Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
FOI Requests — 3,013 records (page 33 of 61)
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Submissions submitted to the Minister for Justice through the e- submission channel from 1 October 2019 – 4 November 2019.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All communications in written or electronic format within the Department with regard Dáil written question No.133 of 16 October 2019; In particular all communications that the Personal Secretary to the Minister had with regard to question No.133 of 16 October 2019; And also all communications with regard to any Dáil questions that involve any input or communications from the Personal Secretary to the Minister - going back to the commencement of the FOI Acts; All Departmental regulations, circulars, memorandums, instructions etc. to departmental staff with regard to the handling, editing or tampering with the written questions to the Minister by members of Dáil Eireann; The name and email address for the line manager of the Personal Secretary to the Minister.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1) Any correspondence related to the hosting of the decade of centenaries commemoration event for the RIC and the Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) at Dublin Castle, which was originally planned to take place on January 17 before postponement. 2) This should include, but not be limited to, emails sent to the Department, the Minister and his advisors, and sent by the Department, the Minister and advisors, briefing notes prepared for the Minister, and memos. 3) These documents should refer to the period of 1 January 2019 to 8 January 2020 and be presented electronically.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1) All internal documents related to the planning of the decade of centenaries commemoration of the RIC and DMP, including emails,
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1) All correspondence/minutes of meetings involving Department officials of level Assistant Principal and higher regarding the planned RIC / DMP commemorative event planned for Dublin Castle on 17 January 2020, dated between 15 November 2019 and 7 January 2020. 2) Any briefing materials prepared for the Minister on the same subject over the same timeframe.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence/records - including emails, reports, memos and letters dated between 15 July 2018 and 10 January 2020 regarding Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) and Dublin Metropolitan Police (DMP) commemoration plans for 2020. This should include correspondence from/to the Expert Advisory Group and any correspondence to/from Ministers and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence between the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Justice regarding the proposal to commemorate the RIC and the DMP at Dublin Castle.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of emails and letters from members of the public and third parties to the Minister for Justice, expressing their opposition/ displeasure/annoyance concerning Government plans to stage a commemoration for the RIC. The date of the request concerns January 1 to 8 January 2020. Copies of emails and letters from members of the public and third parties to the Minister for Justice, expressing their support concerning Government plans to stage a commemoration for the RIC. The date of the request concerns 1 to 8 January 2020. Copies of emails between Minister Flanagan and others on 6 and 7 January concerning the Government decision to defer the RIC commemoration. Copies of minutes of meetings on 6 and 7 January concerning the Government decision to defer the RIC commemoration.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All internal and external correspondence in January 2020 held by the Department on the issue of the proposed RIC commemoration at Dublin Castle.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1) Any correspondence from the Minister and/or the Minister's secretary to the Taoiseach and/or the Taoiseach's secretary regarding plans to hold an event to commemorate the RIC at Dublin Castle between 1 September last and the 8 January 2020. 2) Any minutes of meetings and/or meeting notes attended by the
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any correspondence sent by members of the public to the Minister's office from members of the public regarding plans to hold an event to commemorate the RIC between 1 January and 8 January 2020.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1) Copies of any records held referring or relating to the planned commemoration for the RIC that was to be held later this month. This request to cover the period 1 January 2020 to 8 January 2020. 2) copies of any representations received by your Department relating to the above
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of all correspondence relating to the planned commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police. A copy of all correspondence relating to the cancelation of the planned commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary and Dublin Metropolitan Police.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all letters, emails and other written communications from the public to the Department of Justice and Minister for Justice between 1 January 2019 and 9 January 2019 concerning State commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary/RIC, the “Black and Tans”, “the Auxiliaries” and British forces in general.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A decision from the Information Commissioner, OIC-58013-F5H4Y5, involving your Department, refers to a report prepared by Insolvency Service of Ireland, "on a named PIP provider." I am seeking: 1. A copy of that report. 2. A copy of the original FOI decision in the OIC case. 3. A copy of the internal review in that case.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all correspondence sent to and by Minister Charlie Flanagan, and his private secretary, which relate to the commemoration of the
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A request with regard to cost incurred to the State by the deferred Decade of Centenaries commemoration of the Dublin Metropolitan Police and Royal Irish Constabulary. Request access to any and all records pertaining to the planning, organisation and associated costing of the aforementioned event.
- Received —Decided 10 February 2020GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
According to an Irish Times article from June 1998, the Irish Prison Chaplains Annual Report had just been released and included statements related to prisons failing to prevent rape and sexual assaults and made 79 recommendations for reforms. I submitted an FOI request to the Irish Prison Service who responded they do not have this document so I wish the Department of Justice to check if they have a copy which can be emailed back to me.
- Received —Decided 6 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Records relating to my correspondence with Minister Flanagan in December 2017 concerning the most serious of allegations of wrongdoing by members of the judiciary, with specific reference to allegations of paedophilia. Details of all records generated on foot of this correspondence, including correspondence to other departments or state agencies covered by FOI.
- Received —Decided 6 February 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. Any records created since 30 June 2018 relating to arrangements by the International Protection Office to assess whether applicants for International Protection have special reception needs for the purposes of regulation 8 of the European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018.
- Received —Decided 4 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. All minutes, notes, records and memoranda of and relating to meetings of the National Traveller and Roma Inclusion Strategy Steering
- Received —Decided 4 February 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all correspondence in relation to living conditions at the Mount Trenchard direct provision centre in Foynes from January 2018 to 11 December 2019. The response should include letters, emails, texts, WhatsApp, other online communications, call logs, emails, documents and non- documents and any other form of correspondence where applicable.
- Received —Decided 4 February 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A list of facilities provided for people to practice their faith in each direct provision centre in the country. This should be broken down by what religions and faiths are catered for in each centre if they are available and how often they are provided.
- Received —Decided 4 February 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence between the (then) Minister for Justice Michael McDowell and the British authorities re the setting up of a Tribunal of Inquiry into collusion in the deaths of named persons between 2003- 2005. All correspondence re The Smithwick Tribunal set up in 2005. All correspondence between the Minister for Justice and named person in 2003/5 period. 'Authorities' to include (though not exclusively) The Foreign Office, Prime Minister’s Office, NIO and The Cabinet Office.
- Received —Decided 4 February 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Any briefing documents about Ireland and Irish affairs prepared by the Department of Justice and Equality for the recently appointed European Commissioners for (a) Justice (b) Equality and (c) Home Affairs (or any of their staff)
- Received —Decided 4 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
• The overall amount received by Gardaí in retirement lump sum payments in 2019. • The top 20 amounts received by Gardaí in 2019 in retirement lump sums and the county in which they operated and their rank.
- Received —Decided 4 February 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence (letters, emails) with the service provider running Mount Trenchard direct provision centre regarding renewal or otherwise of the existing contract due to expire February 2020. All internal discussion within your Department regarding the above contract negotiations and any discussion regarding the closure of Mount Trenchard from July 2019 to 11 January 2020.
- Received —Decided 4 February 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Data regarding applications made for ‘independent status as a victim of domestic violence’ under the INIS ‘Victims of Domestic Violence Immigration Guidelines’ (2012). Particularly the following information: •Total number of applications made during 2019 (January to December inclusive), disaggregated by nationality, gender, age, relationship with perpetrator, type of violence. •Number of successful applications during the same period, also disaggregated in categories as requested above. •Reasons given to unsuccessful applicants.
- Received —Decided 3 February 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A list of purchase orders by the Department of Justice for the first two quarters of this year.
- Received —Decided 30 January 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any records held by the Reception & Integration Agency relating to the adequacy of medical facilities at Balseskin Reception Centre. This request to cover the period 1 January 2018 to 2 January 2020.
- Received —Decided 30 January 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All submissions to this consultation: http://www.justice.ie/en/JELR/Pages/Hate_Speech_Public_Consultation
- Received —Decided 23 January 2020GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copy of all correspondence, documents, business cases, and related records relating to the budget submissions for the Office of the Data Protection Commission in respect of Budget 2020 between 7 September 2019 and 7 October 2019.
- Received —Decided 23 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all representations made to the Department of Justice by Independent TD Noel Grealish since January 2019 and copies of all responses to Mr Grealish's representations in the same period.
- Received —Decided 23 January 2020GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Please specify the dates and publications used to invite the most recent tenders for the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers and what means were used to advertise these tender requests to the widest possible audience.
- Received —Decided 23 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence between Deputy Michael Lowry and Ministers in the Department between the period 1 January 2019 and 8 January 2020.
- Received —Decided 23 January 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All board minutes from 2019 for the following bodies, which have the DOJ FOI as their point of contact: - Irish Youth Justice Service/Community Programmes
- Received —Decided 22 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. All and any records related to the introduction of a key vending system into the Irish Prison Service. 2. All and any records related to the use of employee biometric data in the Department of Justice & Equality and all its agencies, including the Irish Prison Service. 3. All and any records related to policies and procedures for the electronic management of time and attendance in the Irish Prison Service. 4. All and any records related to any amendments made to the IPS data protection page on the IPS website since 1 March 2019. 5. All and any records related to discussions and/or decision(s) taken around the IPS being governed by the Department of Justice & Equality Data Protection Policy instead of its own Data Protection Policy. 6. All and any records related to discussions and/or decision(s) taken around the IPS’ use of the IPS Privacy Policy Document approved by the Director of Corporate Affairs on 14 August 2018, Policy Index No 57. 7. All and any records related to discussions and/or decision(s) taken
- Received —Decided 20 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of the pre-budget submission from your Department to the Department of Finance ahead of Budget 2020. A copy of any cover,
- Received —Decided 20 January 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. All correspondence/memos/briefings between this Department/ its Minister and other members of the Oireachtas regarding the placement of asylum seekers and/or refugees in Ireland for the past two years. 2. The minutes of any meetings between this Department and other members of the Oireachtas regarding the placement of asylum seekers and/or refugees in Ireland for the past two years. 3. Any correspondence/memos/briefings between this Department and the companies which run direct provision centres relating to costs, State funding, overcrowding and the behaviour of residents for the past two years.
- Received —Decided 20 January 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of all representations and correspondence to and from the Minister and special advisors, briefing documents and memos regarding the use of Defence Forces property (army barracks and others) as accommodation centres for international protection applicants and those seeking asylum.
- Received —Decided 20 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Records pertaining to: - The number of persons deported from Ireland in each of the following years 2017, 2018, 2019. - The nationality (overall figures) of those persons. - The amount of money spent by Department of Justice on deportation flights in each of the three years. - The number of persons deported from Ireland via Frontex chartered flights in each of the above years. - The amount of money contributed by the Department of Justice to Frontex for those flights.
- Received —Decided 17 January 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of all correspondence between the Department of Justice and: Fine Gael, and the Reception and Integration Agency, in relation to the visit of a named person to a reception centre in Dungarvan, Waterford, on 18 November 2019. The timespan for this information is November 2019 to 26 November 2019. The response should include texts, WhatsApp, other online communications, call logs, emails, documents and non-documents and any other form of correspondence where applicable.
- Received —Decided 17 January 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Copies of any communications, electronic or paper, between the Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Minister and Department of Justice and Equality in the 12 month period ended 4 December, 2019.
- Received —Decided 16 January 2020RefusedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
I am looking to ascertain information into a single matter arising from debates held by the Oireachtas Public Accounts Committee (PAC) across the years 2017, 2018 and 2019. The matter relates to tax treatment of the living allowance given to Garda recruits. This matter is mentioned in the PAC debate on 23 November 2017. The record notes that in 2011 ‘Revenue wrote to An Garda Síochána and directed that the practice…be discontinued’. The same report indicates that the Department was seeking legal advice on the issue. Thereafter a Garda Síochána update dated 9 May 2019 and posted on the PAC website indicates that ‘the Garda Síochána believes this advice was shared with the Comptroller and Auditor General’. I am now looking to ascertain: i) up to 31 December 2011 did the Department correspond with Revenue enquiring as to whether there was any tax liability for the
- Received —Decided 14 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
Information regarding the withdrawal of tender bid for a named property by named person.
- Received —Decided 13 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1.A list of all the oversea trips taken by for the Minister for official duties. 2.A list of the costs associated with the Minister and/or any departmental staff that accompanied the Minister on the trip; ie flights, accommodation, transfers, etc.. 3.A copy of all the expenses claimed by the Minister or other departmental staff associated with overseas travel for official Department engagements in 2017 and 2018. If possible please include a brief description of the purpose for the trip.
- Received —Decided 13 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
1. A list of all members of staff who travelled to New York in the United States as part of the official visit for St Patrick’s Day in March this year (2019). 2. The itinerary for each member of the delegation if there were differing itineraries for the members of the delegation. 3. Copies of all invoices/receipts associated with the trip to include flights, hotel, subsistence, car hire, translation, internal travel and gifts. 4. Records relating to any special arrangements made for members of the delegation including travel in Ireland.
- Received —Decided 13 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of the complaints that the Department received in relation to the direct-provision centre in Ballyhaunis, Co Mayo, for 2018 and the first 6 months of 2019. Records of the number of adults and children in the centre in 2018 and for the first 6 months of 2019.
- Received —Decided 13 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
A copy of briefing notes and all memos to the Minister regarding the operation of Garda vetting procedures from the date of its implementation. A copy of any representations made to the Minister regarding the operation of the scheme in the last year.
- Received —Decided 13 January 2020Part-GrantedDepartment of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
All correspondence between the directors of a named company and the Department of Justice and the Minister for Justice during the period from 1 January 2017 – 8 November 2019