Department of Social Protection
FOI Requests — 1,804 records (page 28 of 37)
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month of December 2024.
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memos) held by the Department, for the period from 7 January 2023 to the date of this request that relate to the text in Schedule 3 Rules to Calculation of Means Part 2 with heading Unemployment Assistance, Pre-Retirement Allowance, Disability Allowance, Farm Assist; specifically, in Table 2 of the same. Specifically, I seek: 1. Aggregated data or records indicating the number of cases where individuals successfully excluded self-owned business expenses from means assessments under this provision, and/or any existing statistical summaries related to this issue. 2. Copies of any guidance documents, policies, circulars, or internal memos explaining the implementation or interpretation of this provision during the specified timeframe. If any of these records are maintained electronically, I would prefer to receive them in their original electronic format.
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guidance documents, or circulars) held by the Department, for the period from 8 January 2022, to the date of this request that address or discuss the treatment of the New Frontiers stipend as means for Jobseeker’s Allowance. Specifically, I request: 1. Copies of any internal policies, memos, or guidance documents that instruct or clarify how the New Frontiers stipend should be assessed as means. 2. Aggregated data or case summaries indicating how many individuals were removed from, or ceased to qualify for, Jobseeker’s Allowance following an assessment of the New Frontiers stipend as means within the specified timeframe.
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1. Agendas, minutes, and notes from any meetings held between 1 January 2020 and present involving the Department and representatives of the DPC. 2. Correspondence (emails, letters, memos) between the DSP and the DPC regarding data breach trends, compliance with GDPR, and systemic data protection issues. 3. Internal memos or documents summarising advice or recommendations received from the DPC regarding data breach trends, risk management, or compliance with GDPR requirements. 4. Records documenting any actions taken by the DSP in response to feedback or guidance provided by the DPC during the same period.
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of medical certificates for social welfare applications in 2024. 2. A list of the top 100 earners (identifying the practice and practitioner) and the cumulative amount paid to them in each year.
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Department of Social Protection, Mr Tim Duggan, made the following offer to the Deputy Chairman of the JOC: "We looked at three or four different models that could have been applied. It is a bit dense and technical but we have no difficulty with sharing it." Mr Duggan was replying to questions concerning the choice of tax treatment/state subsidy for AE. I request the information regarding the different models that were considered by the DSP that Mr Duggan was referring to.
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on: a. Projected numbers of workers joining the scheme for each of the scheme’s first five years. b. Projected numbers of workers ceasing contributions for each of the first five years. c. Projected numbers of active contributors at each year-end for the first five years. d. Projected numbers of “paid-up” members, i.e., workers who have ceased contributions but remain in the scheme, at each year-end for the first five years. e. Projected contribution income for each of the first five years (combined total for employees, employers and state). f. Projected assets under management at each year end for the scheme’s first five years. 2. The following information (latest estimates): (i) Projected charges against members’ accounts for each of the first five years, split between (a) charges on assets under management; (b) charges on contributions; (c) charges on membership (i.e. independent of contribution amount), including the basis for calculating each of those charges (e.g. x% of assets under management, y% of contributions; €z per member). (ii) Projected costs of administering the scheme for the first five years, split between fees to third party administrator and other costs of administering the scheme. (iii) Projected interest cost each year on the cumulative excess of administration costs (subheading (ii) above) over charges against members’ accounts (subheading (i) above) and the assumed basis on which that interest charge will be calculated. 3. If available, projections on how many years it will take before projected charges against members’ accounts first exceed projected costs of administering the scheme and what the projected cumulative deficit (including the interest cost per 2(iii) above) will be at that time. 4. If available, projections for how many years it will take before accumulated charges against members’ accounts exceed cumulative costs of running the scheme, inclusive of interest charges. (I’m assuming that the financial arrangements with the Exchequer will be similar to NEST’s in the UK, which is charged interest each year by the Exchequer on the cumulative negative balance, which then becomes part of the cumulative deficit). Ideally, I would
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Access to all records - notes, memos, emails etc - related to this lobbying return - https://www.lobbying.ie/return/100280/blackrock-asset-management-ireland-limited
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external, that were corresponded to the Minister and/or her Department in relation to the Bogus Self Employment issue in the National broadcaster RTE. 2. Any financial liabilities identified/estimated for the same issue. 3. Any correspondence in relation to Monies owed to the Revenue Commissioners. 4. Any information in relation to retrospection of the staff that were incorrectly categorised as self-employed. Retrospection in relation to pensions, job entitlements, PRSI and revenue. 5. Any proposals for RTE to remedy the situation. 6. Any records on whether the Department considered prosecution of RTE.
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Policies, legislative frameworks, and training materials used by Carers Allowance Section staff, particularly for: (a) Requests for personal financial information. (b) Privacy protections regarding applicants’ financial details.
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words such as “Chief”, “Head of…”, “Director of …”, “Manager”, “Senior Manager”, “Officer”, etc. and whether these terms are linked to particular grades or salary scales.
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2025 government formation talks or programme for Government discussions, including any briefings, memos or presentations prepared by civil servants in your Department and given to politicians or negotiators during these discussions.
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12 months. 2. Any online assessments carried out by the inspectors in the last 12 months. 3. Any memos or reports sent to the Minister on the scheme in the last 12 months. 4. Any correspondence received by the head of the school meals SWA section in the last 12 months querying the nutritional value of the scheme.
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2. Any briefing materials provided to any new Minister of State at the Department.
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2. Briefing document for new Ministers by any State agency under the Department's remit in January 2025.
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Department of Children on the possibility of establishing mechanisms for allowing children under the age of 16 to legally change genders and the issues around changing the current rules that apply to 16 and 17 year olds. 2. All correspondence on this issue with the Department of Children and former Minister Roderic O’Gorman. 3. Any copies of memos from meetings on this issue.
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the new Minister.
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for the calendar year 2024.
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Service Code of Discipline Circular 19/2016 in the Department of Social Protection between 1 January and 31 December 2024 - 1. Total number of Civil Servants in your Department. 2. How many disciplinary meetings have taken place. 3. Breakdown of each grade who attended a disciplinary meeting. 4. Number of Civil Servants where a decision was made by the Relevant Manager to transfer the Civil Servant following a Dignity at Work Investigation and subsequent Disciplinary meeting. 5. Number of Civil Servants where a decision was made by the Relevant Manager to transfer the Civil Servant following a Disciplinary meeting. 6. Number of Civil Servants placed off duty with pay under the provisions of Section 3.2.16 of the Civil Service Disciplinary Code. 7. Number of Civil Servants where a decision was made under Section 3.2.16 (Protective Measures) to (1) Reassign the civil servant to other duties; (2) Provide an appropriate level of supervision or oversight. 8. Number of Civil Servants reverted to their previous rank arising from their failure of the “probation on promotion” process since 1st January 2021. 9. Number of Civil Servants dismissed during their probationary period following promotion to a higher rank since 1st January 2021.
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2025.
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Cloud computing services should be taken to mean any cloud-related service provided to the Department, either directly by cloud computing firms (such as, but not limited to, the following: Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Oracle, Amazon Web Services, and IBM) or by third party-consultancies. Expenditure on cloud computing services should also include any expenditure incurred on cloud services via pre- existing enterprise, cloud solution provider (CSP), or other contractual agreements, even if those same enterprise or CSP or contractual agreements were in respect of hardware, seat-based cloud subscriptions, or non-cloud-based software.
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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 these commission/bonus/reward payments structured regarding remuneration amounts etc. 3. The total annual amount of state funding Turas Nua received for 2024 and the projected amount for 2025. 4. The total Euro amount awarded nationally to employers for employing customers from the Turas Nua register. 5. The total annual employee payroll Euro amount of Turas Nua for 2024 and what is the projected amount for 2025. 6. The titles of top ten paid positions within Turas Nua and the salaries and bonus amounts 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 2024 and what is the projected amount for 2025.
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card holders, card printers or any software used for producing ID cards.
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excluding any decision letter which related exclusively to personal information as defined in Section 2 of the Act.
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parents/guardians/families/schools/teachers/principals/interest groups and other individuals relating to the School Meals Programme, including but not limited to emails, including email attachments, letters etc.
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names of the platforms involved for 2022, 2023, 2024 and so far in 2025. 2. The total advertising spend by the Department broken down by medium - online, print media, radio, TV and outdoor - for 2022, 2023, 2024 and so far in 2025.
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2025. 2. A breakdown of the advertising expenditure for each media outlet, specifying: - The name of the media outlet (print, online, radio, television, social media, etc.). - The amount spent on advertising with each outlet per year. - A copy of each advertisement.
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The specific information I am requesting includes: 1. Purchase order number or equivalent 2. Purchase order date 3. Line item details 4. Line item quantity 5. Line item price 6. Vendor/Supplier name 7. Delivery address.
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Statute Book or any other place, digital or otherwise, from its inception to the present date.
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1. Number of people referred by Jobpath Unit per year from inception to present. 2. Number of people referred that gain employment for 1 year and 2 years. 3. Amount of Euros for placing jobseekers in paid employment, per person and retainer fees for same for 1 year and 2 years. 4. Advanced training/knowledge/qualifications of departmental officials and civil servants tasked with setting up of Jobpath and roll out of same. 5. Third party submissions on the same as above. 6. Contract conditions to ensure provider acts with fairness, professionalism, equality and so on. 7. Did Departmental staff or civil servants conduct risk assessments, quality assurance and cost effectiveness before rolling out Jobpath. 8. Number of complaints by year and investigations procedures to address complaints and concerns raised by referred jobseekers, the public and organizations. 9. Performance/quality and customer reviews and procedures to address non-conformance with the provider. 10. Schemes that move jobseekers away from the live register. 11. Targets set for number 10. 12. Procedures and/or investigation protocols for sanctioning jobseekers or stopping payments. 13. Qualifications/training (including ongoing professional training)/knowledge of civil servants in relation to their roles supporting jobseekers find employment. 14. Processes that facilitate jobseekers reaching their goal of gaining work.
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1. The total expenditure on JobPath from January 2022 to January 2024, including payments to Seetec, Turas Nua, and any other contracted parties. 2. The number of referrals to JobPath from 2022-2024. 3. The number of jobseekers who secured employment after participating in JobPath between 2022-2024. 4. Any internal or external reviews, performance reports, or evaluations on the effectiveness of JobPath since 2022. 5. Any communications or discussions regarding the future of JobPath.
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the Hot School Meals programme. 2. A copy of the Service Level Agreement that schools are obligated to return to the Department in respect of the Hot School Meals programme.
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based in Northern Ireland) by your Department at the end of 2024.
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policy guidelines and tariff or subscription details (e.g. policy requiring users not to use handsets while driving, or advising users of any limitations or restrictions on amounts of data or talking time, while on a home network or while roaming).
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in Irish schools? If so, has the Department actively sought for halal products to be served to children? OR has the Department just failed to object on ethical grounds or other grounds? If the Department IS aware, does it have any intention to inform parents their children are eating halal poultry? Does the Department have any official comment on the provision of halal food in Irish schools? Is this provision to do with respecting the cultural and religious practices of Muslims? (in the case of Jews it would be kosher food).
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paid to each supplier in 2024.
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month of February 2025.
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projections of the Central Bank of Ireland in its quarterly bulletin of 18 September 2024; and minutes of any meetings on that topic around the publication of the Central Bank report and subsequently until the end of her mandate as minister on 23 January 2025. 2. Any other briefing papers, reports or analyses of housing output projections for Ms Humphreys in the period 18 September 2024 and 23 January 2025.
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• The total number of Back to Education Allowance (BTEA) applications received to date. • The total number of BTEA applications processed to date. Portlaoise-Specific Application Data • The total number of BTEA applications received from applicants in Portlaoise. • The total number of BTEA applications from Portlaoise that have been processed. Policy and Procedures • A copy of any policies, procedures, or guidelines governing the processing of BTEA applications. • Information on how applications are reviewed, approved or rejected. • Confirmation of whether BTEA applications are processed on a first-come first-served basis or whether other criteria apply.
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date.
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delayed due to the claimant’s tax affairs not being in order. Anonymised complete records for each case (including but not limited to third-party and internal correspondence, internal file notes, legal opinions, determinations, and briefing notes) concerning claims for pension entitlements that have been refused or delayed, in whole or part, on one or more of the following grounds: • The claimant not having a tax clearance certificate, or • The claimant’s tax affairs not being up to date, or • The claimant having availed of the Debt Warehousing Scheme introduced in May 2020.
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13 March 2025: • Minister of State Seán Canney, • Minister of State Noel Grealish, • Minister of State Marian Harkin, • Minister of State Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, • Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, • Danny Healy-Rae TD, • Michael Lowry TD, • Barry Heneghan TD, • Gillian Toole TD.
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statutory deadlines for releasing records in response to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests, as prescribed by the FOI Act 2014. Specifically, I request the following: 1) The total number of FOI requests where the Department both: a) failed to release the requested records within 20 working days, as required by Section 13 of the FOI Act 2014 AND b) did not notify the requester of an extension within that same 20-working-day period, as allowed under Section 14 2) The total number of FOI requests where the Department released the requested records later than 30 working days, despite notifying the requester of a 10-working-day extension under Section 14, broken down by year. 3) The total number of FOI requests where the Department refused the request under Section 15(1)(f) of the FOI Act 2014, on the grounds that the records were intended to be published within 6 weeks of the request, but then released those records more than 6 weeks after the refusal decision, broken down by year.
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Department. 2. The details of this scheme and what it covers. 3. The total cost of this scheme in each of the last three years.
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Nationals & 3) Other nationalities for car repairs or maintenance for each of the last 3 years.
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1. Total social welfare payments (including but not limited to Jobseeker's Allowance, Supplementary Welfare Allowance, Child Benefit, One-Parent Family Payment, Disability Allowance, etc.) paid to IPAs, refugees, and beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (Ukraine). 2. Details of any specific programs or initiatives aimed at assisting IPAs, refugees, and beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (Ukraine) in accessing social welfare services. 3. The number of IPAs, refugees, and beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (Ukraine) in receipt of each type of social welfare payment, broken down by year.For the period 1 January 2019 to date, please provide:
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advertising activities and Irish language advertising by your Department in 2023.
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2011 to date, including: • Name of the advisor • Minister to whom they were assigned • Date of appointment • Date of resignation or cessation (if applicable) • Sanctioned salary rate at time of appointment • Total remuneration actually paid during the period of their service (gross, per year or cumulative) Any records containing biographical information provided to the Department or held by the Department in relation to those advisers, such as: • Curriculum Vitae (CV) • Biographical summaries prepared for internal use, ministerial briefings, or external publication (e.g. press releases or website bios).
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1. Total social welfare payments (including but not limited to Jobseeker's Allowance, Supplementary Welfare Allowance, Child Benefit, One-Parent Family Payment, Disability Allowance, etc.) paid to IPAs, refugees, and beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (Ukraine). Please provide a breakdown by year, payment type, and category of recipient (IPA, refugee, beneficiary of Temporary Protection (Ukraine)). 2. Details of any specific programs or initiatives aimed at assisting IPAs, refugees, and beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (Ukraine) in accessing social welfare services. 3. The number of IPAs, refugees, and beneficiaries of Temporary Protection (Ukraine) in receipt of each type of social welfare payment, broken down by year.