Department of Social Protection
FOI Requests — 761 records (page 14 of 16)
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2. The number of staff at the Department who earn less than €28,000 per year. 3. What is the salary of the highest paid worker at the Department and
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4. What is the salary of the lowest paid worker at the Department.
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applications over the last two years split by the type of rationale provided by the applicant relating
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to delay in applying.
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for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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31 October 2023.
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Laptops, Mobile Phones, Printers, Multi Functional Devices, Tablets, Physical Servers, Storage Devices e.g. NAS, SAN, Networking Infrastructure, Security of Infrastructure. 2. Has the Department plans to procure any of the following – cloud computing, software as a service, platform as a service, infrastructure as a service, anything else as a service? If so, give estimated cost and duration. 3. Has the Department plans to procure any of the following services – network security, cloud security, endpoint security, mobile security, IoT security, application security? If so, give estimated cost and duration. 4. Has the Department plans to procure any of the following services – Data and Analytics, AI and Automation, Digital Transformation? If so, give estimated cost and duration.
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Dublin.
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for Jobseekers Allowance.
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• which proposed or recommended the discontinuation of Covid19 safety measures such as masking or the use of social distancing, • which records a decision to discontinue Covid19 safety measures, • instructing staff to discontinue Covid19 safety measures.
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meeting: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/100280/blackrock-asset-management-ireland-limited • Any correspondence from Blackrock before or after the meeting outlining their advice or expertise on auto-enrolment.
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services etc in Ireland for the years 2020, 2021 and 2022.
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the BTWEA (Back to Work Area Enterprise Allowance) for the calendar years 2021, 2022 and to date
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in 2023 for County Kerry.
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article: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/the-justice-minister-her-uncle-and-the-11m-sale-of- georgian-country-estate-to-the-state/a2063606831.html • Correspondence with other state bodies/govt departments regarding same • Correspondence with external parties, including but not limited to named person, regarding the purchase.
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trends in housing tenure and the adequacy of retirement income.'
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and/or passed through the Dáil and Seanad in the last 5 years which have sought to amend existing legislation in a manner that interprets/amends/removes the words ‘woman’ or ‘mother’ in/from the
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existing legislation in question.
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whatever form it was submitted to the Budget process—document(s), spreadsheet, etc. • Supporting documents (such as spreadsheets underlying charts or tables, or background memos).
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of applicants in Waterford suffering from Crohns Disease, Arthritis, Brittle Bone Disease, Depression, Adjustment Disorder, two or more these illnesses, in the period 23 November 2022 to 23 November 2023, deemed fit for employment by the Department and denied payment of Disability Allowance (DA). The total number of Waterford based citizens, to have entered into custody in the period 23 November 2022 to 23 November 2023, to have not been denied such payments since release date. The total number of Waterford based citizens to have left prison in the said period, who were in receipt of such payments and entitlements to have had their payments and entitlements suspended, withdrawn or terminated from the date of their incarceration to the date of their release from prison, or of which continues to be suspended, withdrawn or terminated while in custody. From 2 March 2022, to 1 November 2023 inclusive, the total number of Ukrainian citizens who arrived in Waterford and • were awarded DA payments and entitlements and • were/were not assessed by a Departmental medical assessor. • were subject to completing official DA application forms and provided all identification as requested. • were not subject to completing official DA application forms and did not provide all identification as requested, but nevertheless were deemed acceptable by the Department for such allowance and were awarded such payments. •were, subsequent to being awarded DA, received Exceptional Needs payments and the average total of each such individual payment. •were/were not subject to and in all such applications for DA payments and entitlements asked to provide evidence of the value of their properties, provide bank statements and financial shares and associated information when applying for such payments. •were/were not in the period 2 March 2022, to 1 November 2023 subject to a revision of their
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means and living circumstances and subject to a medical review. •were/were not in the period 2 March 2022, to 1 November 2023 subject to an inspection at their
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additions and disposals for each year
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• A full copy of your Risk Register for each of the last five years.
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this cohort considered "unemployed/on the Live Register" during this engagement/registration period? 2. How much commission/bonus/reward payment does each Turas Nua caseworker receive for each successful placement of a customer in employment. Do these payments increase for said agent the longer the customer remains in the same employment and, if so, how are are these commission/bonus/reward payments structured regarding remuneration amounts etc? 3. What is the total annual amount of state funding Turas Nua received for 2022 and the projected amount for 2023? 4. What was the total Euro amount awarded nationally to employers for employing customers from the Turas Nua register? 5. What was the total annual employee payroll Euro amount of Turas Nua for 2022 and what is the projected amount for 2023? 6. What are the titles of top ten paid positions within Turas Nua and what salaries and bonus amounts do each of these positions incur? 7. How much does a typical "sustainment fee" amount to and what was the total Euro amount Turas Nua claimed for these in 2022 and what is the projected amount for 2023?
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on the proposed use of a building in Castle Tara, Co Cavan and the White Horse Hotel in Cootehill, Co Cavan, for people seeking international protection for 2022 to 2023.
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to 30 November 2023.
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General on the topic of referendums on family, care and gender from 8 March 2023 to 6 December
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2023.
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Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, in relation to an increased Daily Expense Allowance payment (or other Social Welfare payments) to unaccommodated international
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Protection applicants.
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Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System, including but not limited to discussion of: • whether the funds should be permitted to invest in fossil fuels, • any other Environmental, Social and Governance criteria that might be applied to how the funds are invested.
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as the Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection) in each year from 2010 to 2023 (or as far back as your records go) inclusive (2023 including sick days taken in the year to date).
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February 2022 to 17 December 2023.
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over the past 10 years.
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PPS numbers within the Department.
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*On 11 January 2021, a FOI request was received requesting any correspondence between the Department and Revenue on the subject of the operation of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and Jobseekers Benefit from 1 March 2020 to date; Any correspondence between the Department and Aer Lingus on the matters of Jobseekers Benefit, Short Time Work Support or Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme from 1 March 2020 to date. The request also sought personal records. In Quarter 1 of 2021, the Department received 22 such requests. All these requests were Part-Granted using Section 36 (Commercially Sensitive Information) and Section 37 (Personal Information). With the exception of the original request [Ref. 16652], these requests are not shown in this Log.
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*On 11 January 2021, a FOI request was received requesting any correspondence between the Department and Revenue on the subject of the operation of the Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme and Jobseekers Benefit from 1 March 2020 to date; Any correspondence between the Department and Aer Lingus on the matters of Jobseekers Benefit, Short Time Work Support or Temporary Wage Subsidy Scheme from 1 March 2020 to date. The request also sought personal records. In Quarter 1 of 2021, the Department received 22 such requests, followed by 4 in Quarter 2 of 2021. All these requests were Part-Granted using Section 36 (Commercially Sensitive Information) and Section 37 (Personal Information). With the exception of the first request in Quarter 2 [Ref. 17174], these requests are not shown in this Log.
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I would like to request details of your numbers of press and communications staff in your department. Please disclose the following, both in terms of head count and full-time equivalent (FTE): 1. The number of communications staff. 2. A breakdown of these staff by job description and/or job title (e.g. number of press officers, heads of press office, directors of communications, social media staff, etc.) and for each, their salary bands.
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I am assuming that the Department of Finance Circular ‘Circular 9/1987: Increments’ is still in operation and has not been superseded by some other Circular. Under the FOI Act 2014, I wish to get a copy of the Civil Service records (procedures, processes and guidelines) that relate to the implementation/operation of Section 14 ('Deferral of Increments') of that Circular.
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I am seeking any documentation/records held by the Department in relation to the following: Submissions received by the following interests groups in relation to Remote Working/Working From Home: LVA Licensed Vintners Association Retail Ireland IBEC Retail Excellence Ireland Dublin Chamber of Commerce Dublin Town Timeframe 01/03/2020 to present date
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The report of the Independent Body Examining Additional Working Hours submitted to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform
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Correspondence and related documents sent by Kieran Mulvey to the Minister reference in the Irish Times 10.01.22 Public service unions welcome restoration of working hours recommendation (irishtimes.com)
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A list of e-submissions sent to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/11/21 – 12/1/22.
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In 2021, I was informed by the Health Service Executive (HSE) that it had communicated with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform on the matter of withheld pay increases to health service senior managers arising from Report No 42 (2007) of the Review Body on Higher Remuneration in the Public Service. The inference was that there were several such communications to and from the Department on an ongoing basis. I hereby request copies of records of those communications in both directions (between the HSE and the Department) held by the Department for the period 01/01/2019 to the present time. The records being sought include the following: - Letters/memoranda including attachments - Emails including attachments - Minutes/notes on meetings at which the parties (DPER and HSE) were represented (even if other parties were represented) - Records/notes of telephone/conference calls where the parties participated (even if other parties were represented) - Records of any other discussions and communications between the parties
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking information on and/or records of the following, from 2019-2021: • Complaints received from staff which allege that they were bullied by fellow staff • Complaints received from staff which allege that they were harassed by