Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copy of the report entitled “Investigation into In House Projects at Meath Partnership" which was carried out for the Department, the cost of preparing the report and the company who prepared it. Correspondence between the Department and Meath Partnership in relation to the interim version of this report and the final version of this report, from 01/04/2014 to 03/11/2015. Details of how much of the €535,173 in irregular payments which were highlighted in the report were paid back to the Department by Meath Partnership and details of how much the Department paid in legal costs for the High Court action taken by Meath Partnership.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Files/records about the initial invitation from the Vatican/Luxembourg Presidency to Ireland and any internal discussion of the Minister's attendance or otherwise at the meeting and any correspondence with either the Vatican, the Luxembourg Presidency or any other sources about attendance or otherwise.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copy of the original 56 meeting requests received by the Minister referred to in PQ 31213/5

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​A copy of Minister Alan Kelly's diary from 01/01/2015 to 30/10/2015

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Any and all correspondence documented or digital and in particular any notification relating to the 22nd of May 2015 Marriage Equality Referendum received or sent between the Referendum Returning Officer and the Master of the High Court during the month of August 2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Information on statement made by Pat Rabbitte in 2014 on proposing to lift the ban on nuclear power in Money Point, Co. Clare.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Information from BENE (better environment with nuclear energy) on their views as to whether Money Point is a suitable site for a nuclear power plant in Ireland.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Records in relation to the appointment of individuals to the Board of DDDA.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Copies of correspondence between Minister Ann Phelan – or her Department – to the CEO of Kilkenny Local Authority relating to the provision for funding from its County Council budget of 2016 to the Stoneyford Village Renewal Scheme. Copies of correspondence between Minister Ann Phelan – or her Department office – and the Stoneyford Tidy Town's Committee - or any member of that committee - relating to the provision of funding from Kilkenny County Council's 2016 budget for the Stoneyford Village Renewal Scheme.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Details of all Freedom of Information requests submitted to the Department concerning the Senior's Alert Scheme for the period 11/11/2012 to 10/11/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Correspondence from the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government to Irish Water in relation to the number of domestic customers paying their water bills, to cover the period 01/01/2015 to 28/10/2015. Records in relation to payment rates among non-domestic customers.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copies of all Internal Audit reports carried out from 01/06/2015 to 28/10/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All documents, internal and external, sent to and from the Department relating to the fire tragedy in Carrickmines in October 2015, including dealing with the relocation of their family members and also funeral details.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copies of all records that would have been sent to or originated in the Minister's office regarding allocations of funding made to local authorities for adaptations and extensions to social houses to meet needs of tenants with a disability or to address serious overcrowding. Copies of all records that would have been sent to or originated in the Minister's office regarding allocations of funding made to local authorities for energy retrofitting works to social houses.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Any communication between the Department and Cork City Council regarding housing allocation decisions, availability of housing or directions for Cork City Council to assess its ability to house people currently in Direct Provision accommodation or people affected by recent international migrant movements where it was agreed within EU meeting to take persons. Any communication ( between the Department and Cork City Council requesting or directing the Council to enter discussion with TUSLA on the issue of accommodating refugees/migrants/asylum seekers.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copy of 2015 Risk Register.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All correspondence and records between Advisors, Ministers & Civil Servants concerning, Private Rented Accommodation, Affordable Rent & Rent Certainty from 01/01/2015 to 14/10/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Copy of how Local Property Tax and Motor Tax revenue is distributed

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copy of all briefing material prepared for meetings between the Minister and the Minister for Finance or Minister for Public Expenditure in relation to proposals for Budget 2016 relating to “rent certainty”.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

All records held by the Department in relation to a letter dated 06/08/1992 to the Department regarding an application for an exhumation licence at St Mary’s High Park.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All and any correspondence between referendum returning officer Ríona Ní Fhlanghaile, and the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan, from 31/07/2015 to 19/10/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Minutes and agendas of all meetings on water sector reform issues attended by senior Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government officials, ministerial advisors and representatives of Irish Water, from 01/01/2015 to 05/10/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All correspondence between the Minister and or the Department and the Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan, from 31/07/2015 to 02/10/2015. All correspondence between the Minister and or the Department and referendum returning officer Ríona Ní Fhlanghaile, from 31/07/2015 to 02/10/2015. All correspondence on the topic of the same sex marriage referendum, the High Court petition related to it, the Master of the High Court and the referendum returning officer, from 31/07/2015 to 02/10/2015. All correspondence to the Minister and or the Department from other parties on the same-sex marriage referendum from 31/07/2015 to 02/10/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​The total amount of money/income earned by the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government for FOI search and retrieval (and any associated costs) fees broken down by year from 2011 to 15/10/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copies of all files, maps, plans, printouts in the application for funding (Leader 2007 - 2013) for RDP grant aid - Encouraging Tourism Activities - feasibility study Upperchurch-Drombane & District (UDDDA) Development Association. Copies of all files, maps, plans, printouts of the RDP grant for training & information measure paid to North Tipperary Tourism Company.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Copies of all files, correspondence, maps, plans, printouts for the following projects: “New Futures” – RDP Grant Aid, training & Information Measure (2007-2013).

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All correspondence relating to the Volkswagen emissions controversy, including any letters sent to Volkswagen Ireland and any subsequent replies between 01/09/2015 and 01/10/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copies of all correspondence between the Department and Dublin City Council between 28/07/2014 and 28/07/2015, concerning minimum apartment standards in the city, to include all correspondence sent or received by Alan Kelly and/or Paudie Coffey in relation to this. Minutes of all meetings at which this issue was discussed.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All correspondence sent or received by Ministers Alan Kelly and/or Paudie Coffey relating to the demand to ease the application of SI No. 9 of 2014 to one-off houses and to domestic extension to include any submission from Michael Ring, TD, or local authorities which called for an end to the exemption for local authorities from building control procedures. Copy of minutes of all meetings between 04/08/2014 and 04/08/2015 at which changes to SI No. 9 was discussed.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Details of all expenses, claimed by each civilian driver employed by the Department of the Environment, Community & Local Government in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. The salary of each driver in each of those years.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Department spend on the purchase of newspapers & magazines in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 until 28/09/2015.​

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All correspondence between the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government and Sligo County Council in relation to the council's financial plan, from 01/01/2015 to 28/09/2015. All correspondence between the Department and Sligo County Council in relation to the costs incurred by the council in connection with the Lissadell House right-of- way case from 01/01/2015 to 28/09/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All submissions received by the Department since 2004 on exhaust emissions from cars.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Department entertainment expenses for 2011, 2012, 2013 & 2014 and budget allocation for Christmas parties in 2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​The Department spend in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015 up until 28/09/2015 on: Advertising consultant fees; Photography and video making fees; PR consultant fees and Advertising fees, to detail to whom monies were paid, the amount paid, and the source stream of the expenditure.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Communication between the Cork Local Government Review group and the Department or the Minister from January 2015 to 08/09/2015 the review group's establishment in January 2015, and the publication of its report on 08/09/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Correspondence within the Department in relation to a potential merger between Galway City and Galway County Local Authorities, from 01/01/2011 and 30/09/2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Correspondence held by the Department in relation to the review of Local Government arrangements in Cork city and county.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Total expenditure by the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government since the current Government came to power in 2011 up until 21/09/2015, (cross-referenced by suppliers) for coffee, tea, sandwiches, cakes pastries. Please provide the breakdown for the years 2011 - 2015.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Correspondence held by the Cork Local Government committee and its constituent members in relation to the review of Local Government arrangements in Cork city and county.​

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All relevant correspondence, reports, documents, inter-office communications, internal memoranda, on behalf of Brownfield Restoration (Ireland) Ltd. and the remediation works carried out by Wicklow County Council to lands at Whitestown, County Wicklow. All correspondence between the Department of Environment, Community and Local Government and Wicklow County Council. All correspondence between the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the EPA. All correspondence between the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and the European Commission. All correspondence between the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government and any other third party related to/connected to the lands at Whitestown, County Wicklow.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

All records and correspondence created within the Department of Environment, Community, and Local Government and received by the Department concerning the awarding of a contract by Irish Water to ABTRAN Ltd., including all information referring to access or potential access by ABTRAN to PPS numbers of Irish Water customers.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Correspondence within the Department in relation to the Cork Local Government Committee Review Group report and in particular its recommendations.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Copies of communications between the Department and Limerick City and County Council regarding: the use of a car by a council member, removal expenses, including subsidised accommodation, and also mileage rates paid in excess of the normal business mileage annual thresholds normally acceptable for tax purposes by the Revenue Commissioners for the period 01/01/2013 to 31/12/2014.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All complaints together with associated documents and emails made by an individual to the Minister for the Environment in relation to the Kerdiffstown Landfill Site and A1 Waste from 2010 to 25/09/2015 to include responses to such complaints.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All correspondence between the Department and Irish Water relating to protests occurring during or around water meter installations in Cork City from July 1st 2015 to present.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​All records held in relation to CF Pharma (Ireland) Ltd., in relation to LEADER project funding.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​Correspondence from Mr Ciaran Hayes, Chief Executive of Sligo County Council received by: (1) the Minister Alan Kelly T.D., (2) the Secretary General of the Department Mr John McCarthy, and (3) the Assistant Secretary Mr Paul Lemass in the period 01/07/2015 to 16/09/2015. Correspondence issued to Mr Ciaran Hayes (1) by the Minister Alan Kelly T.D., (2) by the Secretary General of the Department Mr John McCarthy, and (3) by the Assistant Secretary Mr Paul Lemass in the period 01/07/2015 to 16/09/2015. The correspondence would relate to the difficult financial situation of Sligo County Council and may also contain correspondence from the Chief Executive complaining about the manner in which Department officials are dealing with the Council in respect of the financial difficulties.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​A copy of all correspondence, by email, letter, circular or telephone, between the Department and/or Minister’s office, and local authorities regarding the presence of Minister Alan Kelly at the announcement or opening of new housing projects. Copies of all such correspondence since July 2014.

Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

​A list of all meetings and communications that the Minister or Department officials have had with bidders for contracts for the provision of telecare equipment in connection with the Senior Alert Scheme between the dates of 01/10/2014 and 01/06/2015. Copies of all supporting documentation to the aforementioned meetings including minutes, notes and briefings.