Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
FOI Requests — 2,313 records (page 41 of 47)
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Correspondence during December 2019, and Jan, Feb and March 2020 between DPER and DTTAS concerning financial support for the Football Association of Ireland. Indepartmental memos, analyses etc. on financial support for the Football Association of Ireland, covering the same period
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As per the EU Public Procurement Directive, member states are required to report to the Commission every three years about SME participation in public procurement. These reports also concern the prevention, detection and adequate reporting of cases of procurement fraud, corruption and conflict of interest and other irregularities. As such I am requesting all such reports that have been sent to the Commission, and any correspondence that exists under Freedom of Information.
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Briefing notes prepared for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to Amendment 1* to the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020 submitted at Committee Stage of Seanad Éireann, between 25 June 2020 and 25 July 2020; Correspondence between the office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform officials in relation to Amendment 1* to the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020 submitted at Committee Stage of Seanad Éireann, between 25 June 2020 and 25 July 2020; Correspondence between Department of Public Expenditure and Reform officials in relation to in relation to Amendment 1* to the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Bill 2020 submitted at Committee Stage of Seanad Éireann, between 25 June 2020 and 25 July 2020.
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All communication between the office of the Minister of State for the Office Of Public Works and the Tánaiste's office (including the Tánaiste), Jack Chambers TD and Senator Emer Currie.
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All records pertaining to changes to the content of the Gov.ie webpage titled "COVID-19 Pandemic Unemployment Payment" published on this date, Monday July 27th 2020. (Available at https://www.gov.ie/en/service/be74d3-covid-19- pandemic-unemployment-payment/ and last retrieved at 12.08pm today) - copies of all previous versions of this page since its first publication
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A copy of any correspondence, records, or documents relating to business cases or business case evaluations for the provision of resources, including but not limited to staffing, technology systems, or accommodation to the Office of the Data Protection Commissioner which might have been created, received, or processed between the 1st of April 2020 and the 24th of July 2020.
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All correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and Departments of Foreign Affairs and Trade; Children and Equality; Media and Tourism; and Health regarding the appointment of special advisers to Ministers in these Departments between the period June 27 2020 to the present day. All correspondence between the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the appointment of special advisers in the Department of the Taoiseach between the period July 17 2020 to the present day.
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Copies of any submissions, briefings, or other such review or overview documents prepared for either the Secretary General or the Minister with regard to equalisation of pay for "super-junior" ministers. Copies of all records held in the email accounts of the Sec Gen, Minister, and the most senior official with oversight for this process relating to equalisation of pay for "super-junior" ministers. Both parts of this request to cover the period 18 June 2020 to date of receipt of the request.
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Minutes of the meetings, and any correspondence, which discussed the amendments to last week’s bill - Ministers and Secretaries and Ministerial, Parliamentary, Judicial and Court Offices (Amendment) Bill 2020.
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Details of any purchases of computer equipment, mobile equipment, tablets, laptops, any mobile or computer accessories, any electrical equipment or appliances on behalf of any minister or minister of state at your Department in period between 1 May 2020 and the current date. Copies of any requests for additional office space, furniture, decoration, or paintings by any officeholder, minister of minister of state at your Department in period as outlined above. Copies of the response that was issued in any such instance. Copies of any receipts or invoices associated with the above.
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All internal and external communications (emails, texts, phone calls etc.) regarding a pay cut for government ministers, junior ministers etc. from June 27 to today's date. Please send me the minutes of any meetings on the same issue over the same time period.
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The minutes of the meetings, and any correspondence, which discussed the current government’s appointment of special advisors, aide de camp to the Tánaiste, and super junior minister allowances.
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Memo prepared and sent to cabinet by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the waiving of increased rates of pay as per the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2015 and the Public Service Pay and Pensions (PSPP) Act 2017 by members of the Government (Taoiseach and Ministers) between 25 June and 29 July 2020; Briefing notes prepared for the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the waiving of increased rates of pay as per the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (FEMPI) Act 2015 and the Public Service Pay and Pensions (PSPP) Act 2017 by members of the Government (Taoiseach and Ministers) between 25 June and 29 July 2020
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I wish to obtain all records under FOI relating to the TLAC and to the Civil Service Management Board from 2008 to present relating to DTTAS and minutes of all meetings of the Civil Service Management Board and TLAC from 2008 and all correspondences relating to the process of appointments of persons to these bodies from 2010 to present
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Copies of any submissions, reports, memos, reviews, or other such overview or explanatory documents relating to civil servants and the issue of mandatory quarantine were they to holiday abroad. Copies of all records held referring or relating to this issue held in the email account of the senior official with oversight for the recommendations as above. For avoidance of doubt, it is to this issue that I refer: https://www.rte.ie/news/2020/0715/1153544-civil-service-quarantine/
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Copies of any correspondence received by D/PER with regard to salaries for special advisers in excess of agreed rates. Copies of any responses sent by D/PER with regard to salaries for special advisers in excess of agreed rates. Copies of any briefings/submissions prepared for the Minister or Sec Gen with regard to the issue of salaries for special advisers in excess of agreed rates.
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Under Freedom of Information I wish to request access to all correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the following departments regarding the appointment of special advisers between the period July 01 2020 to the present day: • Department of the Taoiseach • Department of Housing • Department of Media • Department of Children • Department of Transport • Department of Climate Action • Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade • Department of Defence
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Tender PROJ000006020: Contract for Prison Clothing for Irish Prison Service Request for access to non-personal records, I refer to the above Office of Government Procurement tender competition, which I note has been cancelled. This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. In regard to the above tender competition and any current or planned replacement, I request access to the following records: 1. Records concerning requirements as to ensuring that forced labour or child labour is not been used in the supply. 2. Records concerning implementation of the obligations in Article 18(2) of Directive 2014/24EU and Article 18(4) of SI 284 of 2016. The award notice states that the contract was awarded on 4 July 2020. If the contract documents are not readily identifiable from the information I have provided, I would suggest initially confining the search to the period 1 May 2020 to 31 July 2020.
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Records created between 1 March 2019 and 4 August 2020 relating to the consideration of Mr Robert Watt as a candidate for nomination as a member of the board of the Football Association of Ireland. Mr Robert Watt, the secretary general at the Department of Public Expenditure was recently appointed to the board of the FAI. The Sunday Times has reported that former sports minister Shane Ross blocked the appointment during the Minister’s tenure because of perceived or other conflicts of interest. Following the general election in 2020 and subsequent government formation, a decision was made to progress with the appointment and apparently, the FAI had kept the board vacancy open for several months to facilitate the appointment. I would like to see copies of correspondence within the Department and between the Department and officials from other Departments, including the Department of the Taoiseach, between the Department and external bodies and individuals including the FAI, and minutes of meetings where the appointment or conflicts of interest were addressed.
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A copy of the Minister's diary for the period 27th of June up to and including date of receipt of the request.
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This request is being made under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and in light of the recent FOI from the Irish Times, I have grave concerns over the monitoring of Irish Social Media by government departments. As such, I am requesting any similar information that your department is collecting on Irish social media commentary on the actions of your department. In order to be perfectly clear, I would like to receive any information (posts, comments, shares/retweets, likes etc.) that your department has been collecting and collating from Irish Social Media. While the information published by the Irish Times could be said to be collecting as a means of ‘gauging public opinion’, the information I am requesting does not need to inherently do the same, but if you could include the purpose for which it was collected, that would be much appreciated. I'd like to access records from January 2019 to today, August 19th 2020
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am seeking a copy of all the correspondence issued by Bank of Ireland (BoI) or the Banking & Payments Federation to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to its 2020 Redundancy Programme of 1400 redundancies and including any information to secure DPER authorisation / agreement to increase Voluntary Parting terms. This request is to include PowerPoint presentations. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am seeking the return correspondence issued by Department of Public Expenditure & Reform to Bank of Ireland or the Banking & Payments Federation Ireland in response to their representations. Please include all reference to the basis on which approval for the increase was sought and granted, any restrictions committed to by BOI or Imposed by DPER with particular reference to the time period or limitations on offering enhanced Voluntary Parting terms
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Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am requesting copies of all complaints sent to the Minister's office since 2018 about the Freedom of Information Act. My request should include, but not be limited to, complaints by members of the public, politicians or the Information Commissioner about the application of the Act by public bodies to whom it applies.
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1. All correspondence between the secretary general at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Robert Watt and the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach Martin Fraser in relation to the roadmap for reopening the country between June 20 - August 21 2020 2. All correspondence between the secretary general at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Robert Watt and the Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach Martin Fraser in relation to the regionalised restrictions in place in Laois, Kildare, and Offaly from 1 August - 21 August 2020 3. All correspondence between the secretary general at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Robert Watt and the Secretary General of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation in Ireland, Dr Orlaigh Quinn in relation to the roadmap for reopening the country between June 20 - August 21 2020 4. All correspondence between the secretary general at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Robert Watt and the Secretary General of the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation in Ireland, Dr Orlaigh Quinn in relation the regionalised restrictions in place in Laois, Kildare, and Offaly from 1 August - 21 August 2020
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a) Emails, other correspondence and notes of meetings between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and other public sector bodies or networks in 2019 and 2020 concerning Benefacts or the value of its services b) Minutes of the quarterly meetings of the Project Advisory Committee in 2019 and 2020 held under the terms of the Benefacts' funding oversight agreement with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform c) Records of any consultation the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform has held with the public or with non-profit sector bodies in 2019 and 2020 concerning the value they place on Benefacts work.
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Copies of any invitations to events sent by email or by post to the office of the Minister and junior minister(s) at the department since their appointment in June. I am also seeking the release of any correspondence sent in response to these invitations, either by the minister(s) themselves or their secretary.
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All correspondence to and from the offices of Ministers based in the Department regarding the Oireachtas Golf Society from the period 01 March 2020 and the present day.
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The names and titles of all new advisers hired to work with ministers and ministers of state since the formation of the new government, as well as details of which ministers they have been assigned to work with, and any available details of their duties and responsibilities. A copy of any requests (via email, traditional mail or any other format) to the Minister or secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform to sanction any increments or increases to the standard pay scale for advisers to Ministers or Ministers of State, since the formation of the new government. This information should include which adviser the increment was being sought on behalf of, the reasons set out as to why such an increment was necessary, and whether the Minister or secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform approved the request. The timescale I am interested in begins on the first day of the new government on June 27, 2020 and the day that work begins on this FOI.
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Copies of any records held referring or relating to the appointment of Robert Watt to a position with the Football Association of Ireland. This request to cover the period 1 July 2020 to date of receipt of the request
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Copies of the actual mileage claim forms submitted by Minister Patrick O'Donovan for the calendar year 2020. A record of how much was paid to the minister for each of these claim forms.
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A record of the amount paid out in severance payments for former office holders [as per the attached image in the Dept of Finance accounts for 2019]. A breakdown of severance payments in each of the following years 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and the number of persons in receipt of such payments.
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Correspondence and minutes of any meetings or other memos to and from Department of Housing Planning & Local Government from the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to Detective Concrete Blocks Grant Scheme for Donegal and Mayo covering periods 2018 – 2020. Request to exclude repeated email chains.
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All correspondence, including invoices, receipts and emails, related to any media and/or communications training provided to Ministers in the Department from the period June 27 to the present day.
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Copies of any correspondence between the Department and the Office of the Information Commissioner with regard to a review of the operation of the Freedom of Information Act. Copies of any correspondence between the Department and the Office of the Information Commissioner with regard to weaknesses, problems, gaps, or other issues with the FOI Act 2014. This request to cover the period 1 Jan 2019 to date of receipt of the request.
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Copies of all records held referring or relating to methods for validation of attendance for the purposes of payment of the travel and accommodation allowance to members of the Oireachtas. This request to cover the period 1 May 2020 to date of receipt of the request
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A list of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at your Department using the e-submissions system (or whatever relevant/similar system is in place at your Department) in the period 1 July 2020 to the date of receipt of this request. This request is to include the date of the submission and its title. I am not seeking copies of the submissions themselves.
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All correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure secretary general Robert Watt and the secretaries general of the Departments of the Taoiseach, Health, Social Protection and Business regarding Covid-19, including discussions around the 'Plan for Living with COVID-19', between the period 27 June 2020 and 15 September 2020.
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A copy of the winning tenderer's response to 'criterion 2 - Critical Thinking Brief’ in the competition for the Provision of Design and Print Services to TUSLA CRM:0096793
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For the rates of extra allowance give to the different members of the public service, involved in COVID-19 testing, split in to government sectors. IE defence force rates, HSE rates and department of education rates, given that different members of staff from the given department where involved in testing.
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A copy of all correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform including the Minister of Public Expenditure and Reform and all Ministers of State or officials acting on behalf of the Ministers of State in relation to the hiring of new advisors from June 27th to present
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All records*, written, printed or electronic, related to the request from the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission on or after the 4th of October 2016 that: “the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform to put in place the legislative basis required to provide resources to groups, as recommended by the sub-Committee on Dáil Reform in its report of 24 May 2016, that Technical Groups be allowed to avail of administrative support on the principle of equality of resourcing for all members.”[minute 5(i)(b) of Tuesday 4th of October 2016 refers]*minutes, reports, discussion papers, memos, email threads, contemporaneous notes, electronic messaging (e.g.: SMS, WhatsApp, etc.).
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All correspondence to the Department from the following ministers and/or their officials regarding the appointment of special advisers from the date of their appointment to September 23, 2020: Mary Butler; Anne Rabbitte; Thomas Byrne; Sean Fleming; Patrick O’Donovan; Josepha Madigan; Damien English; Martin Heydon; Malcolm Noonan; and Joe O’Brien.
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All correspondence sent and received by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Micheal in relation to special advisers for Ministers of State. I wish for my request to include but not be limited to text messages, WhatsApp messages, e-mails etc. wish for my request to cover the period from 1/6/2020 – 23/9/2020.
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All submissions and lobbying information received (full submissions, not just the list of submissions) relating to the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill/ Act received in 2017 and 2018. Furthermore, I am also requesting all correspondence received by your department from all other Government Departments and public representatives relating to the Public Health (Alcohol) Bill/ Act received in 2017 and 2018.
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All information relating to media monitoring activities undertaken by, or for, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in the years 2018, 2019 and 2020 to include: - Any contracts and associated agreements and any documentation relating to the appointment of third parties to undertake media monitoring activities, and any costs associated with same. - Details and any associated documentation relating to internal media monitoring undertaking by officials within the Department, and any costs associated with same. - All documents relating to media monitoring including relevant minutes of meetings, briefings for officials, Ministers or Ministers of State, or any correspondence with other third parties, including other government departments, agencies, statutory bodies or private individuals and companies. - The media monitoring reports compiled in or for the department during the timeframe as outlined.
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All records relating to the costs of the Apple tax case to the Irish Government to date, from August 29th 2016 to September 25th 2020 inclusive. I am requesting records including, but not limited to, the following: • Legal costs incurred by the Department/Government in the case • Financial services costs incurred by the Department/Government in relation to the case and the escrow account required pending decisions • Any other costs for services provided in relation to the case
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Correspondence between the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/6/2020 – 28/9/2020.
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Correspondence between the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform and Members of the Oireachtas in relation to the Pandemic Unemployment Payment (PUP).I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/6/2020 – 28/9/2020.
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Documents relating to all allowances paid to clerical officer's in the civil service. Documents relating to all allowances which may be claimed by clerical officers in the civil service. Documents relating to the rationale behind each allowance available to clerical officer's in the civil service.
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According to the Lobbying Register, Amazon Web Services sent a letter to Minister McGrath “To brief the Minister on AWS' investment and commitment to Ireland, sustainability priorities, the benefits of cloud and international experience in driving digital transformation”. Could I please get a copy of this letter and any response to the correspondence/follow-up communication? https://www.lobbying.ie/return/61953/amazon-web-services