Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
FOI Requests — 2,436 records (page 35 of 49)
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Emails sent to Minister Smyth by Hume Brophy on behalf of Visa Ireland relating to the "value of digital payments including to government", as detailed on the lobbying register https://www.lobbying.ie/return/77188/hume-brophy
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am requesting the release of correspondence from Premier Lotteries Ireland to the minister regarding proposed legislation to ban betting on the National L0ttery. The correspondence is referred to in this entry on the Lobbying Register.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Correspondence with the AG's office regarding its communications with the Association of Judges of Ireland regarding tax treatment of their pensions and issues relating to the standard fund threshold during 2021
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any economic assessment or review of the Government’s Housing for All plan. Minutes of meetings involving the Secretary General or Assistant Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the Government’s Housing for All plan. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/5/2021 – 29/9/2021.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
A list of e-submissions submitted to the minister through the e- submissions system. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/8/2021 – 29/9/2021
- Received —Decided —WithdrawnDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Access to all correspondence between the American Chamber of Commerce and David O'Sullivan in 2021. Please also include minutes of any meetings between them.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to all correspondence and / or minutes of any meetings between Minister Smyth and / or Barry Lowry with Microsoft Ireland / Ciaran Conlon during 2021
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to any correspondence or minutes / notes of any meetings between Stripe and Minister McGrath during 2021.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to any correspondence or minutes of any meetings between Apple / Sam Sharps and Minister Smyth during 2021.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I request copies of any and all correspondence, electronic and hard copy, from/to the Department of Defence and from/to the Departments of Finance, and Public Expenditure and Reform between the 1st January, 2011, and the 31st December, 2012 on the subject matter of the allowed Establishment Strength, Structure and number of Operational Formations (Brigades) of the Army element of the Defence Forces, particularly pertaining to the downsizing of Army Brigades from Three to Two.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I request copies of any and all correspondence, electronic and hard copy, from/to the Department of Defence and from/to the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces between the 1st January, 2011, and the 31st December, 2012 on the subject matter of the allowed Establishment Strength, Structure and number of Operational Formations (Brigades) of the Army element of the Defence Forces, particularly pertaining to the downsizing of Army Brigades from Three to Two.
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All written requests to the Department for salaries (in respect of persons with salaries above €80,000) in excess of agreed rates, relocation expenses, car allowances, bonus payments or performance-related pay. The response which was issued in each case. Any submission prepared for the minister with regard to the above. This request to cover the period 1 July 2021 to date of receipt of the request.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence, meeting minutes, documentation related to the following returns on lobbying register by Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland: • To introduce Zoom and update on its presence in Ireland in the context of the official's role within their Department – https://www.lobbying.ie/return/76732/instinctif-partners- public-affairs-ireland
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence, meeting minutes, documentation related to the following returns on lobbying register by Hume Brophy on behalf of Visa Ireland: • Government Procurement – https://www.lobbying.ie/return/77201/hume-brophy
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Request all internal and external correspondence in the last 4 months regarding barter accounts or financial commercial relationships with private companies held by public bodies.
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Copies of any records held referring or relating to the decision that Minister Donohoe would resume responsibilities for administration/governance/the work of SIPO.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Records of correspondence, reports and meeting minutes between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, and any property industry lobby groups in relation to Budget 2024, within the time period of 01/05/2023 to the present.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I request copies of all records as background or relating to: a) PQ No 360 of 21 March 2023, and b) Correspondence under References PER-MDO-00598-2023, PER-MDO-00664-2023 and PER-MDO- 00637-2023. Names of third parties in same can be suitably redacted to comply with any data protection requirements.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Please forward to me an electronic copy of the annual Management Letter (end of audit) received from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, together with the reply to each letter for the last five years.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Legal fees paid by the Department in utilising legal firms and consultancy firms to consult on and answer FOI requests and appeals of FOI requests including appeals to the Office of the Information Commissioner in the past 5 years.
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I would like to know how much your Department spent on advertising through the various forms of media available in the State in 2022 (or the closest previous, non-Covid year). I would like to see the total amount broken down by media type, i.e. : Television Radio Print Online In relation to the total spend on radio advertising, I would like to know the breakdown of that figure by : RTE Radio Other National Radio Local Commercial Radio Community Radio
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to apply, under the terms of the 2014 Freedom of Information act, for the release of the following documents: • All submissions made to the the Review of Senior Public Service Recruitment and Pay Determination Processes, published recently.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under FOI Acts I request all documentation, in whatever form, from your Department of any oversight, review or relevant correspondence from any source in respect of the procurement by Donegal County Council of the services by One Sigma Ltd, Agility Ltd and Instream Ltd beginning in 1996.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any briefings, reports, memos, submissions or other such high-level documents prepared for either the minister or the secretary general with regard to challenges in collecting the licence fee and/or falling rates of householders paying for licence fees due to ongoing controversies involving RTÉ. This request to cover the period 1 May 2023 to date of receipt of the request
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• Any correspondences between the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) or its representatives, and the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, in the past three years (August 2020 to date) • Any correspondences between the Office of Public Works and the Department of Public Exenpediture and Reform, regarding the IMMA being housed in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (ie regarding tenancy or other agreements, rules/terms for use of the building, any plans for future use) in the past three years (August 2020 to date) • Any documents held by the Department relating to the IMMA being housed in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham (ie tenancy agreement or contract), either relating to when the IMMA first took over the site in 1991 or if there have been any updates to terms/conditions between the IMMA and OPW in the intervening years. Clarification : A copy of the current agreement(s) held by the Department regarding the IMMA being housed in the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, such as a contract, license agreement or lease
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• The department's observations on the District Heating Steering Group Report (as referenced in Item 34 of the Climate Action Plan 2023 Q2 Progress Update Report) • Emails (including attachments), meeting minutes, observations, memos, and briefing records held by department regarding district heating from 1 August 2022 to present
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all correspondence and associated documents between former Secretary General of DPER Robert Watt and former Secretary General of Housing John McCarthy from 2019 related to the Poolbeg SDZ Glass Bottle Site purchase
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Documentation in relation to an alleged complaint lodged by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) HR against the Veterinary Officers Association (VOA) to the Sectoral Oversight Body/Public Services Agreement Group around June of this year. I have attached a letter from Ray Corbett DAFM HR to the Veterinary Officers Association dated 16th June 2023 which outlines some of the background to this matter. The following documentation is requested: 1. All correspondence from DAFM HR to the Sectoral Oversight Body/Public Services Agreement Group in relation to the alleged reporting/complaining of the VOA as being outside of Building Momentum as referenced by the attached letter from Ray Corbett. 2. All correspondence from the Sectoral Oversight Body/Public Services Agreement Group to DAFM HR in response to the alleged reporting/complaining of the VOA by DAFM HR. 3. All correspondence from the Sectoral Oversight Body/Public Services Agreement Group to the VOA in response to the alleged reporting/complaining of the VOA by DAFM HR.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following records (memos, correspondence, lists, agendas, minutes, statistical record, documents) or information (answers) that detail the following: A model contract or template of a contract for a Secretary General (fixed term appointment). The individual and actual salaries (for 2023) of serving Secretaries General (if different to the base salary information published under SG grades (I, II, III). If these details are published on a Department website, where exactly are these details available. If not are there plans to publish them? Do Secretaries General receive any performance bonuses or special allowances? If so, can you provide details of types of allowance, performance bonus.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records between Paschal Donohoe and National Childrens Hospital in connection to a visit on January 10, 2023
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records between Paschal Donohoe and Microsoft officials in relation to a visit to their Leopardstown campus on January 11, 2023.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records between Paschal Donohoe and Wells Fargo CEO regarding a meeting held on March 18, 2023. Clarified - Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records between Paschal Donohoe and Wells Fargo CEO regarding a meeting held in March, 2023.
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Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records between Paschal Donohoe and Kristine Braden in Citibank on February 10, 2023
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records between Paschal Donohoe and Adaire Fox Martin on February 27, 2023 Clarified - Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records relating to a meeting held between Paschal Donohoe and Adaire Fox Martin on February 27, 2023
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records between Paschal Donohoe and Irish Rail on February 23, 2023. Clarified - Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records relating to a meeting held between Paschal Donohoe and Irish Rail on February 23, 2023.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
(1) Records created on or after 1 December 2022, until 14 August 2023, relating to the appointment of an adviser to Minister of State at the Department of Foreign Affairs with responsibility for International Development and Diasporta, Mr Sean Fleming, pursuant to s11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all records relating to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) regarding industrial relations issues between DAFM and the Veterinary Inspectorate and its Union, the Veterinary Officers Association (VOA) since 1/1/14 to date.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Documents that have been produced to update on your review I have made a presentation for participation in the review But seem to be excluded from receiving information Under the above act I request that update
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• If you use an IT Service Management solution (aka ITSM), please advise what you are currently using? (examples include: ServiceNow, BMC, Freshworks, 4ME, Hornbill, ManageEngine, Ivanti etc) Please provide the platform name. • If possible, please also provide the previously utilised solution and reason for change. • When is your current ITSM platform contract due for renewal? Please provide month/year. • Who (if there is one) is your current supplier of professional and managed services for your ITSM platform? • If this is managed internally, please confirm the same. • How many user licences do you have for your ITSM platform? • Who is the principal contact for IT Services within your organisation? i.e. Director of IT or Head of Service Delivery. Please provide Linkedin or available contact details (where appropriate). Clarified: Please provide the record (and details/information therein) which relates to the most recent procurement of your ITSM (IT Service Management) solution. The records I’m seeking specifically relate to contract awards for IT Service Management solutions (most likely, your ICT dept/team will know about this – as would I expect your finance dept). Equally, please can I request detail of the contract end date which I would anticipate you will have recorded within your procurement register (or similar). Along the same procurement records lines, please provide the record/s for contract award to whichever supplier is providing IT support and maintenance. If none, then I shall assume this is managed via internal teams.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am requesting records relating to general government expenditure on public services as a percentage of GDP for 2022.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of the minutes of the IDWG for 2023. Copies of any revised instructions, guidance notes, or other such advisories issued by the CPU to public bodies with regard to the FOI Act during 2023.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all correspondence and associated documents between former Secretary General of DPER Robert Watt and former Secretary General of Housing John McCarthy from January 1st 2018 to December 30th 2019 related to the Poolbeg SDZ Glass Bottle Site purchase
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Subsequently clarified Are there records held by Dept Public Expenditure showing a responsibility on Corporate, general financial management and the secretary general of Department of Public Expenditure, in the assumed full knowledge* of the accumulating impairment value** occurring within the Translation Service of division Oireachtas Services, to use the paid staff of the Department of Public Expenditure to investigate and bring awareness to the issues of the missing translated texts of the Nation, instead of the use of a unpaid civilian (Denis Jude Haughton) who is now destitute and homeless? Noting this financial matter is mentioned in and contained within the underlying case within proceedings 2023 757 LR listed for 21 Sep 23
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Does your organisation have any plans to procure below services, if yes then please provide information in the below format? Example: Data and Analytics Does your organisation have any plans to procure the below services, if yes then please provide required information in the below format? Example: IoT security Does your organisation have plans to procure any of the below services, if yes then please provide information in the below format? Example: Platform as a Service Can you please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the following? Device Type List
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I would like access to records which quantify the number of FOI requests which have been fully granted by Public bodies, versus the total number received by said bodies. Any other records which have statistical information about the FOI act since 2014, such as the number of fully granted, partially granted and refused FOIs are also requested, versus the total number received. I would finally like to know as an aside, how FOI departments culture is being monitored by PER and if FOI officials are legally trained, are operating in the public interest or if they are standards required by these officials to uphold.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
In relation to the Civil Service Mobility Scheme for Higher Executive Officers (HEOs) I require the following; Any statistics provided to NSSO/Department of Public Expenditure by Departments which demonstrates how their mobility sequencing requirements have been met. Any other relevant information Subsequently Ammended Any/all statistics provided to the Department of Public Expenditure by government departments, particularly Department of Social Protection, which demonstrates how their HEO mobility sequencing requirements have been met since the introduction of HEO mobility in 2021.
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Other
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I refer to the Superannuation Handbook and Guidance Notes for the Established Civil Service Scheme, Section 19 (Pension Increases) and in particular Sections 19.1 and 19.2. Please indicate all of the occasions between 1984 and 2013 inclusive when the Minister has exercised his discretion to withhold the increase in pension to retired Civil Servants, subsequent to an increase in salary for serving Civil Servants. Clarified : I refer to the Superannuation Handbook and Guidance Notes for the Established Civil Service Scheme, Section 19 (Pension Increases) and in particular Sections 19.1 and 19.2. Under the FOI Act 2014, I seek the record of all the occasions between 1984 and 2013 inclusive when the Minister has exercised his discretion to withhold the increase in pension to retired Civil Servants, subsequent to an increase in salary for serving Civil Servants.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
1) Any internal and external communication relating to the increased cost of purchasing homes due to bulk buying (by funds, local authorities and approved housing bodies) 2) Any reports or analyses undertaken to estimate the impact bulk purchasing has on the price of homes
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am seeking the release of all records relating to the meeting held between Special Adviser, Kevin Barrett and AstraZeneca, as listed here. This should include, but is not limited to, records of any meeting minutes, meeting notes, a list of attendees, briefing material, associated reports, presentations and correspondence shared and/or referenced at the meeting. I also request any letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, memos, notes, reports, draft reports and any other relevant records that were created, sent or received before, during or after the meeting.