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Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence, memos, minutes of meetings, and briefing documents received/held by the Minister and/or Department in communication with Forensic Science Ireland in relation to the DNA collection for the purposes of identifying remains found in Tuam from January 2023 to July 2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of any inspection reports of BOTP or IP accommodation carried out in 2023, where the contract with the provider was subsequently cancelled by the department.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of any procedure, process, policy, guidance note, standard operating procedure or similar document on the withdrawal and/or reduction of material reception conditions provided to applicants for international protection pursuant to S.I. No. 230/2018 - European Communities (Reception Conditions) Regulations 2018; a copy of any procedure, process, policy, guidance note, standard operating procedure or similar document on the re- accommodation of such applicants for international protection who are not currently in receipt of material reception conditions, specifically accommodation; a copy of any internal correspondence, minutes of meetings or similar documents regarding the withdrawal and/or reduction of material reception conditions and re-accommodation of applicants for international protection; a copy of any record containing statistics and/or data on the number of applicants for international protection awaiting re-accommodation including breakdown in respect of gender, nationality, age range and the length of time such applicants are awaiting re-accommodation; a copy of any template notice of withdrawal and/or reduction of material reception conditions; a copy of any record containing statistics and/or data on the number of notices of withdrawal and/or reduction of material reception conditions issued by the department; and a copy of any correspondence exchanged between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of Social Protection regarding withdrawal and/or reduction of material reception conditions to applicants for international protection.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Information relating to a direct provision centre based on figures for 30/07/2023; Single men; Single women; Lone parents; Couples with children; Couple without children; Total number of children

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Situation Report (Dept. of Children Response to Situation in Ukraine Sit Cen Report) for the month of July 2023

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Information in relation to a property: A schedule of all documents and correspondence relating to the providers tender and a schedule of all documents and correspondence relating to the contract award; A copy of the relevant tender and any associated correspondence between the Tenderer and the department; A copy of any mid-tender clarifications between the Tenderer and the department, with particular regard to clarifications sought and received by the department relating to compliance with Section; Building and Fire Regulations on Page 50, 51 and 56 of the RFT; A copy of any post-tender clarification between the Tenderer and the department, with particular regard to clarifications sought by the department relating to compliance withSection ;Building and Fire Regulations on Page 50, 51 and 56 of the RFT; Minutes of any meetings held between the Tenderer and the department; A copy of the contract/agreement.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The preamble to the contract to provide accommodation at an IPAS centre.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Information relating to a property; Dates and times of meetings between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth and Dublin Fire Brigade/Dublin City Council/South Dublin County Council.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence between the Department of Children and the Department of Higher Education regarding the tender for refugee accommodation from a Sligo student accommodation provider since May 2023. Any emails, letters, memos, briefing notes and minutes of meetings between officials from the Department of Children and the Department of Higher Education during the time period. Please also include any internal correspondence (same definition as above) on this matter during the period requested.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence (sent and received including attachments) between PO Kate Gillen (including where she is cc'ed into any reply) in the department and Tusla, related to the targeting of children in care, between 01/10/2022 and 01/03/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence, memos, minutes of meetings, and briefing documents received/held by the Minister and/or department relating to the excavation of burial sites at former mother and baby homes excluding the Tuam mother and baby home, from 01/01/2023 to 20/07/2023

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence since May 2023 between District Court judge Dermot Simms and the Minister Roderic O'Gorman. Any internal correspondence, minutes of any meetings, or memos in relation to the issues raised by Dermot Simms in his letter of May 17th, in which he raises concerns about an "unprecedented crisis" in services for the most at-risk children in State care.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between the Department of Integration to and from the Department of Public Expenditure, the Department of Housing; and Department of Sport, and Department of Education from 01/01/2023 to 31/05/2023 seeking buildings for accommodation for international protection applicants.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

For the years 2017 - 2021 that the department provide the following information in tabular form: The total number of FOIs received by the department; A breakdown of the number of personal v. non-personal v mixed; The number of FOIs that received a charge per year or had the applicant pay a cost; The total cost per year for search, retrieval and copying charges.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all representations made by politicians (ministers, TDs, Senators and councillors) on the subject of accommodation (emergency/direct provision etc) and modular homes for refugees and asylum seekers. Copies of all responses from the department/Minister to representations made by politicians on the subject of accommodation (emergency/direct provision etc) and modular homes for refugees and asylum seekers. The time period can be limited to 18/01/2023 to 15/02/2023. The records should include copies of any documents attached or enclosed with the correspondence.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

It's the same information being requested as my last FOI Request (FOI- 0223-2023). I would just like to see this information in its original state, i.e. a copy of the invoices that these Purchase Orders were on.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Seeking copies of reps made by politicians to the Minister or Minister of State regarding accommodation for refugees and international protection applicants over the period 14/11/2022 to 14/02/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence - including emails, letters, WhatsApp/text messages and other formats - sent since 01/02/2023 between departmental staff and staff at the IPO regarding homeless asylum seekers and asylum seekers living in tents in Dublin. Any briefings or memos prepared for the Minister regarding the same, since the same date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence between your department and Dublin City Council (or DRHE) in relation to international protection applicants who couldn't be accommodated, since 01/02/2023 until 15/05/2023

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of the pre assessment of an IPAS centre to be used as temporary accommodation and any subsequent assessments done since 18/11/2022.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of all the inspections and assessments to date that have been carried out for an office building being used to accommodate IPAs. To include all pre-inspections prior to the building being used.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All communication the department has had with the owners, operators or agents for an IPAS centre from 01/11/2021 to the present date. Any communication between the department and Kerry County Council concerning an IPAS centre.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any record which is a formal delegation of a function or functions by the head of your body under section 20 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and which is currently in force.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Minutes of meetings/chain of emails/briefings between the department and senior officials from Department of Health and HSE in relation to management of mental health cases within IPAS accommodation settings from March 2023 up to the present.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A list of e-submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-submissions channel from 01/02/2023 & 11/04/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all representations made by politicians (ministers, TDs, Senators and councillors) on the subject of accommodation (emergency/direct provision etc) and modular homes for refugees and asylum seekers. Copies of all responses from the Department/Minister to representations made by politicians on the subject of accommodation (emergency/direct provision etc) and modular homes for refugees and asylum seekers. The time period can be limited to 16/02/2023 to 12/04/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between Department of Integration to and from the Department of Housing and Department of Public Expenditure to date this year regarding difficulties in accommodating international protection applicants.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence between the department and the UN or UN agencies during 2023 to seek assistance on planning emergency accommodation for asylum seekers.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Situation Report (Dept. of Children Response to Situation in Ukraine Sit Cen Report) for the month of June 2023

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all completed audits; internal and external - conducted by or on behalf of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth of all organisations that receive public funding from the department. The time frame of this request is 01/01/2022 to date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any record which lists additional facilities or services recommended or provided in your department/office/body for cyclists since publication of the government's Climate Action Plan in 2022.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any records which show or analyse the carbon footprints of persons for whom your department / office / body pays, directly or indirectly, travel expenses; any records which outline measures taken in your department / office / body to reduce carbon footprints associated with travel since the government's Climate Action Plan was published. Please focus on travel in 2021 and 2022 - I'm looking for internal guidelines or any internal circulars advising what staff should or should not do in order to reduce carbon footprints arising from travel to or from work, or more importantly, relating to national and international work-related travel.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A list of all the hotels in Ireland that are currently housing asylum seekers.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The number of residents that were invoiced for (and subsequently paid for), according to the invoices with the following PO numbers; from Baycaster Ltd for the running of a direct provision centre. PO 85942 PO 88118 PO 88412

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of all records relating to a meeting between Minster of State Mary Butler and Minister Roderic O'Gorman in 2022 in relation to transgender healthcare and the Model of Care used in Ireland. Any memos/minutes of the meeting and any correspondence setting up the meeting or correspondence the followed the meeting and the actions taken by officials. All correspondence between the Minister and transgender support groups from 2022 to date. All correspondence between the Minister and correspondents who have contacted him on transgender health issues from 2022 to date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1) All payments made payable by the DCEDIY to a company called Drumgoan Developments Ltd for 2020, 2021 and 2022 2) A list of all payments paid by the DCEDIY to any accommodation provider for the provision of accommodation to asylum seekers, refugees, or those seeking international protection in a town

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records in the past 5 years of legal fees paid by Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth in utilising legal firms and consultancy firms to consult on and answer FOI requests and appeals of FOI requests including appeals to the Office of the Information Commissioner.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to the procurement process which resulted in a property to be used as accommodation for International Protection applicants

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All records of written communications (including emails) between staff members in the Ukraine Crisis Temporary Accommodation Team (UCTAT) and staff members of Dromboy Ltd, an accommodation provider for Ukrainian temporary protection beneficiaries, since 01/03/2023. Any contracts agreed between Dromboy Ltd and the department regarding the accommodation of Ukrainian temporary protection beneficiaries or international protection applicants.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records of correspondence or memos in the department, including any retained by the Minister or his personal advisers, in relation to the meetings with Minster of State Mary Butler on the issue of transgender healthcare from 2022 to date. I understand that there were meetings in February and June 2022 on this issue. Please include any correspondence arising from these meetings. All records of correspondence or memos in the department, including any retained by the Minister or his personal advisers, in relation to meetings with Minister Stephen Donnelly or senior Department of Health or HSE officials on the issue of transgender healthcare from 2022 to date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of Minister O'Gorman's ministerial diary for the periods 01/08/2020 to 31/08/2020; 01/08/2021 to 31/08/2021; 01/08/2022 to 31/08/2022. A copy of Minister O'Gorman's mileage expense claims (showing actual kilometres claimed) for the periods 01/08/2020 to 31/08/2020; 01/08/2021 to 31/08/2021; 01/08/2022 to 31/08/2022.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of responses to a questionnaire sent to services working with at-risk children, in response to a 1st December roundtable meeting organised by the Ombudsman for Children (as referenced in a 14th February letter to Lara Hynes from the Ombudsman).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Internal correspondence between Lara Hynes and Des Delaney on the topic of the exploitation of children in care, between 01/02/2023 and 31/06/2023. 2. Correspondence between the Department of Children and Tusla on the topic of the exploitation of children in care, between 01/05/2023 and 21/06/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence related to the offers made to the department of cruise ships to house Ukrainian refugees and International Protection applicants. This should include any records of deliberations or discussions about those offers among officials in the International Protection Procurement Services, the Minister's office and any other relevant section. This request should cover the period 16/11/2022 to the present day.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence between the Department of Housing and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability and Integration regarding the use of emergency accommodation to house people in the Direct Provision system. All correspondence between the Department of Housing and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability and Integration regarding the housing needs of people who have been granted permission to remain in Ireland but remain in Direct Provision to cover the period 01/05/2022 to 23/05/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All new records that were created after 01/01/2023 involving the governments; contacts/discussions with GSK, the corporate successor to Wellcome, about its involvement in vaccine trials in mother and baby homes. Any records held that relate to the government's attempts to have GSK contribute to a redress fund and correspondence with the company.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

For the months of March 2022 and February 2023 only: Copies of agendas and minutes of any meetings dealing with the Ukrainian minor refugees that had entered Ireland under the International Protection Act of 2015. Minutes of meetings dealing with the outcomes of the psychological interventions and the availability of facilities offering such interventions. Copies of any interdepartmental and intergovernment correspondence (including attachments) in relation to minor Ukrainian refugees that entered Ireland (as above) that were assessed to require counseling, and the outcomes of the interventions. Copies of briefing documents/papers prepared for ministers or junior ministers in the department in relation to the minor Ukrainian refugees that were referred for psychological interventions, the outcomes of such interventions and the availability of facilities that offer psychological interventions. For February 2023 only: Datasets related to the number of Ukrainian minors and/or vulnerable individuals applying for international protection under the International Protection Act of 2015 (in csv, excel, .shp). Datasets related to the vulnerability assessments of Ukrainian minors applying for international protection under the International Protection Act of 2015 (in csv, excel, .shp).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and a company relating to the renting by the Department of properties as accommodation for 66 asylum seekers. All documents between the department and any landlords/companies offering residential housing as accommodation for housing asylum claimants in the Ranelagh and Portobello areas. Correspondence between the department and the TDs for Dublin Bay South from 01/06/2022 to date regarding the placing of asylum claimants in residential housing in the constituency.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Minutes of the Interdepartmental group on Children First, between 01/06/2022 and 20/06/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records pertaining to all tenders (without exception) awarded to private companies that provide residential care buildings in which children under TUSLA's care reside. Name of all companies, amounts awarded and length of contracts/tenders.