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FOI Requests — 2,313 records (page 45 of 47)

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    Request Reference 20-268
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Documents relating to Special Duty Allowance payable to clerical officer's in the Civil service. Documents relating to how clerical officers can qualify for Special Duty Allowance.

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    Request Reference 20-269
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Documents relating to Higher Duties Allowance payable to clerical officer's in the Civil service. Documents relating to how clerical officers can qualify for Higher Duties Allowance.

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    Request Reference 20-270
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Correspondence from Ministers in other Government Departments to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding spending requests on office equipment and IT equipment for these Ministers and their political appointments i.e. Advisers, since been appointed earlier this year

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    Request Reference 20-271
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Any documents, including emails, detailing the cost to DPER, or any of the bodies operating under it, of the "2019 Civil Service Excellence and Innovation Awards" held in Dublin Castle in November 2019 (date range: 1 June 2019 - 1 March 2020); any documents, including emails, providing details (summary details are sufficient) on the 34 projects that were awarded funding from the 2020 "Public Service Innovation Fund" and any documents detailing the total amount of funds granted to those 34 projects (date range: 26 February 2020 - 18 November 2020); minutes of any meetings of the "Digital Leaders' Group", the body convened by Government in December 2019 and which was also announced in a press release of 27 December 2019, as well as any reports or recommendations - whether in email form or otherwise - compiled by this "Digital Leaders' Group" that have been submitted to any (or more than one) of the following: (a) the Secretary-General of DPER; (b) the Minister for Public Expenditure or Reform; (c) the Civil Service Renewal Programme Management Office; (d) the Minister of State for e-Government and Public Procurement; (e) the Civil Service Management Board; (f) the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (date range: 27 December 2019 - 18 November 2020).

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    Request Reference 20-272
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    I would like to request a copy of a winning eTenders document for reference purposes under the freedom of information act. The eTenders number for this was 174661 under the description of Delivery Of Visit Wexford & Taste Wexford Brand Marketing for the buyer of Visit Wexford Tourism Ltd.

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    Request Reference 20-274
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    I would be obliged if you could forward to me by return email correspondence a copy of the most recent tender notice that issued from you and/or any Government Department with regards to the delegation of appointment of a delegated Central Applications Office on the function of making decisions on admissions for universities, colleges and third level institutions.

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    Request Reference 20-275
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    A breakdown of the number of staff members in the department who took sick leave in 2020, 2019 and 2018. A breakdown of the number of sick days taken by staff members in the department in 2020, 2019 and 2018.

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    Request Reference 20-276
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    All correspondence between the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding Sinn Féin’s party political costings requests from for the cost of retaining the State Pension Age at 66 and re-instate the State Pension (Transition) for 65 year olds in the years 2021 to 2025 between 1st January 2020 and 29th February 2020; All correspondence within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding Sinn Féin’s party political costings requests from for the cost of retaining the State Pension Age at 66 and re-instate the State Pension (Transition) for 65 year olds in the years 2021 to 2025 between 1st January 2020 and 29th February 2020.

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    Request Reference 20-277
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    All correspondence between the Minister and/or senior officials in the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform and the following people: Eilish Hardiman, CEO of the Children’s Hospital Group Members of the National Children’s Hospital Development Board Members of the board of Children’s Health Ireland. The timeline of my request is July 1 to date. Correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and the Dept of Health on costs and expenditure relating to the New Children’s Hospital - from July 1 to date. Correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and the Dept of the Taoiseach on costs and expenditure relating to the New Children’s Hospital. The timeline of my request is from July 1 to date. Clarification: Definition of "Senior Officials" is Assistant Secretary, Secretary General and Ministers

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    Request Reference 20-278
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Minutes of any meetings of the "Digital Leaders' Group", the body convened by Government in December 2019 and which was also announced in a press release of 27 December 2019, as well as any reports or recommendations - whether in email form or otherwise - compiled by this "Digital Leaders' Group" that have been submitted to any (or more than one) of the following: (a) the Secretary-General of DPER; (b) the Minister for Public Expenditure or Reform; (c) the Civil Service Renewal Programme Management Office; (d) the Minister of State for e-Government and Public Procurement; (e) the Civil Service Management Board; (f) the Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (date range: 27 December 2019 - 18 November 2020).

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    Request Reference 20-279
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    All correspondence between ministers, advisers or officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and ministers, advisers or officials in the Department of Education and the Department of Taoiseach regarding the appointment of a press/media adviser to Minister Norma Foley. This would include discussions regarding the need for an advisor, the identity of prospective candidates and their suitability or unsuitability, as well as the remuneration they would receive. The timescale I am interested in begins on the first day of the new government on June 27, 2020 and November 24, 2020.

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    Request Reference 20-280
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Please can you provide all records relating to the costs spent on providing equipment such as computers, desks, chairs and other items in order to facilitate government employees of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform working from home since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March 2020 until November 2020. Please provide records with the names of each item (such as “chair”, or “desk”) and how much each item cost. Please can you also provide all records relating to the costs spent on providing equipment such as computers, desks, chairs and other items in order to facilitate government ministers at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform working from home since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March 2020 until November 2020. Please provide records with the names of each item (such as “chair”, or “desk”), how much each item cost and who each item was for.

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    Request Reference 20-282
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Copies of any records held by DPER, dated between August 2020 and November 2020, including e-mails, memos or meeting minutes, related to the €74m shared equity loan scheme announced in Budget 2021.

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    Request Reference 20-283
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Copies of the following submissions: 00939 Briefing for bilateral meeting Minister for Health 08 10 2020 /00846 Briefing for bilateral meeting Minister for Health 23 09 2020

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    Request Reference 20-284
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

     Our request is in relation to the following review: “Analysis of Covid Impacts on Commercial Office Market – Potential Implications for State Leases”. The review reports that the total office space maintained by OPW at the end of 2019 was 887,407 SQM, consisting of 542,178 SQM owned and 345,229 SQM leased property. We would like to get further information on this office space. Can we request the following information for Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick, where the property is greater than 5,000 sq. ft.: • OPW owned office space Address Eircode Floor area NIA or GIA Department in occupation BER rating • OPW leased office space Address Eircode Landlord Floor area NIA or GIA Rent per annum Lease terms Lease start date Lease break option date Lease expiry date Next rent review date Rent review basis: CPI, Open Market, Upward Only Department in occupation BER rating

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    Request Reference 20-285
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    I wish to apply to access correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade on the matter of the two recommendations that were made in terms of the international election observation roster as outlined in circular 11/2019 (page 17) and subsequent follow up correspondence on this matter.

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    Request Reference 20-286
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    We are writing to you in connection with single supplier framework contract for the provision of recovery/towing and management service contract (to include recovery, storage, disposal of vehicles, receiving payments of fees and the management of the overall service) in the Louth area last advertised for tender on 26th March 2015. We require access to all records in relation to that competition and in relation to the holding of a subsequent competition for the same subject. The request for information includes but is not limited to details of the company in each case, identities of applicants, outcome of the competition and particulars of any breaches identified in respect of the tender process.

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    Request Reference 20-287
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Copies of any submissions, briefings, memos, or other such review/discussion documents prepared for the Minister or the Secretary General with regard to the restoration of pay for higher- earning public servants, Oireachtas members, ministers, and/or the judiciary. This request to cover the period 1 Sept 2020 to date of receipt of the request.

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    Request Reference 20-288
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Any materials (correspondence or otherwise) relating to meetings with your department and Amazon Web Services over the past 3 years. These materials may include emails, WhatsApp messages, Twitter direct messages, texts, notes, minutes, PowerPoint presentations, memos, letters, reports, etc. This includes ministers, ministers of state, senior officials and others subject to FOI request.

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    Request Reference 20-289
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    We wish to receive the following information in relation to the award of contract Single supplier framework for the provision of Pre-Retirement Planning Course for the Civil Service – THR044F The tender submission of the winning tenderer The price submitted by the winning tenderer The tender submissions of the unsuccessful tenderers Details of the evaluation criteria and scoring achieved by tenderers.

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    Request Reference 20-290
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    All modelling work carried out by or in the possession of the department regarding the resiliency of businesses to Covid-19 public health restrictions and/or levels of the government's framework for restrictive measures as set out in the Resilience and Recovery 2020- 2021: Plan for Living with COVID-19. The records sought include all documents, spreadsheets, correspondence, underlying data, data visualisations (charts, graphs etc.) containing or otherwise related to the modelling work.

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    Request Reference 20-291
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    All correspondence in the last three months between Secretary General Robert Watt and Minister Michael McGrath regarding the Government’s affordable housing scheme. I would also like all correspondence between Mr Watt and Department of Housing Secretary General Graham Doyle and Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien regarding the same scheme during the same period.

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    Request Reference 20-292
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Email correspondence from or to finance minister Paschal Donohoe concerning Safetynet Primary Care, during the dates 14 June 2017 to present. Minutes of all meetings involving finance minister Paschal Donohoe and Safetynet Primary Care, during the dates 14 June 2017 to present. Copies of any reports/submissions/memos or other such review documents prepared on foot of these meetings involving finance minister Paschal Donohoe and Safetynet Primary Care, during the dates 14 June 2017 to present.

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    Request Reference 20-293
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Email correspondence from or to Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment Patrick O'Donovan concerning Safetynet Primary Care, during the dates 20 June 2017 – 27 June 2020. Minutes of all meetings involving Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment Patrick O'Donovan and Safetynet Primary Care, during the dates 20 June 2017 – 27 June 2020. Copies of any reports/submissions/memos or other such review documents prepared on foot of these meetings involving Minister of State for Public Procurement, Open Government and eGovernment Patrick O'Donovan and Safetynet Primary Care, during the dates 20 June 2017 – 27 June 2020.

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    Request Reference 20-294
    Requester Type Elected-Oireachtas
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Copies of any records held by DPER dated between 1st of December 2020 and 4th of January 2021 including e-mails, memos or meetings minutes related to the €74m shared equity loan scheme announced in Budget 2021.

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    Request Reference 20-295
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Copies of all records held relating to the setting of a salary and other contractual arrangements for the appointment of a new CEO of Ervia. This request to cover the period 1 June 2020 to date of receipt of the request.

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    Request Reference 22-129
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    • all internal correspondence within the department referencing the possibility of fuel, electricity or food "rationing" since 24 February, 2022 • all external correspondence between the Department and other Government departments referencing the possibility of fuel, electricity or food "rationing" since 24 February, 2022 • all external correspondence between the Department and non- Government agencies referencing the possibility of fuel, electricity or food "rationing" since 24 February, 2022

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    Request Reference 22-130
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    All submissions made to the department by on the back of the Pensions Commissions report since September 2021.

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    Request Reference 22-131
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    All communications between minister McGrath and DSP minister Heather Humphreys since January 1 2022 on the topic of pensions and the pension age.

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    Request Reference 22-132
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Briefing documents, notes and any formal communications prepared for the minister by officials within the department since September 2021 on the topic of pensions and the pension age.

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    Request Reference 22-133
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    The response from DPER to a letter and/or email relating to Housing for All Action 19.9, sent by the SecGen of housing to the SecGen of DPER, on or around 21 December 2021.

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    Request Reference 22-134
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Name of Prescribed Bodies under the Act

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    Request Reference 22-135
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Minutes of any meetings - across the period of 1 July 2021 to 20 July 2022 - of the "Digital Leaders' Group", the body convened by Government in December 2019 and which was also announced in a press release of 27 December 2019.

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    Request Reference 22-136
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    A copy of Minister McGrath’s diaries dated between January 2022 and July 2022.

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    Request Reference 22-137
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    I request from early records conditions attached to civil servants at the lower rates of pay received 4% increase in salary while those in the upper scales received 9% increase. These increases were brought in as a result of benchmarking. At the time every civil servant in junior ranks were obliged to attend meetings in Hotels hosted by Carr associates and explain how they could increase output. This was 2002.

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    Request Reference 22-138
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    • Any communications between Minister Michael McGrath and Minister Stephen Donnelly OR Robert Watt on the issue of HSE finances, between March 2022 to date. • Any modelling/briefings done by the department in 2022 on the exposure of capital projects to inflation. • Any modelling/briefings done by the department in 2022 on the exposure of other departmental budget's to inflation.

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    Request Reference 22-139
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    The Department has announced a consultation process on the operation of the FOI Act in Ireland. Can you kindly provide me with a listing of persons and organisations that have made a submission and the date received?

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    Request Reference 22-141
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    As a member of the public and an employee of a tendering firm, under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to place a request for the following: TOPIC: This Request is in relation to the specific tender “RFT 206674 - PROJ000007245 - PAS122F - Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Business, Management and ICT Consultancy Services” as published on https://www.etenders.gov.ie/ (https://irl.eu-supply.com/) on 05/02/2022 at 16:18 by the Office of Government Procurement. REQUEST: All documentation relating to the above Multi-Party Framework including, but not limited to, documentation on the following: • Framework Design & Qualifying Criteria – o The internal design decision to apply a limit of 20 members and 30 members in various lots, o the turnover thresholds for each lot and the overall framework o the scoring methodology design and sub-criteria scoring o the design of qualifying criteria and their application as it appears that they did not get validated, other than taking the tenderer’s word, before progressing to the next stage of the process for further assessment – Clause 3.2 Selection Criteria states… “Tenderers will either pass OR fail each of the Selection Criteria in this part 3.2. A Tenderer who fails a selection criterion will be excluded from participating in this Competition” … yet it appears that without validation these criteria were adjudged to have been passed (or not). o Documentation relating to the review of previous framework, feedback (internal and external) on the previous framework and suggestions for the new framework and the review and approval of the new Framework including standard legal review sign off for these frameworks prior to publication. • Submissions o List of all tendering entities for each lot o All tender submissions – to enable assessment of the scoring applied to them • Assessments o By Lot, all reports / minutes of meetings / detailed scoring methodology including official and incidental instruction on how discretionary and/or additional content was to be assessed and scored where it was allowed, and how scoring was to be allocated across sub sections of the tender responses when scoring was not made available to tenderers o By Lot, all documentation regarding the assessments and assessment process including points allocation by section for all sections including where sections no detailed scoring methodology was provided o By Lot, all Documentation relating to minimum qualification criteria and their assessment o By Lot, the guidance on how to assess previous experience (case studies) for minimum qualification criteria purposes prior to decision on progression to full framework assessment, when they were not being validated for quality, validity or budget with the clients who were the subject of the case studies. o By Lot, the list of tendering entities who were shortlisted post qualification criteria assessment o By lot, the details of the assessment panel and their relevant expertise / qualifications / experience of delivering/ assessing and/or buying the services and the breadth of their experience considering the broad scope of each lot o By Lot, the assessment of tenders and associated notes, including individual assessor notes and contemporaneous notes, minutes and drafts / summaries of the meetings and summaries of the tender reviews / tender feedback / tender assessment summaries o By Lot, the total number of tender applications and the scores by category for each tender? o By Lot, briefing materials / emails / letters / correspondence (internal and external) relating to the assessment process and outcomes by Lot as coordinated and facilitated by the Office for Government Procurement. o All documentation relating to Communications, meetings and engagements relating to the standstill period, standstill period extensions, the reason for those extensions, and challenges to the procurement process including but not just those made under remedies regulations and other means. o The concerns or challenges, relating to the process or outcome and the challenges raised and all internal and external communications related to these (we expect the challenger’s name to be redacted but not the content of the challenge/concerns) and all responses. All Tenderers Documents submitted save for where they have expressly noted their confidential or commercially sensitive nature should be fully accessible as clause 2.16.2 of the RFT document clearly states “….Tenderers are asked to consider if any of the information supplied by them in their Tender should not be disclosed because of its confidentiality or commercial sensitivity. If Tenderers consider that certain information is not to be disclosed because of its confidentiality or commercial sensitivity, Tenderers must, when providing such information, clearly identify the specific sections of their Tender containing such information and specify the reasons for its confidentiality or commercial sensitivity. For the avoidance of doubt Tenderers may not assert confidentiality or commercial sensitivity over the entire Tender but must clearly identify the specific section containing such information. If Tenderers do not identify information as confidential or commercially sensitive, it is liable to be released in response to a request under the above legislation without further notice to or consultation with the Tenderer……. " Therefore, I feel that, other than detailed pricing schedules, anything not marked and justified in advance as confidential or commercially sensitive must be available. Where an item has been marked commercially sensitive, then that aspect can be redacted. Any over-reaching to claim confidentiality and commercial sensitivity on an entire document should render it fully discoverable as to claim it is all confidential / commercially sensitive would be clearly inappropriate. For Pricing, it should be possible to see the minimum, maximum and the median tables as a minimum. In addition, pseudonymised pricing is relevant here as pricing is a critical factor in the scoring and selection. All documentation related to scoring methodology and decision related documentation should be fully discoverable also as they must be to justify the decision(s) made. Timeframe: Specifically, between the dates of 01/05/2021 (the approximate start of meaningful preparation work for this Framework) up to and including 29/07 2022.

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    Request Reference 22-142
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Copies of any records held in the email account of either the minister or the secretary general with regard to Circular 17-2022 or Circular 16-2022. 03/08/ during the period in which they were under consideration

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    Request Reference 22-143
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    A. 30.09.21/Email from DPER to DFHERIS regarding TU Act amendments. B. any other correspondence sent or received relating to the land/property- related aspects of the HEA Bill 2022 by DPER with the DFHERIS in 2021-2022.

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    Request Reference 22-144
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    A list of all e submissions sent to the senior minister during Q2 of 2022

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    Request Reference 22-145
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    • The Department’s Records Management Policy. • Any guidelines, procedures or manuals compiled as part of the Department’s Records Management programme, including Records Retention/Disposal Schedules. • The minutes of meetings held during 2021 and 2022 by any records management committee, steering group or similar body operating within the Department

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    Request Reference 22-146
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    A copy of the "terms of reference independently provided by D/PER in 2014- 15.". These refer to the manner and conduct of an Internal Audit into a Government Department, with particular reference to a protected disclosure. As I have discovered, the investigation into my Protected Disclosure, to the Minister for Social Protection, excluded the specific documents that related to the disclosure. In the public interest, I require the terms of reference that enables the Internal Audit function to exclude evidence from an investigation.

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    Request Reference 22-147
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    1. The minutes of a virtual meeting held between Conor O’Connell of the Construction Industry Federation and David Moloney held between 1 September and December 2021, as shown on lobbying.ie. Any correspondence relating to the meeting, excluding correspondence relating to setting up the meeting 2. The minutes of a meeting held between Conor O’Connell and Ronnie Downes between May and August 2021, as detailed on lobbying.ie. Any correspondence relating to the meeting, excluding correspondence relating to setting up the meeting 3. The minutes of a virtual meeting that took place between Conor O'Connell of the Construction Industry Federation and Micheál Martin, Simon Coveney and Michael McGrath between January and April 2021, and any correspondence relating to the meeting, excluding correspondence relating to setting up the meeting.

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    Request Reference 22-148
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    • All briefing notes prepared for Minister McGrath in relation to the proposed MetroLink project • All correspondence between Minister McGrath, Sec Gen David Moloney or Paul Quinn, CEO and chief procurement officer at the OGP, on the same issue (i.e. correspondence exchanged by any two or more of those individuals) • All correspondence between any of the above-named individuals and Minister Eamon Ryan or DECC Sec Gen Mark Griffin The timeframe should cover the period of June 5, 2022 - July 5, 2022

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    Request Reference 22-149
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    The ''author constructed datasets used for the Analysis of High-Tech Drug Activity and Expenditure by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform as detailed in the Spending Review 2021 Paper by the IGESS 'Review of High Tech Drug Expenditure'"

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    Request Reference 22-150
    Requester Type Member of the Public
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Q1. Please list the number of devices deployed by your organisation for the below list? (Listed Devices) Q2. Does your organisation have any plans of refreshing or replacing any of the ICT devices from the below list. If yes, please provide the indicative or projected expenditure in the given format? (Format Listed) Q3. Does your organisation have any plans for developing, refreshing, or replacing any software applications, if so, can you please provide the information in the below format? (Format Listed)

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    Request Reference 22-151
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    A complete list of vacant/unoccupied properties owned by the department and the agencies/bodies under its aegis. Please include the name and address of each property, and its zone status (e.g. residential, commercial, and industrial).

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    Request Reference 22-153
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    A breakdown of all data protection breaches at the National Shared Services Office for 2021

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    Request Reference 22-154
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

    Copies of any correspondence between your department and the DoH with regard to the Covid death-in-service benefit. Copies of any high-level documents prepared within the department with regard to the death-in-service benefit and whether it should proceed or not.