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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

FOI Requests — 3,015 records (page 45 of 61)

  • Received
    Decided 29 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/435/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All correspondence and records/minutes of meetings with the Licensed Amusement Association of Ireland and its representatives in relation to the Lotteries and Gaming Act since 2016.

  • Received
    Decided 29 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/436/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Correspondence exchanged between the Chief Justice and the Minister in the Department of Justice, Charlie Flanagan in the time period 1 January to 30 May 2018. All records of meetings between the Chief Justice and the Minister for Justice in the same period.

  • Received
    Decided 28 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/274/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    A copy of Minister Charlie Flanagan’s diary from 1 January 2018 to the 30 April 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 28 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/308/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of all correspondence between the Department of Justice and Equality and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Social Protection on the following subjects: 1.The eGovernment Strategy 2.Public Services Cards 3.MyGovID Copies of all internal correspondence within this Department relating to subjects listed above. The correspondence would comprise of ‐ letters, emails, faxes, copies of all documents enclosed with letters and attachments to emails.

  • Received
    Decided 28 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/450/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of all correspondence between the Department or bodies under its aegis and the operators of the Abbeyfield Hotel in the period 1 January 2017 to 26 July 2018. Copies of any records held discussing or explaining why the Department does not plan to renew its contract with the above hotel for the purposes of housing refugees.

  • Received
    Decided 24 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/341/2018
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    I would like to be furnished with copies of all correspondence sent/received by officials from this Department or the Minister(s) in relation to the Pope’s visit since 2016. This should include all correspondence including letters, emails etc. And it should include correspondence from members of the public as well as official representations.

  • Received
    Decided 24 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference DOJ‐FOI‐2018‐ 0054
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of all records created since January 2012 relating to the underfunding of the Garda CyberCrime Bureau and concerns about the annual funding provided for that unit.

  • Received
    Decided 24 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/449/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    A list of all the headings/sub headings currently in use by the Department in its Chart of Accounts & General Ledger or whatever other financial management system is currently in place.

  • Received
    Decided 23 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference DOJ‐FOI‐2018‐ 0048
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    A copy of the review of FOI, data management, record keeping and related matters referenced in provided document.

  • Received
    Decided 23 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/432/2018
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    The number of staff employed in the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of the Department of Justice and Equality.

  • Received
    Decided 23 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/443/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All available correspondence relating to the closure of the EROC centre in Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon.

  • Received
    Decided 23 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/461/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of all records, to include files, letters, emails, briefing notes (including Departmental briefings), meeting minutes, relating to meetings and correspondence between Facebook Ireland Limited and Pat Breen or Department officials, as registered in this return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/28783/facebook‐ireland‐ limited.

  • Received
    Decided 22 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/326/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Correspondence in 1998 between Department of Justice & Equality and the Superior Court Rules Committee in relation to Order 99 of the Rules of the Superior Courts.

  • Received
    Decided 22 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/410/2018
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All records (including electronic records) prior to 5 July 2018 (including date stamps and acknowledgement correspondence and filing records) showing the date on which the Department received the text (including draft text) of the Fourth Evaluation Round – Interim Compliance Report Ireland adopted by GRECO Council of Europe adopted 22 June 2018 (the “report of 22nd June 2018”) prior to its subsequent publication on 5 July 2018. All records in the Department relating to the consideration of the report of 22 June 2018 or any draft thereof following its receipt in the Department. All records in the Department relating to the furnishing of the report of 22 June 2018 to the Minister and/or Minister’s Office. All records in the Department relating to the receipt of and or/consideration by the Minister for Justice of the report of 22 June 2018, including all records as to whether the said report was seen by the Minister, All records in the Department indicating whether the report of 22 June 2018 or any draft thereof was circulated to other Ministers of Departments at any time up to and including 4 July 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 15 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/066/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    The transcripts of any complaints made to the Department in 2017 by residents and operators of Direct Provision centres.

  • Received
    Decided 14 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/417/2018
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    The number of Vietnamese citizens granted a tourist visa to Ireland in the year 2017. The number of Vietnamese citizens granted a tourist visa to Ireland to 10 July 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 13 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/014/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    The amount spent flying foreign nationals back to their native countries in each of the past five years. This would include the nationality and number of foreign nationals

  • Received
    Decided 13 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/116/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    The number of staff from the Department as well as ministerial advisors that attended the launch of Ireland 2040 on February 16, 2018, in Sligo IT. How many of these staff stayed in Sligo either the night before or the night of the launch and the cost associated with this accommodation? The costs/expenses associated with travelling to the Sligo launch.

  • Received
    Decided 13 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/354/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    A copy of the following internal audits completed within the Department between 1 May 2017 and 7 June 2018:  Office of the Data Protection Commissioner  Charites Regulatory Authority

  • Received
    Decided 13 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/384/2018
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    The number of visas applied for in Turkey between 1 January, 2007 and 30 December 2017 on an annual basis. Please provide the breakdown by mission/agency in Turkey. Fees collected annually in respect of visa applications during the same period by mission/agency.

  • Received
    Decided 13 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/420/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of all correspondence between members of the Executive as well as the General Secretaries of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) regarding pay negotiations from September 2016 to 21 July 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference DOJ‐FOI‐2018‐ 0059
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Any completed application form for Grant Aid for a Community Based CCTV Scheme received by the Department from Limerick County Council since January 2017.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference DOJ‐FOI‐2018‐ 0060
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Any completed application form for Grant Aid for a Community Based CCTV Scheme received by the Department in relation to CCTV schemes in the villages of Duleek and Donore, Co Meath.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/399/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Access to records which outline how many residents of Knockalisheen, Co. Clare, Mount Trenchard, Foynes. Co. Limerick and Hanratty’s Accommodation Centre, Glenworth Street, Limerick, were transferred to another centre after making a complaint.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/400/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Access to records which outline how many residents of Knockalisheen, Co. Clare, Mount Trenchard, Foynes. Co. Limerick and Hanratty’s Accommodation Centre, Glenworth Street, Limerick, were transferred from another centre after making a complaint.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/401/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Access to records of transfer requests from residents of Mount Trenchard, Foynes, Co. Limerick in 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/404/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of any records held relating to the introduction and subsequent reversal of a smartphone ban at the Eyrepowell Hostel in Newbridge.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/407/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    From 2012 to 29 August 2018‐ audits where Internal Audit outsourced to an external company.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/409/2018
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Statistic of events (incidents, episodes, arrests or similar) originated since the implementation of the PNR tool per year. Considering the range of information that comprises the PNR, is there any statistic about which ones were most effective in generating security alerts?

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference DOJ‐FOI‐2018‐ 0071
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All completed application forms received by the Department of Justice for its Community‐based CCTV grant‐aid scheme since April 2017.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/434/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All correspondence between the Department of the Justice and Quest Labs between March and July 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 10 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/475/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Correspondence on the additional civilian staffing members required in the new Dublin Airport immigration unit including the numbers of translators and legal professionals needed on call and within the centre.

  • Received
    Decided 9 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/301/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Records of the mobile phone usage of the then‐Minister for Justice and Equality, Frances Fitzgerald TD, for the month of February 2017.

  • Received
    Decided 9 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/366/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All correspondence received from members of the judiciary (including from the Association of Judges of Ireland) and memos of any meetings with same concerning the Judicial Council Bill and/or the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill between 18 July 2017 and 15 June 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 9 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/368/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All of the documents held by the Department relating to legislating for automatic inquests for maternal deaths over the last year.

  • Received
    Decided 9 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference DOJ‐FOI‐2018‐ 0065
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    (1) Records created after 1 January 2017 related to new applications for Irish citizenship, or, in the alternative, the total number of people for whom applications for citizenship were received by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service in 2017. (2) Records created after 1 January 2017 related to the approval of applications for Irish citizenship received between 1 January 2017 and 31 December 2017, or, in the alternative, the total number of people whose citizenship application in 2017 has been approved (up to June 2018). (3) Records created after 1 January 2017 related to the refusal of applications for Irish citizenship received after 1 January 2017, or, in the alternative, the total number of people whose

  • Received
    Decided 9 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/428/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of minutes from meetings of the Department of Justice and Equality interdepartmental working group on the possible implications of Brexit.

  • Received
    Decided 8 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/350/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of all correspondence sent/received by officials from this Department or the Minister(s) in relation to smartphones or internet access for minors since 2016.

  • Received
    Decided 8 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/371/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Purchase orders in relation to plastic cups, cutlery and straws dated 2013 – 2018. These records should reflect both quantity of goods ordered and the amount paid.

  • Received
    Decided 8 August 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/391/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of all letters of complaint sent from residents (or representatives for these residents) in the three EROC Centres ‐ Hazel Hotel, Monasterevin, Abbeyfield Hotel, Ballaghadereen and Clonea Strand Hotel, Dungarvan – to the Department of Justice regarding living conditions in the centres. Copies of correspondence sent from residents (or their representatives) in the three EROC Centres ‐ Hazel Hotel, Monasterevin, Abbeyfield Hotel, Ballaghadereen and Clonea Strand Hotel, Dungarvan – to the Department of Justice regarding requests to bring more family members to Ireland. Copies of all letters of complaint sent from residents (or

  • Received
    Decided 8 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/405/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of correspondence from refugees to the Department of Justice who have been recently awarded international protection but are unable to secure housing outside direct provision. Also any responses from the Department of Justice to these complaints. Any complaints over refusals by landlords to lease a home to people who have been living in direct provision. Copies of correspondence between refugees and the Department of Justice re discrimination of people availing of the HAP scheme. Correspondence between Department of Justice and landlord representative groups regarding how to make hosing available to people leaving direct provision.

  • Received
    Decided 8 August 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/444/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Materials showing the cost of the prosecution teams in three stated trials in February 2013.

  • Received
    Decided 3 August 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/315/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All correspondence between the Committee and the Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan (sent and received) between 1 December 2017 and 10 May 2018. All correspondence between Minister Flanagan and Department officials in relation to correspondence or issues raised by the National Safeguarding Committee between 1 December 2017 and 10 May 2018. Any briefing notes prepared for Minister Flanagan in relation to any meetings held with a representative of the National Safeguarding Committee between 1 December 2017 and 10 May 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 31 July 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/451/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All correspondence between Ministers in the Department and Fine Gael political director between the period 14 June 2017 and 9 July 2018 All correspondence between Special Advisers in the Department and Fine Gael political director between the period 14 June 2017 and 9 July 2018.

  • Received
    Decided 30 July 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/343/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Details of all expenses and fees claimed by members of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland from 1 May 2017 until 31 May 2018, or as far up‐to‐date as possible Insofar as possible, broken down as follows: 1. Name of member/position 2. Breakdown of expenses to include mileage and subsistence; other transport; meals; miscellaneous (please explain individual cost if possible); 3. Credit card payments 4. Overall amount of expenses per annum

  • Received
    Decided 27 July 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/392/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of any submission, briefings, reports, memoranda or any other such explanatory documents prepared for Minister Flanagan or the Departmental Secretary General relating to the system for granting work visas to asylum seekers.

  • Received
    Decided 25 July 2018
    Granted
    Request Reference 156/376/2018
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Copies of all written submissions made to the Department of Justice in relation to the draft Mediation Bill.

  • Received
    Decided 24 July 2018
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 156/299/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    Details of the full costs incurred to 14 May 2018 of the Commission on the Future of Policing in Ireland. The costs should include the fees and expenses paid to each of the members of the Commission since its establishment identified by name. Expenses could include ‐ but are not limited ‐ ‐to the cost of accommodation, flights, entertainment, gifts, taxis etc. The number of days (or full day equivalent) that the chairperson has claimed her daily rate of €750 per day since she took up the position and up to 14 May 2018. Details of the overall costs should include the number of administrative staff assigned to the Commission and details of their pay. I am seeking a detailed breakdown of the overall costs which would include details of expenditure including‐ but not limited to ‐ sums spent on IT equipment and support, tea, coffee and other refreshments for meeting, the hire of venues for meetings and any other sundry expenditure. Details of the number of meetings held by the Commission and their location.

  • Received
    Decided 24 July 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/381/2018
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    A copy of the recent submission from a named association and any internal discussion of same.

  • Received
    Decided 23 July 2018
    Refused
    Request Reference 156/380/2018
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration

    All records, correspondence, briefings etc. relating to the consideration of granting a money message in relation to the Multi‐Party Actions Bill 2017.