Louth County Council
FOI Requests — 853 records (page 9 of 18)
- Received 24 May 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
IwishtoreceiveacopyoftheuniquelistofFixedChargeOffencesthatLouthCountyCouncilisusing andhasbeenusingforthedispensingofFixedChargeOffencessincetheintroductionofAutomated Fixed Charge Offence Dispensing Handheld Machines as operated by traffic wardens. (The fixed chargeoffencelistcurrentlybeinguseddoesnotcorrespondwiththelistprovidedunderlegislation, the Drogheda Pay Parking Bye-Laws or any historical list used in the Republic of Ireland) The number of trees felled at the behest of the council for 2018 and 2019 so far. Copies of all complaints made to the council in regards to election posters in the weeks leading up to the local and European elections on May 24th.
- Received 27 May 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
- Received 6 June 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
- Received 7 June 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
The release of any complaints regarding polling stations, polling cards, the local authority's register of voters for this year's local European elections, between 1 April and 31 May
- Received 11 June 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
My request refers to the housing supports, the Capital Assistance Scheme (CAS) and the Capital Loan and Subsidy Scheme (CLSS). I would like to have details please of the names and, if available, the address of any organisation which took on a CAS or CLSS loan between 1984 and 1999
- Received 11 June 2019Decided —WithdrawnLouth County Council
1) The overall number of intentions to compulsory purchase issued by the local authority pursuant to its role as a Housing Authority for social and affordable housing purposes or under the Derelict broken down per annum from September 2018 to date The overall number of Section 50 of the Planning & Development Act Judicial reviews of confirmed orders involving the Local Authority broken down per annum from September 2018 to 2019 to date. The number of Compulsory Purchase order "Notice to Treat" issued by the Local Authority broken down per annum from September 2018 to date. The total amount spent on Compulsory Purchases broken down per annum from September 2018 to date.
- Received 13 June 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
A full list of all residential properties owned by the Council. And a list of all of the properties owned by the council which are currently vacant.
- Received 14 June 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
The number of applications currently on the council's waiting list for social housing. The number of social housing offers made last year. The number of social housing offers refused last year, and reasons for refusal, I.E location, size, etc. The number of people who refused a social housing offer last year
- Received 21 June 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
Road Opening at Doolargy Ave
- Received 27 June 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
All details in connection with the damage caused to Annagassan Bridge as a result of a collision by a car. Apparently the works to repair the damage are to commence soon, so if you could include the costs of these works and the source of the funding of same.
- Received 4 July 2019Decided —WithdrawnLouth County Council
Questions regarding housing allocation policies - Does Louth County Council have reserved (designated) houses for Traveller households?. What is the general housing allocation system for Traveller households in new housing developments? Are housing applicants nominated to Approved Housing Bodies in accordance with the housing allocation system?
- Received 4 July 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
All records/correspondence etc. between the Valuation Office and the Council (dating from the commencement date of the FOI Act onwards) relating to petrol stations, convenience stores and supermarkets; All records/correspondence etc. between the Valuation Tribunal and the Council (dating from the commencement date of the FOI Act onwards) relating to petrol stations, convenience stores and supermarkets;; All records/correspondence etc. between the Council and the Department for Housing,
- Received 4 July 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
A copy of a proposal/Submission which was sent by the Louth Environmental Group to a named Council Official at Dundalk town Council dated May 2012, and all documentation that was generated by same to include but not limited to minutes of meetings, memoranda, records of telephonecalls, letters/emails sent and received that related to this document. I also wish to request a copy of theinvoices for the clean-up that was carried out and the fencingthat was installed around the circa 3.5 acre portion of wasteland around the North-West Drainage Scheme Pump-house at the rearof St. Nicholas Avenue, Dundalk by contractors on behalf of Dundalk Town Council arising from a complaint which was made by theLouth Environmental Group
- Received 8 July 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
The number of €150 chewing gum litter fines handed out in 2016 in 2017 in 2018 and the 1st six months of 2019. The number of €150 chewing gum litter fines that went uppaid in 2016,2017,2018 and the 1st six months of 2019. The number of prosecutions resulting from €150 chewing gum litter fines that went unpaid in 2016, in 2017, in 2018. and the first six months of 2019
- Received 15 July 2019Decided —WithdrawnLouth County Council
Information on the Councils current arragnement is for provision of statutory inspections of lifting equipment and pressure vessels. In particular the following information. Who the contract is currently held with. How long has the contract been in place with the incumbrant provider. When is the contract up for re tendering
- Received 16 July 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
Information on Louth County Councils spending on mobile phone bills for 2016,2017 and to date in 2018. where possible I'm seeking information under the Act on : The number of staff who have council owned phones (or work phones)for 2016,2017 and to date in 2018. Any expenditure on tablets for Council staff or councillors and a breakdown of how many tablets were purchased and who received one. The number of phones the Council has for staff for 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018. The make and model of the phones for 2016, 2017 and to date in 2018.
- Received 16 July 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
All queries in relation to parking charges in County Louth. Revenue from parking charges in County Louth in the years 2016,2017 and 2018. A breakdown of the amount of tickets/fines/penalties issued in the same period. A breakdown of outstanding unpaid fines and penalties from 2016, 2017 and 2018.
- Received 19 July 2019Decided —WithdrawnLouth County Council
1i) All flowers purchased and planted by the council in its ornamental annuals and ornamental planting during 2017,2018 and in the year to date. Please specify the amount of each type of flower purchased and planted, the councils spend on each type of of flower and the stock or seeds provenance. All native plants purchased and planted by the council in 2017, 2018 and in the year to date. Please specify the amount of each native plant purchased, the council’s spend and the stock or seeds provenance. All trees and shrubs purchased and planted by the council in 2017, 2018 and in the year to date. Please specify the amount of each tree and shrub purchased, the council’s spend and the stock or seeds provenance. The Council’s grass cutting cycle during 2018 and the grass cutting cycle to date in 2019, indicating how many cuts to grassy areas have taken place in the year to date and how many more are planned. The number, amount and type of pesticides purchased in 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date by the Council, the Council’s total spend on pesticides in 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date, the amount of pesticides used by the Council in 2017, 2018 and 2019 to date, specifying the reasons for its use.
- Received 6 August 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
List of former councillors who received, or are due to receive) retirement gratuities as a result of losing their seats in the 2019 local electioins, or choosing not to stand for re-elections, and a list of the payments they receivd, or are due to receive
- Received 7 August 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
A copy of the Agenda and the Minute of the Ordinary Monthly Meeting of the Council at which the decision was made to refuse the offer from the Louth Environmental Group to enter into a joint community venture with the Council to secure the provision of the Council’s Statutory Development Plan Objective of providing a riverside walk from the Newry Road Bridge on the Castletown River to the Railway Bridge on the river. Copies of the paid invoices which were submitted by the private contractors to construct the new fence which created a rear entrance passageway along a portion of the St Nicholas Avenue houses.
- Received 12 August 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
A full list of locations where CCTV cameras are operated by the council or with the council's permission, excluding as security for the interior of council-owned buildings. A list of costs incurred by the council relating to the installation of cameras between 2017 and the present date Any privacy impact assessments prepared, as per the EU's General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR), relating to the installation of external CCTV cameras since May 2018
- Received 15 August 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
The identity of the rated occupier of the following premises EirCode A91 RV09
- Received 20 August 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
Copies of all reports of verbal and physical attacks on dog wardens to the council since January 1 2018.
- Received 20 August 2019Decided —WithdrawnLouth County Council
Copies of all settlement documents which relate to claims resolved by IPB Insurance on behalf of the council since January 1 2017.
- Received 20 August 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
Copies of all IPB Quarterly Reports submitted to the council since January 1 2017 up to the most recent available report.
- Received 20 August 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
A list of addresses locations for each vacant building or site currently managed or owned by the council - The length of time each vacant site managed or owned by the council has not been in use - The size of each of these vacant sites (in sq m or hectares) managed or owned by the council
- Received 26 August 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
Copies of all reports & memos on Brexit contingency planning written by the County Manager/Chief Executive. Copies of all reports and memos on Brexit contingency planning sent to the County Manager/Chief Executive both from local authority officials and central government. Copies of all reports and memos on Brexit contingency planning sent to the County Manager/Chief Executive both from local authority officials and central government. Copies of all correspondence to/from the County Manager/Chief Executive and central government (ministers/Department secretaries general) on the topic of Brexit contingency planning. Copies of all reports and memos on Brexit contingency planning written by the Directors of Services at the local authority. Copies of all reports and memos on Brexit contingency planning sent to the Directors of Services at the local authority either by fellow council officials or central government.
- Received 3 September 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
I attach herewith copy of map illustrating an area within Doolargy Avenue, Dundalk, Co Louth. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I require documentation relating to road opening licenses relating to this area issued between 01/01/2005 and 31/12/2015
- Received 30 August 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
All copies and video recordings of the alledged offence, although previously verbally requested but not received
- Received 19 September 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
1. With regard to Section 174 (8)(a) of the Local Government Act, 2001, could the Council share records on the number of “matters brought to attention under subsection (7)”, the number of corresponding investigations carried out (Section 174 (8)(a)(i)) and the number of corresponding reports prepared (Section 174 (8)(b)(i)) separately for 2018, 2017 and 2016? Only numbers, no details, are requested. 2. Could the Council share an organisational chart, indicating the reporting structure of the internal audit unit? Alternatively, we ultimately would like to know – does the internal audit unit (or contracted company, if outsourced) report directly to a Head of Finance or Director of Service (as opposed to the Chief Executive and Audit Committee)? 3. Can the council confirm that it has available for inspection by the public, as per guidance in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform’s Model Publication Scheme for FOI Bodies, and as applies to ministers and secretary generals; diaries relating to the professional activities of the Chief Executive, and if so, can the council share these documents?
- Received 23 September 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
The total number of staff employed by the council and the number of sickness hours/staff absence from October 2018 to February 2019 inclusive. The number of sickness attributed to flu or flu like illness. If the council offers a staff winter flu vaccination program? If Yes to No.3 the % uptake recorded for the same timeframe as No.1 If Yes to No.3 the provider and cost for the same timeframe as No. 1”
- Received 25 September 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
I attach herwith copy of map illustrating an area within Aisling Park, Dundalk, Co Louth. Under the Freedom of Information Act, I require documentation relating to road opening licenses relating to this area issued between 01/01/2018-31/07/2019
- Received 26 September 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
Details of any individuals. All I seek is the current pay scale of the various wardens employed by your council e.g school wardens, community wardens, traffic wardens, litter wardens, traffic + litter wardens ( wardens with dual capacity) dog wardens etc. Do your wardens work Monday to Friday or work 5 over 6 or work 5 over 7. Also do your wardens get paid for doing extra duties e.g emptying parking meters, keeping local grave records etc.
- Received 30 September 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
Information on protected disclosures received by Louth County Council throughout 2016.
- Received 27 September 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
- Received 30 September 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
The overall number of planning permission change of use applications to register a non-Principal Private Residence as a short term let received since July 1st 2019 to date, the number granted, the number refused and the number still being processed. The number of notification forms received for Principal Private Residences as short term lettings since July 1st 2019 to date`The number of complaints received by the authority about suspected breaches of the said regulations. The number of Enforcement Orders or warnings issued by the Council arising from breaches of the Residential and Tenancies Act 2019 and subsequent regulations as since 1st July 2019. The number of staff and budget of the local authority directly attached to short term lettings regulation and communication written or electronic between the Local Authority and the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to requests for extra resources arising from the new regulations on short term lettings.”
- Received 1 October 2019Decided —WithdrawnLouth County Council
Records relating to standard allocations (excluding disability etc) in years 2016 and 2018 for Dundalk Municipal District only. 1. for 2018 I want records in relation to choice based lettings system. I need records for successful bidders on the system only.
- Received 3 October 2019Decided —TransferredLouth County Council
Specifically showing when bidding closed Date/time on a particular property. Copies of all water tests carried out on the Tallanstown Public Water Scheme from June 2019 to August 2019. We make this request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 on behalf of our client
- Received 14 October 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
All records maintained by LCC in relation to works carried out on the pavement at Aisling Pk Dundalk in the vicinity of houses 479 & 478 and in particular in connection with the installation of an ESB power junction box at or near that location
- Received 17 October 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
I am requesting information about what rates if any you charge for hotels, B&B's, guesthouses or short term lets (i.e airbnb). How much many properties were subject to such rates in 2016 and 2017 (2018 also if possible) and how much did that yield in revenue? I am also requesting information on the amount of enforcement proceedings that your council commenced on short term lets in 2016, 2017 and 2018. Further I am requesting information about any properties that were granted or refused planning permission to be used as short term lets since 2016 and what contribution towards public services if any they were asked to pay as part of their planning permission.
- Received 22 October 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
Access to records which are non personal, specifically, the number of financial settlements reached by the local authority during each of the last five year and the number of these settlements which included a confidentiality clauses The value of these settlements for each of these years.
- Received 18 October 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
How many grants were awarded in the following category's from Local Enterprise Office Louth 1. Feasibility Study Grant 2. Priming Grant 3. Business Expansion Grant 4. LEO Innovation Investment Fund To who the Grants were awarded, the Registered company, the CRO(Companies Registration office) Number and the Financial value of the grants awarded, for further clarification that this is the amount of grant aid paid.
- Received 25 October 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
The number of insurance claims the council finalised/settled in (a) 2016, (b) 2017, (c) 2018 and (d) so far in 2019. The monetary value of these claims in each of the above years, along with the value of the highest claim in each year. A breakdown by the nature of the claims in each year - ie, trips, falls, motor claims, etc.
- Received 17 October 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
Information on the amount of enforcement proceedings that your council commenced on short term lets in 2016,2017, and 2018. Further I am requesting information about any properties that were granted or refused planning permission to be used as short term lets since 2016 and what contribution towards public services if any they were asked to pay as part of their planning permission.
- Received 4 November 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
Details of how much the council spent on Christmas decorations each year in 2016,2017,2018 and this year if possible. I am requesting details of all outdoor decorations purchased by the council for for public display.
- Received 4 November 2019Decided —WithdrawnLouth County Council
Access to the following records/details. The total sum paid to the council through the vacant site levy since the beginning of this year
- Received 5 November 2019Decided —GrantedLouth County Council
The number of applicants removed from the housing list each year. The primary reasons for removal each year (e.g successfully housed, suspended) The number of applicants removed each year because of their death
- Received 8 November 2019Decided —Part-GrantedLouth County Council
A detailed breakdown of the expenditure for each foreig trip (please do not consider Northern Ireland in this) undertaken by a councillor plus council delegation in 2018 to include names of who went on each trip reason for the trip the cost of each trip and a breakdown of costs for each trip to include accommodation, travel, subsistence and any other expenses associated, as well as copies of any receipts.
- Received 11 November 2019Decided —RefusedLouth County Council
A copy of all road opening licences granted by Louth County Council between 1st October 2009 and 31st November 2010 for main street Dunleer, County Louth
- Received 12 November 2019Decided —WithdrawnLouth County Council
Monthlyreports(fromJanuary2016tothemostrecent recordavailable)detailingthenumberofpeoplewho entered emergency homelessaccommodation funded under Section 10 ofthe Housing Act1988 in your local authority administrative area; Monthly reports (from January 2016 to the most recent record available) detailing the number ofpeoplewho exited emergency homelessaccommodation funded under Section 10 of theHousingAct1988inyourlocalauthorityadministrativearea;.Monthlyreports(fromJanuary2016tothe most recent record available) detailing the number of people who entered emergency homeless accommodation funded under Section 10 of the Housing Act1988 in your localauthority administrative area categorised as adults and as dependants. Monthly reports (from January 2016 to the most recent record available) detailing the number of people who exited emergency homeless accommodation funded under Section 10 of the Housing Act 1988 in your local authority administrative area categorised as adultompleted 22/10/18. Ti