Department of Social Protection
FOI Requests — 1,804 records (page 35 of 37)
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2023 to 11 April 2023.
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lobbying report: Small Firms Association (SFA) (1 Jan, 2023 to 30 Apr, 2023 , Legislation - Lobbying.ie | Lobbying.ie
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respect of these secondments" in respect of Gardai seconded to the Department as Social Welfare Inspectors. This was raised in response to For Written Answer on : 18/04/2023 Question Number(s): 989 Question Reference(s): 17427/23 Department: Justice Asked by: Paul Murphy T.D.
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• Circulars and instructions issued to staff in the Community Welfare Service and Intreo centres, regarding asylum seekers not accommodated by IPAS, in the context of access to Daily Expenses Allowance, or an equivalent payment or Additional Needs Payments under the SWA scheme. • Communications between the Department and Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding asylum seekers not accommodated by IPAS in the context of access to Daily Expenses Allowance, or an equivalent payment, or Additional Needs Payments under the SWA scheme.
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February 2020 to date, to include: • a list of items handed over to the Department by ministers, Oireachtas office holders, TDs and Senators - by name. • a description of the items and their estimated value.
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the Department's facial image matching system in respect of the SAFE registration process; • A copy of each DPIA carried out by the Department in respect of same since 2011.
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• The number of people who received it. • The number of people who received it while on social welfare less than a year.
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I gcomhréir le hAlt 12 de chuid an Acht um Shaoráil Faisnéise, iarraim rochtain ar thaifid: neamh- phearsanta. Seo iad na taifid atá iarraidh agam ná: Táim ag iarriadh gach leagan den Phlean Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide, atá de dhualgas ag gach eagraíocht a bheith acu de réir an Acht Aeráide, le • Sonraí iomlán de gach Phleann a bhí agat ó dul-i-bhfeidhm an Achta • Dáta ar a foilsíodh gach Plean • Dáta ar a chuaigh gach Plean i bhfeidhm • An méid airgead, miondhealaithe de réir cúiseanna na gcoastas, a caitheadh ar chruthú agus ar chur i bhfeidhm gach Plean.
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• The powers of a SWI/Minister/Officer to revoke a Free Travel Pass from a customer. • What actions are deemed a misuse of a Free Travel Pass and the Legislation re same. • The number of Free Travel Passes in circulation in Kerry and in Limerick , broken down individually by each county.
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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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documents prepared for the Minister or the Department's Secretary General from 1 March 2023 to date, with regard to the proliferation of mobile phone scam calls.
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decisions relating specifically to the means testing part of Jobseeker's Benefit and Jobseeker's Allowance e.g. income threshold limits, asset threshold, partner's income limits,income that may reduce payment etc.
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establishment of a Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of Projects and ICT support for the Department's Service Delivery Modernisation (SDM) programmes, tender publication day 26/09/2016.
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General with regard to the error outlined in the following newspaper article: "Thousands of social welfare recipients owed money after error with cost of living payment."
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August 2021 to 31 August 2021; 1 August 2022 to 31 August 2022. • A copy of Minister Humphreys' mileage expense claims (showing actual kilometres claimed) for the periods 1 August 2020 to 31 August 2020; 1 August 2021 to 31 August 2021; 1 August 2022 to 31 August 2022. • A copy of Minister O'Brien's mileage expense claims (showing actual kilometres claimed) for the periods 1 August 2020 to 31 August 2020; 1 August 2021 to 31 August 2021; 1 August 2022 to 31 August 2022.
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2023, for contracts under the following CPV codes: • 48000000-8 - Software package and information systems • 48100000-9 - Industry specific software package • 48200000-0 - Networking, Internet and intranet software package • 48300000-1 - Document creation, drawing, imaging, scheduling and productivity software package • 48400000-2 - Business transaction and personal business software package • 48500000-3 - Communication and multimedia software package • 48600000-4 - Database and operating software package • 48700000-5 - Software package utilities • 48800000-6 - Information systems and servers • 48900000-7 - Miscellaneous software package and computer systems • 72000000-5 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support • 72100000-6 - Hardware consultancy services • 72200000-7 - Software programming and consultancy services • 72300000-8 - Data services • 72400000-4 - Internet services • 72500000-0 - Computer-related services • 72600000-6 - Computer support and consultancy services • 72700000-7 - Computer network services • 72800000-8 - Computer audit and testing services • 72900000-9 - Computer back-up and catalogue conversion services In relation to each contract awarded I request: Description of contract, Contract Value, Contract Period, and Supplier awarded.
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in 2022 and thus far in 2023. • A list of the top ten largest overpayments for each of the above years along with the category of benefit in which they were paid. This information to be anonymised as for example Person 1, Person 2, Person 3. • The cumulative cost of the overpayments in 2022 and 2023. • Details of the amount that has been recovered from these overpayments for each of the above years.
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and in receipt of Jobseeker's Allowance in each county for • at least one year, • at least two years, • at least five years, • at least ten years.
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section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and which is currently in force.
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since 1 January 2022 to date.
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which the Department completed its Annual Appropriation Accounts for the years ending 2020-2022.
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• The average time it takes to respond to each request. • The number of requests returned late to the subject late (either after 1 calendar month or following an extension). • The location of SARs records; paper, storage systems. • What size team deala with subject access requests. • Are there any plans to increase the size of SARs team. • The number of employee SARs received (April 2022-23) and how many received a late response. • Who holds the budget for this issue. • What is the estimated cost to the business per SAR? (employee and end user).
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projects where the named materials were used. I seek access to the names of the Host Organisations that availed of the named materials to carry out community projects with the assistance of Tús participants.
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2. The names of the social welfare inspectors employed in Kerry.
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programme.
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scheme.
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International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) which was ratified by Ireland in 1989. In particular, I require the information where it is outlined the full and complete obligations that the State of Ireland has to men and women who find themselves in difficult circumstances.
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interpretation services for 2022 and 2023. • A list of all the languages for which interpreters were required. • A list of the ten languages for which interpretation services are most commonly required. • A copy of any policy, guidelines, rules, in place for the provision of interpretation services within the Department and its welfare services.
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young people age 18-24 years'.
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(AGSI) from January 2023 to date. • Any internal communications within the Department, regarding a meeting between the Department and the AGSI on a date between 1 May 2023 and 31 August 2023. • Any minutes prepared during a meeting between the Department and the AGSI on a date between 1 May 2023 and 31 August 2023. • Any briefing notes or other documents prepared by the Department in relation to a meeting between the Department and the AGSI on a date between 1 May 2023 and 31 August 2023.
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FOI requests and appeals of FOI requests, including appeals to the Office of the Information Commissioner in the past 5 years.
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personal data from the Department to (1) Seetec; and (2) Named Company. Copy of all relevant DPIAS that were carried out, to include updates and reviews, any that were published and any that were filed with the Data Protection Commission.
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August 2023.
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and the reason for the reduction. Names, case numbers and any personal information redacted. • Reductions on overpayments to estates listed by percentage i.e. the number of reductions by 5%, 10%, 15% 20% etc.
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March 2017. See: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/2017-03-28/33/ In the course of the debate, Deputy Varadkar, who was then Minister for Social Protection said: "In the motion there is a call on me, as Minister for Social Protection, to invoke the power under section 9 of the Citizens Information Act 2007 to direct the board to halt its implementation of the Government's restructuring plan."
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Shorecal Ltd. This should include, but is not limited to, records of any meeting minutes, meeting notes, a list of attendees, briefing material, associated reports, presentations and correspondence shared and/or referenced at the meeting. I also request any letters, emails, text messages, WhatsAp messages, memos, notes, reports, draft reports and any other relevant records that were created, sent or received before, during or after the meeting.
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partial rate State Pension Contributory from the Department but are now permanently resident outside of the State.
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either the Minister or senior management with regard to the payment of €1.425 million in ex-gratia payments to social welfare branch office managers in 2022.
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of March 2024.
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refund) of education fees in respect of any single training/education course undertaken by a member of staff in your Department/Office (including staff serving abroad) which costs more than €3,000 per annum in the years 2023 and 2024.
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any meetings listed in the following lobbying record - Lobbying from Association of Insurance & Financial Brokers trading as Brokers Ireland: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/91584/association-of-insurance--financial-brokers-trading-as- brokers-ireland.
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undertaken by the Minister from June 2020 to date.
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delivered to a new senior minister or minister of state following the 2024 April reshuffle, or a draft prepared for a possible change of minister but never delivered as the minister wasn't changed.
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during the year 2023. Specifically, I am interested in the following details: • The total number of new applicants who were approved for Jobseeker’s Allowance in 2023. • A breakdown of these new recipients by nationality.
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DEASP 00004-24 Pensions Council Report on Alternative AE Proposal.
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DEASP 00010-24: Submission to the Minister covering the period from 1/1/2024 - 22/4/24.
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DEASP 00012-24: Income Assessment covering the period from 1/1/2024 - 22/4/24.
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987/2009, etc. on the posting of workers overseas, from the dates they came into effect in Ireland. 2.Separate data for employed (PAYE) persons and self-employed. For each, please provide: (i)Any available estimate of how many persons are believed to be posted overseas within Europe from Ireland, whether formally or informally. (ii)Any available data on the number of enquiries from employers regarding potential eligibility of proposed workers for posting, e.g. "before I do the paperwork, do you think this person will be eligible?" (iii)Details of the number of applications/notifications (nr of workers) made to the Department by employers wishing to post workers overseas from Ireland via the A1 scheme. (iv)The number of these applications that were refused, e.g. A1 not issued on decision of the Department, or granted. (v)Reasons given for refusals and numbers of each. (vi)Statistics for number of appeals, formal complaints, or similar made by persons refused, sorted by reason given for refusal and the channels through which these were made. (vii)Grounds for appealing, sorted by reason for refusal and channel. (viii)Number of appeals that were successful i.e. the Department's decision was reversed, sorted by channel, reason for refusal, and grounds for appeal.
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of April 2024.