received 11 June 2025Decided 18 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 15/02/2025 to 30/05/2025: Request for all email correspondence between the Minister and department staff at principal officer level and above who are involved in secondment of staff to the Housing Activation Office from: - The Executive Team of Uisce Éireann The Executive Team of ESB Networks The Executive Team of NTA The Executive Team of local authorities (e.g. Dublin City Council)
- Received 30 June 2025Decided 13 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2019 to 30/06/2025: RE: Crissard Wolfhill Mast and Raven Nesting. Request for the following: - 1. Any reports, records, or correspondence held by the NPWS relating to the presence of Ravens (Corvus corax) nesting or roosting at or near the mast site in Crissard, Co. Laois R14HW74 2. Any exemptions or wildlife disturbance permissions granted under the Wildlife Acts to 2rn, RTÉ Transmission Network, or any telecom operator in relation to that site. 3. Any complaints or reports received from the public relating to bird nesting, mast upgrades, or wildlife disturbance at the Crissard location. 4. Any ecological assessments or species impact, screening carried out near the mast.
- Received 24 July 2025Decided 13 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of the letter that issued this year by the minister to all local authorities instructing them to rezone land for residential use.
- Received 24 July 2025Decided 8 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copy of submissions made by the department since 01/04/2025 to the Department of Public Expenditure regarding funding for the housing/water sector to be provided under the revised National Development Plan Request for 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 10 July 2025Decided 8 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2024 to 10/07/2025: Request for records in relation to crime prosecutions initiated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service within the last year. Request for records in relation to Wildlife Crime Prosecutions initiated by the National Parks and Wildlife Service in the years 2024 and 2025.
- Received 12 June 2025Decided 7 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: Meeting in which valuation of the costs associated with the 486 homes, which were to be delivered, under PPP Bundle 3 was discussed. Request for the following: - All briefing documents prepared for the meeting Minutes pertaining to the meeting Any report to the minister drawn up following the meeting Any relevant email threads
- Received 22 July 2025Decided 6 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/124330/q4pr Request for records related to the above lobbying return: Search to include private emails, messaging services and phones where appropriate.
- Received 9 July 2025Decided 6 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: Lobbying Request for the following records: - Email referenced in the lobbying link from the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland on Basel III and lending to public housing entities. Any notes/briefing documents related to the email or to engagement with the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland on Basel III. Any response issued by the Department of Housing to the Banking and Payments Federation Ireland, by way of either letter or text message, on the referenced email.
- Received 11 July 2025Decided 6 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 20/01/2025 to 06/07/2025: Request for copies of the following e-Submissions and ancillary documents: - 090-25 and 206-25: Review of Housing Assistance Payment Landlord Payment Guarantee - 151-25: HAP Governance Group Year End Report 2024 - 196-25: Review of HAP Limits and Continuation of Arrangements for Discretionary Increases
- Received 9 July 2025Decided 5 August 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/125521/bank-of-ireland-group-plc Request for correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, memos, briefs related to an engagement between the minister and the Bank of Ireland.
- Received 9 June 2025Decided 5 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2014 to 31/05/2015: Request for all of the cabinet level documents relating to housing and homelessness prepared for the minister by the homeless unit. To include cabinet memos, aide memoirs, agendas of discussions, notes of discussions, minutes of cabinet meetings and any other relevant documents, notes and correspondence relating to any discussion at cabinet of the housing and homelessness issue.
- Received 30 June 2025Decided 1 August 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 23/01/2025 to 30/06/2025: Request for reports, briefing materials prepared for or correspondence held by the minister regarding the department availing of the services or potentially availing of the services of social media influencers.
- Received 9 July 2025Decided 1 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/02/2025 to 09/07/2025: Request for a copy of any correspondence, letters, emails, sent and received, between the minister and any European commissioner.
- Received 21 July 2025Decided 31 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/02/2025 to 01/07/2025: Request for correspondence, emails, written records, and minutes of meetings related to the costs of humanitarian assistance programs for Galway City Council as a result of Storm Éowyn. Items that might be relevant to my request would include: Humanitarian hubs Additional staffing to deal with vulnerable residents, or signposting to available supports Any support given to other agencies in the immediate aftermath of Storm Éowyn The request relates to the emergency response by local authorities, namely in this case Galway City Council.
- Received 7 July 2025Decided 31 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/05/2025 to 10/06/2025: Request for emails, text messages, or letters between the secretary general at the department and the minister or his representatives regarding the 'housing tsar' or 'housing czar' or chief of the Housing Activation Office, or the commencement of the Housing Activation Office." Also in the period of 28/05/2025 to 10/06/2025: Request for email received or sent by the secretary general at the department regarding the 'housing tsar', 'housing czar' or chief of the Housing Activation Office.
- Received 21 May 2025Decided 31 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copies of minutes of and reports from the Housing for All Investment Group meetings on 29/02/2024, 03/03/2024, 07/05/2024 and 14/06/2024. Request for a copy of the draft report to the Housing for All Investment Group in February 2025.
- Received 11 July 2025Decided 31 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 20/01/2025 to 06/07/2025: Request for copies of the following e-Submissions and ancillary documents: HLG 00050-25: Recovery of Exceptional Funding provided to the Peter McVerry Trust.
- Received 11 July 2025Decided 30 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 20/01/2025 to 06/07/2025: Request for copies of the following e-Submissions and ancillary documents: HLG 00218-25: Approval for Capitalisation of the Land Development Agency via the Issuance of 400,000,000 Ordinary Shares.
- Received 16 July 2025Decided 29 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/03/2025 to 07/07/2025: Request for letters, emails and documents sent to the previous minister and department officials from the European Commission in relation to the renewal of Ireland’s nitrates derogation.
- Received 28 May 2025Decided 29 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for all records of the total sum approved by the department for the Nuncio Project. To include all emails, letters, attendance notes or minutes of meetings where the allocation of funding for the Nuncio Project were discussed or considered. The records sought relate to project reference 2022.12008 Nuncio Road (22 units) and documents relevant to the amount requested, approved and recouped.
- Received 22 May 2025Decided 29 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for copies of all emails from the assistant secretary in the Social Housing Division of the department to all staff in their division about social housing approval applications and the funding available for approving Affordable Housing Body projects since the new government was formed.
- Received 30 June 2025Decided 28 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for any emails from level of principal officer and above from the Planning Legislation Reform Unit to the minister or Minister of State John Cummins in relation to planning exemptions around attic conversions Request for any minutes, notes or correspondence involving staff of the Planning Legislation Reform unit at the department in relation to planning exemptions around attic conversions
- Received 4 July 2025Decided 28 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 04/07/2025: RE: Rent Pressure Zones Request for records related to engagement with the Residential Tenancies Board regarding the implementation of reforms agreed at cabinet.
- Received 8 July 2025Decided 28 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Request for following: 1. Eco-plan applications referred - TFL00875622, TFL00875822, TFL00875922, and TFL00876122 in their original form and with all metadata/properties intact. 2. Any details of policy or established procedures for replying, commenting, or making recommendations on forestry applications. 3. Any details of policy or established procedures for forestry application “nature conservation recommendations,” particularly relating to the bird-nesting season and surveys to be carried out by a suitably qualified ecologist to record signs of mammals. 4. A list of all forestry applications for which National Parks and Wildlife Service recommended mammal surveys in 2022 and 2023.
- Received 14 June 2025Decided 26 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of all records held by the minister or his special advisers referring to or relating to the decision not to proceed with the delivery of around 500 homes under a PPP programme.
- Received 15 July 2025Decided 25 July 2025WithdrawnDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for details of the cost to the taxpayer with regard to Helicopter Firefighting services for the past ten years 2015 to 2025. 1. Under a European Tendering Competition has the current provider been awarded the tender for services or an unpublished direct award? 2. What is the company that currently provides the service to National Parks and Wildlife Service? 3. Will National Parks and Wildlife Service publish a public tender in the future or is it envisaged that the department will continue to operate a single source award protocol in the future?
- Received 4 June 2025Decided 25 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 04/06/2025: Request for emails, memos, briefing documents relating to plans for a directly elected mayor for Dublin.
- Received 2 July 2025Decided 24 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/01/2025 to 02/07/2025: Request for list of all e- Submission titles, sent to the minister.
- Received 1 July 2025Decided 24 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/06/2025 to 30/06/2025: Request for most recent "Housing System Overview" provided to the minister. Request for correspondence sent to the minister in relation to the most recent "Housing Systems Overview".
- Received 23 June 2025Decided 18 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/06/2025 to 23/06/2025: Request for correspondence sent by members of the public to minister regarding Rent Pressure Zones.
- Received 25 June 2025Decided 17 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for a copy of the cost-rental designation application sent by South Dublin County Council to the minister/department for the Innovation Square development in Tallaght. If the applications are for each individual unit within the 133 apartment complex separately, then please provide a copy of a cost-rental designation application for a two-bedroom unit.
- Received 23 June 2025Decided 17 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 26/05/2025 to 23/06/2025: Request for email correspondence between the minister and department staff at principal officer level and above who are involved in the Housing Activation Office and the secondment of staff to Housing Activation Office from Executive Team of Uisce Éireann Executive Team of ESB Networks Executive Team of NTA from the period 15/02/2025 to 30/05/2025 Executive Team of local authorities (e.g. Dublin City Council)
- Received 24 June 2025Decided 17 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period 16/06/2025 to 23/06/2025: Request for email correspondence between the minister and his special advisers and department staff at principal officer level and above about the Housing Activation Office.
- Received 20 June 2025Decided 17 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for any single record or the smallest number of records possible which shows the budget, set aside in your FOI body for the EU presidency in 2025 or 2026. In addition, any record which shows staffing implications in 2025 and 2026 arising from the Irish EU Presidency
- Received 9 June 2025Decided 17 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
RE: COP 16 in Colombia and request for the following: - A record/spreadsheet/database of all costs incurred by the department or the National Parks and Wildlife Service arising from attendance of officials. A list of those who travelled. A copy of all invoices/receipts associated with the trip.
- Received 19 June 2025Decided 16 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/04/2025 to 31/05/2025: Request for access to the list of e-Correspondence.
- Received 10 June 2025Decided 16 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/012025 to 10/06/2025: Request for memos, minutes of meetings, briefings, emails and letters sent from Gas Networks Ireland to the minister in relation to semi-state CEO remuneration.
- Received 23 June 2025Decided 15 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 23/01/2025 to 23/06/2025: Request for the following: - Copies of all correspondence regarding changes to Rent Pressure Zones between relevant department officials and Department of Public Expenditure officials Department of Finance officials Department Officials of Principle Officer Grade and up - Correspondence to include, but not be limited to, letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, memos, briefing documents, minutes of meetings etc.
- Received 16 June 2025Decided 15 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/03/2025 to 16/06/2025: Request for correspondence, and attachments, between the department and the Department of Finance that relates to funding of social housing schemes using the PPP model.
- Received 16 June 2025Decided 15 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/03/2025 to 16/06/2025: Request for correspondence, and attachments, between the department and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform that relates to the funding of social housing schemes using the PPP model.
- Received 7 May 2025Decided 15 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for records and the business case relating to the purchase of Conor Pass, Kerry in 2024 including correspondence with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and other public bodies
- Received 16 June 2025Decided 14 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
Request for all records held referring or relating to three lobbying meetings held with the Construction Industry Federation. Meetings were: 1. 05/09/2024 with the previous minister 2. With Graham Doyle, Caroline Timmons, Aine Stapleton, Paul Hogan, and Paul Benson which took place in 2024 3. With Minister James Browne in 2025.
- Received 9 June 2025Decided 14 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
In the period of 01/04/2024 to 09/06/2024: Request for correspondence, emails, letters, briefings, presentations, attachments, records and minutes of meetings etc. between the department and Department of Public Expenditure in relation to Public Private Partnership Bundle 3.