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Department of Children, Disability and Equality

I am seeking copies of the following: The Department's Records Management Policy. Any guidelines, procedures or manuals compiled as part of the Department's Records Management programme, including Records Retention/Disposal Schedules. The minutes of meetings held during 2021 and 2022 by any records management committee, steering group or similar body operating within the Department

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Contracts with commercial hotels for housing Ukrainian refugees.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between DCEDIY and D/Defence regarding emergency accommodation for Ukrainian refugees

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1) A list of all training courses provided by Advance HE under the Athena SWAN programme since 2003; 2) A list of all reports and consultations commissioned by the Department from Advance HE/Athena SWAN since 2003; and 3) The total costs of all such courses, consultations and reports.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All records relating to any submissions made to your department to retain the word "woman" in the Maternity Protect Act as outlined in the Scheme of Work Life Balance Bill. All records relating to any submissions made to your department seeking to erase the word "woman" from the Maternity Protection Act and replace it with "person" All minutes of meetings and discussions where this issue was raised and where the final decision to replace "woman" with "person" was made. All responses issued by your department in relation to the request to retain the word "woman" in the Maternity Protection Act. All responses issued by your department in relation to the request to replace the word "woman" with "person" in the Maternity Protection Act.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to the cost, usage case, and any modelling underpinning the decision to lease the Citywest complex for Ukrainian refugees and all correspondence with DPER regarding same

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of an email, including the attachment, sent on March 7th by a member of the Equality & Gender Equality Team. The email was entitled "Save the Date: Side events at the 66th session of the UN Commission for the Status of Women."

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of any correspondence between the Minister or the Secretary General for the Department and the Red Cross regarding the migration programme/pledges by Irish families for accommodation for Ukrainian refugees, donations to the Red Cross and how money fundraised will be spent between 01 March - 14 April 2022

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

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

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

I am submitting an FOI request under the Act or records regarding discussions by the Minister and department of the suspension of payments to the Transgender Equality Network Ireland and failure of that organisation to supply audited accounts.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

I am submitting an FOI request for all records in the department recording discussions by Minister O Gorman of the duty of care he owes as Minister to seek out, establish and to take into account the views of women and teenage girls who wish to retain and protect their traditional exclusive female only access to what is referred to as 'Safe Spaces' ( toilets, changing rooms etc) and the actions he as Minister for Equality has taken to promote and protect those traditional female rights to safe spaces.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Minutes of meetings of the Programme Board and the External Advisory Committee referenced in a PQ

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to pest control at Oberstown Children Detention Campus, including inspection and service reports created by service providers, invoices, correspondence with the service providers, and internal correspondence relating to pest control covering the period January 1, 2020 to the present date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

In relation to all CCTV cameras that you have procured from 2017 until the present, please provide: - the names of each company and the names of the products including the model numbers - the contracts with each company - the cost per unit and the total costs, and - the duration of contracts and/or licenses. Please provide records that state the capability of the CCTV cameras (along with their storage and processing units whether locally, on a server or in the cloud), such as facial recognition, temperature/thermal scanning, behaviour analysis, object detection or demographic detection (i.e. age, gender, clothing etc). For all CCTV cameras procured between 2019 and present, please also provide the documents and communication (such as letters and emails) involving the company that was awarded the contract.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All records and correspondencerelating to Fergal Lynch's public policy role at NUI Galway between the Dept of Children and other Government department and agencies, including correspondence relating to funding by the exchequer through the Department of Higher Education. Name, title and details of the research programme, Mr Lynch's salary, its annual funding and duration of the programme, and details on the competitive process (if any) that was conducted to approve this programme.The time span involved covers the period from when contact was first made with other Government Departments and NUIG in relation to the arrangement to when Mr Lynch took up his position.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All documents showing how the Department decided to grant funds to Teni (Transgender Equality Network Ireland) from January 2020 to date. Please include any evaluations or reviews of how this money was spent and and copies of any reviews considering Teni's lack of financial accounts and its application(s) for state aid.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All agendas, minutes, notes, correspondence and reports relating to Minister Roderic O'Gorman's meetings with Senator Fintan Warfield and members of the Anti Conversion Therapy Coalition (ACTC) group. To include a meeting in June 2021 and all others.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The department's submission for Ireland's Fifth and Sixth State Report to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (February 2022) says "research was commissioned to inform the development of a system for under 16s. A scoping exercise aims to finalise the research specifications soon. It is expected research findings will inform the development of a system robust enough to support children while minimising associated risks" This request sought a copy of all documents, briefing notes, emails and internal discussion documents relating to the commissioning of this research and the scoping exercise to inform the development of a system for u16s referred to in the UN submission and a copy of all documents, briefing notes, emails and internal discussion documents relating to research specifications referred to in this section of the UN submission

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

In the past five years, how many sexual harassment incidents have been reported to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth?

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

I wish to request the following records under the Freedom of Information Act 2014:With regard to Ireland's Sustainable Development Goal 5.5, as laid out in Ireland's current plan, and the associated High Level Objective Number 4 (Advance women in leadership at all levels), I request information on the guidance and directives that have been issued to the Human Resources Departments of Irish Local authorities by The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to their recruitment and promotion policies to ensure compliance with, and/or to meet, this specific objective?

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Submissions made to Minister

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Provision of food in DP centres

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records of IDG on birth and tracing

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence with Ruhama

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Minister's correspondence with Minister for State and Tusla

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence with Tusla Senior Management

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Supports for people whose births were illegally registered

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Database/list if complaints received by IPAS

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence with religious institutions

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence with Department of Justice

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Data Protection Impact Assessments regarding tracing bill

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Minutes of the Programme Board on Ending Direct Provision

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence with Scouting Ireland

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Personal health records

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Extension of the deadline on Equality Acts

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between requester and FOI staff

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between Focus Ireland and Minister's Office regarding homeless families

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Tendering and procurement of research into conversion therapy

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Briefing on new assylum seekers or capacity at DP centres

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Ministerial briefing regarding surrogacy

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Witness statements from MBH commission of investigation

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between the Department and religious organisations relating to financial contributions to the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records in relation to the attached applications that have been made to you in relation to offering a hotel as an IPAS Centre / Accommodation.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Information relates to the award of a tender/contract payments to, but not limited to, any of the following parties,(a) A company (b) An individual ( c) An individual ( d) A limited company (e) A hotel company. This is in connection to the hotel being used as a Ukrainian Accommodation Centre in or around March. The nature of the request is for all records/information detailing, evincing, or otherwise recording:i. the tender and advertisement thereof; ii. relevant consideration(s) in the award of the contracts/tenders; iii. the decision(s) given to the award to contracts/tenders. iv. all documentation/correspondence submitted to IPAS by the parties and by IPAS to the parties v. all contracts/proposals and offers issued to the parties vi. departmental correspondence pre/post procurement of the hotel to any relevant party; vii. a full breakdown of public funds paid/pledged to parties in providing provision centre services at the location; and, viii. documents specifically relating to the decision making process, operational arrangements and consultations regarding the the procurement and use of the hotel for BOTP accommodation

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any records or correspondence (including emails, WhatsApp or other messages) related to the meetings between Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Ireland and officials at the separtment, as set out here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/122317/jesuit-refugee-service-jrs-ireland Copy of the minutes of these meetings and any other related records such as briefing notes or follow-up correspondence.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between a company and the department related to a property and its potential use as an IPAS centre. Correspondence between a limited company and the department related to a property and its potential use as an IPAS centre.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

An (anonymised) copy of all complaints made by International Protection applicants about privately run accommodation;a record/spreadsheet/database of each complaint received; and a summary of actions taken by the department on foot of the complaint(s);a record/spreadsheet/database of the number of complaints received in total, broken down by property owner; A record/spreadsheet/database of the number of complaints received in total, broken down by country of property location; Any internal assessment, briefing and/or report concerning the overarching quality of privately-run accommodation contracted by the department

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence sent to or from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth regarding a proposal to use the site of a property as accommodation for displaced persons seeking international protection between 01/01/2025 until 05/04/2025. - Details of the proposal to use the above property as accommodation for displaced persons seeking international protection including any photographs, blueprints, maps, technical drawings etc. - Details of the appraisal process that the department carried out on this property and the reasons why the proposal was rejected.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Reports held by the Department of Integration/Immigration on the IPAS facility in relation to violent incidents and threatening behaviour whereby Gardaí or emergency services were called to attend by the centre's management and/or security personnel.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Incident reports for any privately run IPAS-contracted accommodation; The most up-to-date incident log(s), spreadsheet(s) or database extract(s) for incident reports for all privately run IPAS-contracted accommodation.