Department of Social Protection
FOI Requests — 1,804 records (page 32 of 37)
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: copies of all records held referring or relating to issues surrounding the cessation of contracts for ministerial drivers that are no longer required due to a change in policy around provision of garda drivers instead. Refinement I wish to confine it to the Minister and the Sec Gen's office
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1) Any correspondence between the Department and Mr Robert Watt, Secretary General of the Department of Health, relating to his financial remuneration for this role 2) Any correspondence or records regarding how to respond to media queries from journalists regarding Mr Watt's remuneration 3) Any correspondence or records regarding an invitation by the Oireachtas Finance Committee for Minister McGrath to appear before the committee at a hearing which took place on 2nd February 2022 to answer questions regarding Mr Watt's remuneration. I wish for this to include any briefing notes, speaking notes or media advice prepared for the Minister McGrath on this matter
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All correspondence held by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform related to the proposal to replace all civilian drivers for Cabinet ministers and ministers who sit at Cabinet with garda drivers. This should include any emails, text messages, WhatsApp’s or any other form of electronic communication as well as any memos and/or any other documentation related to this issue.
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All emails between Benefacts, Benefacts Chairman Tom Boland and the Department of Expenditure dated between 1st September 2021 and 5th February 2022.
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All correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Marine (and its’ successors) in relation to,
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1. Limerick Harbour Commissioners 2. Limerick Pilotage Authority 3. Shannon Estuary Ports Company 4. Shannon Estuary Pilotage Authority Any and all information in relation to your Departments queries to the Department of the Marine noted in the attachments above between Mr. Seamus O’Dwyer AP at your Department and the Department of Marine. And in particular to pensions and to the schemes noted below, between the years 1997 and 2003. Limerick Harbour Commissioners (Established Employees — Miscellaneous Categories) Superannuation Scheme 1985 Limerick Pilotage Authority Unestablished Employees Superannuation Scheme Limerick Pilotage Authority (Unestablished Employees) Superannuation Scheme (Confirmation) Order 1993 Limerick Pilotage Authority (Unestablished Employees) Superannuation Scheme 1996 Shannon Estuary Ports Superannuation Scheme
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A breakdown of ‘Official Entertainment’ spending for each Minister/Minister of State from June 2020 to date
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A copy of the following e-submissions provided to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform: PER 00011-22, PER 01619-21, PER 01632-21, PER 01635-21,PER 01109-21, PER 01580-21, PER 01271-21, PER 01488-21, PER 01442-21,PER 01444-21, PER 01434-21
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All correspondence including emails, letters and briefing notes received by Minister McGrath regarding proposals to tackle the cost of living between January 1st and February 15th 2022. All correspondence received by Minister McGrath regarding the impact of the cost of living between January 1st and February 15th 2022.
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A record of correspondence to and from special advisor Kevin Barrett (Department of Public Expenditure) and representatives acting on behalf of Beakonshaw Limited, dated between September 1, 2021, and the date of this request. This should include a record of meetings, phone calls, text messages, emails, letters, memos, briefing documents and notes arising from contacts with Beakonshaw Limited representatives. This may also include correspondence from Ed Brophy, acting on behalf of Beakonshaw Limited.
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Records showing the number of employee/official mobile devices - to include smartphones, laptops and tablets - reported lost by or stolen by employees/officials in 2020 and 2021. - Breakdown of same by device and year - Whether devices were encrypted or not.
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Information Request #1: All guidance/advisories/papers/discussion documents etc. produced by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with respect to the Protected Disclosure Act 2014, regarding, but not limited to, its implementation, operation, and the management process for dealing with disclosures made tending to show relevant wrongdoing pursuant to the provisions of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 which was circulated internally within D PER AND/OR externally[1] by D PER, its servants, or agents. Information Request #2: All guidance/advisories/papers/discussion documents etc produced by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform with respect to the Protected Disclosure Amendment Bill 2022, with respect to its implementation, operation and the management process for dealing with disclosures made tending to show relevant wrongdoing which was circulated internally within D PER AND/OR externally[2] by D PER, its servants, or agents.
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1. Copy of all requests for approval/sanction received, during the years 2015 to 2019 inclusive, by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform relating to Assistant Principal Officer posts in An Garda Síochána (including, insofar as possible, the individual posts concerned, locations and date of requests.) 2. Copy of all Department of Public Expenditure and Reform approval/sanction decisions communicated to (or for the attention of) An Garda Síochána, during the years 2015 to 2019 inclusive, relating to Assistant Principal Officer posts in An Garda Síochána (including, insofar as possible, the individual posts concerned, locations and dates of sanction conferred.)
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I would like to request any records, both physical and digital, relating to the arrangement between Cornmarket and this Department whereby staff members' AVC contributions are deducted at source though payroll. Specifically; 1) Records relating to the selection of Cornmarket as the sole provider of this service, 2) Records of communications with the Forsa union about Cornmarket AVC's.
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Copies of any records held referring or relating to the cessation of funding to the Benefacts service.
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following records: 1. The list of government tenders issued in the last ten years (from 1st Jan 2011 to 1st Jan 2021). 2. The publication date each tender was issued and the response deadline for submitting the bids from interested suppliers. 3. The category of each tender (e.g. construction, supply of equipment, technology etc.) 4. The issuing authority/body/organisation, i.e. the buyer
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5. The winner of the tender (company/individual) 6. The number of companies/individuals that applied for each tender 7. The duration of each tender 8. Was the tender for an individual supplier (one company) or a panel of suppliers (multiple companies) 9. The estimated value of each tender 10. The awarded value of each tender. 11. Indication whether the winner was the incumbent provider of that product/service. 12. The date the winner was announced 13. Where relevant, the date the tender was cancelled 14. The procedures of each tender (e.g. open procedure (OJEU).
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Number of IT devices in your organisation (Please differentiate the devices ex: desktops, laptops, servers etc.). If your organisation is planning to procure IT devices for FY 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25. If your organisation is planning to procure any IT Software applications for the above years.
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All briefing material and options papers prepared for the Minister on measures to alleviate the cost of living in the run up to the announcement of a package of measures on 10 February 2022
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All proposals submitted by the Department/Minister for the Environment, Climate and Communications and the Department/Minister for Transport to the Department/Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for consideration for inclusion in the Government’s package of measures to mitigate the cost of living, that was announced on February 10th 2022.
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I wish to seek the following records under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. 1. All correspondence between TDs and Government officials in your department regarding muscovite mica and pyrite 2. All correspondence between TDs and Government officials in your department regarding the muscovite mica and pyrite compensation schemes
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The request is for records to include – but not limited to: Internal and external correspondence Minutes of meetings Notes or memos in relation to discussion or telephone calls
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All correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Justice and the Comptroller and Auditor General regarding the business case received from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in advance of Budget 2022, from August 1 2021 to January 1 2022 -A copy of the business case received by the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in advance of Budget 2022.
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1.The total amount of money spent by the Irish Government/Department of Public Expenditure & Reform on Covid-19 awareness advertising for each newspaper(local/regional/national), radio station(local/national),TV station, online media outlet (such as YouTube) or any media organisation that received Covid-19 awareness advertising payments in 2020. Please give an individual listing of the total amount paid for each newspaper/radio station/tv station/online media outlet/media organisation in 2020. If payments were made to the parent company of a media organisation, then please list the name of the parent company and the media organisation that the advertising payments were attributed to. 2.The total amount of money spent by the Irish Government/ Department of Public Expenditure & Reform on Covid-19 awareness advertising for each newspaper(local/regional/national), radio station(local/national),TV station, online media outlet (such as YouTube) or any media organisation that received Covid-19 awareness advertising payments in 2021. Please give an individual listing of the total amount paid for each newspaper/radio station/tv station/online media outlet/media organisation in 2021. If
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payments were made to the parent company of a media organisation, then please list the name of the parent company and the media organisation that the advertising payments were attributed to. Covid-19 awareness advertising payments refers to any advertising payments that were made by any department in the Irish Government to any media company that was used for the purpose of advertising covid-19 awareness. Covid-19 awareness advertising includes(but is not limited to) the following: Covid-19 virus information,Covid-19 health & safety information, information on Covid -19 related laws/ guidelines on different types of restrictions,Covid- 19 related health& safety information in any area of life/industry such as travelling/tourism or hospitality/dining, vaccination information, governments plans on lifting of /adding more restrictions, campaigns to encourage people to get vaccinated or to comply with Covid-19 related laws and guidelines, making people aware of all the resources available to deal with covid-19 including government Covid-19 related financial supports, testing information. 3.The total amount in funding payments that was distributed from the Irish Government/ Department of Public Expenditure & Reform to each newspaper(local/regional/national), radio station(local/national),TV station, online media outlet (such as YouTube) or any media organisation that received funding from the Irish Government in 2019. Funding refers to any payments from any section/department of the Irish Government and under any payments scheme/funding mechanism to a media company. However, Government advertising payments should not be included in these funding totals. Please give an individual listing of the total amount paid for each newspaper/radio station/tv station/online media outlet/media organisation in 2019. If payments were made to the parent company of a media organisation, then please list the name of the parent company and the media organisation that the funding was attributed to. 4.The total amount in funding payments that was distributed from the Irish
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Government/ Department of Public Expenditure & Reform to each newspaper(local/regional/national), radio station(local/national),TV station, online media outlet (such as YouTube) or any media organisation that received funding from the Irish Government in 2020. Funding refers to any payments from any section/department of the Irish Government and under any payments scheme/funding mechanism to a media company. However Covid-19 awareness advertising payments, Covid-19 Business Support Scheme payments or Pandemic Unemployment Payments should not be included in these funding totals. Please give an individual listing of the total amount paid for each newspaper/radio station/tv station/online media outlet/media organisation in 2020. If payments were made to the parent company of a media organisation, then please list the name of the parent company and the media organisation that the funding was attributed to. 5.The total amount in funding payments that was distributed from the Irish Government/ Department of Public Expenditure & Reform to each newspaper(local/regional/national), radio station(local/national),TV station, online media outlet (such as YouTube) or any media organisation that received funding from the Irish Government in 2021. Funding refers to any payments from any section/department of the Irish Government and under any payments scheme/funding mechanism to a media company. However Covid-19 awareness advertising payments, Covid-19 Business Support Scheme payments or Pandemic Unemployment Payments should not be included in these funding totals. Please give an individual listing of the total amount paid for each newspaper/radio station/tv station/online media outlet/media organisation in 2021. If payments were made to the parent company of a media organisation, then please list the name of the parent company and the media organisation that the funding was attributed to. 6.The total amount in Covid-19 Business Support Scheme payments or
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Pandemic Unemployment Payments (PUP) that the Irish Government/ Department of Public Expenditure & Reform paid to each newspaper(local/regional/national), radio station(local/national),TV station, online media outlet (such as YouTube) or any media organisation that received funding from the Irish Government in 2020. Covid-19 business Support Scheme payments refers to schemes such as ewss (employment wage subsidy scheme), crss (Covid restrictions support scheme) or any other Covid-19 Business Support payments. Please give an individual listing of the total amount paid to each newspaper/radio station/tv station/online media outlet/media organisation in 2020. If payments were made to the parent company of a media organisation, then please list the name of the parent company and the media organisation that the payments were attributed to. Please give a breakdown of the different types of payments for each media organisation receiving the payments. 7.The total amount in Covid-19 Business Support Scheme payments or Pandemic Unemployment Payments (PUP) that the Irish Government/ Department of Public Expenditure & Reform paid to each newspaper(local/regional/national), radio station(local/national),TV station, online media outlet (such as YouTube) or any media organisation that received funding from the Irish Government in 2021. Covid-19 business Support Scheme payments refers to schemes such as ewss (employment wage subsidy scheme), crss (Covid restrictions support scheme) or any other Covid-19 Business Support payments. Please give an individual listing of the total amount paid to each newspaper/radio station/tv station/online media outlet/media organisation in 2021. If payments were made to the parent company of a media organisation, then please list the name of the parent company and the media organisation that the payments were attributed to. Please give a breakdown of the different types of payments for each media organisation receiving the payments.
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I hereby write to request for records under the Freedom of Information Act. 1. Records of domestic violence at home caused by alcohol since the introduction of minimum unit pricing, that is, from January 2022 till date 2. 3-months records of domestic violence at home caused by alcohol before the introduction of minimum unit pricing, that is, from October - December 2021
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Copies of any correspondence between your department and the following bodies with regard to the Slaney flood relief scheme in Enniscorthy: the Office of Public Works, Wexford County Council. A copy of any briefing, submissions, memos, or other such overview/review/discussion documents prepared for either the minister or the secretary general with regard to the above scheme. Both parts of this request to cover the period 1 Jan 2020 to date of receipt of the request.
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Any written communications between Minister Michael McGrath and the Department of Health dated from February 1st to Saturday 12th March 2022
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Copies of records indicating whether or not the newly appointed Secretary General in 2021 was paid, since his commencement to date, the published full salary without any FEMPI reduction.
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All emails between The Department and Word Perfect Translations dated between 1st January 2019 and 1st March 2022
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I would like a copy of all records sent by DPER to the DPP's office relating to requests to increase fees for DPP cases before the courts. I would like this request to cover records generated between March 1 2017 and March 16 2022.
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I am requesting the release of records relating to expenses incurred and gifts received by the Minister and Junior Ministers at the department during their visits abroad for St Patrick's Day this year, specifically: • The cost of travel and accommodation for the minister/junior ministers • The cost of travel and accommodation for any advisers or other staff for the
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minister/junior ministers • The cost of any gifts (including shamrock) incurred by the department for the trip • Any other costs associated with the trips • Details of any gifts received while the minister/junior ministers were on the trips.
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Meeting minutes, meeting information pack, correspondence from the Chairperson and/or Secretary of the Public Services Agreement Group to Minister of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and/or the Secretary General and/or the Assistant Secretary General and/or other government departments and/or Ministers and/or as other associated persons in relation to a meeting held by the Public Services Oversight Group on the 11th November 2021 and Chaired by Chairman Duffy. All or any associated correspondence emanating from or generated as a result of the meeting of the 11th November 2021 which specifically references Hibernia College and the Bachelor of Science (Hons) Degree Programme in General Nursing.
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Please state how many women and men in your department earn a salary of €100,000 or above, €75,000 or above, and €50,000 or above. Please also state the total number of employees, and how many are full time and part time.
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Any information, documents, or correspondence held by this department relating to complaints of or investigations into workplace sexual harassment. I would like my request to cover the last five years.
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A copy of each submission made to The Department between 11 November and 21 December relating to the review being carried out of the Freedom of Information Act
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Briefing notes provided to the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath in relation to the impact of the State’s response to the
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Ukrainian refugee crisis. I wish for my request to cover the period from 24/2/2022 – 31/3/2022.
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on the system due to the hundreds of thousands of extra service users expected due to the Ukraine situation, and the refusal of the government to avail of the opt out for refugees negotiated during Lisbon 2.
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•When was the systems error first discovered by the Department. •What steps were taken by the Department when it first became aware of the issue. •The no of incorrect noficaon leers were included in the batch erroneously issued in 2019. •The nature of the DSP systems technical issue that resulted in this error. •The number of claimants informed of this error wnd when they were nofied. •A copy of the commencement of earnings noficaon that would have issued in or around November/December 2020.
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query, anonymous or otherwise, for example, upon the request of a member of An Garda Siochána.
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Patrick's Day programme visits abroad this year, specifically: •The cost of travel and accommodaon for the Minister •The cost of travel and accommodaon for any advisers or other staff of the Minister •The cost of any gis (including shamrock) incurred by the Department for the trip •Any other costs associated for the trip •A copy of all receipts associated with the trip.
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Secretary General, between 1 April and 22 April 2022.
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explanatory documents prepared for the Minister or Secretary General from 1 January 2022 to date, with regard to the level of fees to be applied to the proposed automatic enrolment pension scheme.
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supports under the Wage Subsidy Scheme (Disability) in Cork City and County in 2021-22 or most recent year.