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FOI Requests — 1172 requests
- Part-GrantedReceived 13 October 2025Decided 13 November 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Farrelly Commission
- Part-GrantedReceived 4 August 2025Decided 12 November 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Children’s Disability Services Grant Fund
- GrantedReceived 1 October 2025Decided 11 November 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
List of ministerial e-submissions for September 2025
- RefusedReceived 7 October 2025Decided 5 November 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to spend on lighting, light fittings, light shades, non-standard bulbs, or other lighting-related purchases in the department since December 2024
- RefusedReceived 30 September 2025Decided 29 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to a TCO/CO competition in 2023/2024
- RefusedReceived 7 August 2025Decided 28 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Children’s Disability Services Grant Fund
- Part-GrantedReceived 20 August 2025Decided 23 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Risk register, internal audits & minutes of Risk and Audit meetings
- RefusedReceived 6 October 2025Decided 21 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to spend on flooring floor covering (carpets, carpet tiles, linoleum, wooden tiles, solid or semi-solid wood, or any other type of floor covering) in the department since 2025
- RefusedReceived 23 July 2025Decided 17 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between Minister & Primate of All Ireland re redress scheme
- RefusedReceived 15 September 2025Decided 13 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records in the department's possession that pertain to Minister Heather Humphreys meeting with Senator Tom Clonan.
- RefusedReceived 5 August 2025Decided 9 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Various ministerial e-submissions
- Part-GrantedReceived 29 August 2025Decided 9 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) education, advocacy and support
- Part-GrantedReceived 10 September 2025Decided 9 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
References to "gender identity" in equality acts
- RefusedReceived 11 September 2025Decided 9 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between DCDE Minister & National Centre for Remembrance steering group member since 2020
- GrantedReceived 1 September 2025Decided 7 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
List of eSubmissions
- RefusedReceived 19 July 2025Decided 3 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Children’s Disability Services Grant Fund
- Part-GrantedReceived 28 July 2025Decided 3 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Minutes of DCEDIY Management Board meetings held in 2023 and 2024
- RefusedReceived 13 August 2025Decided 3 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Children’s Disability Services Grant Fund
- Part-GrantedReceived 3 September 2025Decided 3 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Complaints from Oberstown residents
- RefusedReceived 4 September 2025Decided 3 October 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Consultant engineer report referred to in Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation's Fifth Interim Report
- Part-GrantedReceived 30 July 2025Decided 30 September 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Children’s Disability Services Grant Fund
- Part-GrantedReceived 23 August 2025Decided 22 September 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Good People Ltd
- RefusedReceived 21 August 2025Decided 19 September 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to monthly childcare scheme
- Part-GrantedReceived 7 August 2025Decided 18 September 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records regarding St John's Ambulance
- Part-GrantedReceived 20 August 2025Decided 18 September 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Early Learning and Childcare Planning Matters Working Group minutes & related docs
- Part-GrantedReceived 14 August 2025Decided 11 September 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between DCDE and Legion of Mary
- RefusedReceived 9 August 2025Decided 10 September 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Assessments Of Needs
- Part-GrantedReceived 7 July 2025Decided 4 September 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to a particular Change Request or Business Requirement. Related to FOI-0145-2025
- Part-GrantedReceived 1 August 2025Decided 29 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
List of ministerial e-submissions for July 2025
- RefusedReceived 5 August 2025Decided 29 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to 'childcare action plan'
- Part-GrantedReceived 2 July 2025Decided 28 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
List of ministerial e-submissions since Jan 2025
- RefusedReceived 9 July 2025Decided 28 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between the Minister and any European commissioner
- Part-GrantedReceived 22 July 2025Decided 25 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Briefing materials prepared for Minister of State Michael Healy Rae for a Seanad commencement debate on March 25 2025
- RefusedReceived 17 July 2025Decided 15 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to a property & Tusla
- GrantedReceived 9 July 2025Decided 13 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to the Office of the Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse
- GrantedReceived 9 July 2025Decided 12 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to the Office of the Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse
- GrantedReceived 14 July 2025Decided 12 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to data protection courses completed by employees since 2022
- RefusedReceived 10 July 2025Decided 7 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to effects on early years services in the vicinity of Citywest IPAS centre
- GrantedReceived 9 July 2025Decided 6 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All materials sent by DCDE to the DHLGH regarding the Sean Ross Abbey ground survey
- Part-GrantedReceived 3 July 2025Decided 5 August 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence with National Womens Council of Ireland
- Part-GrantedReceived 29 April 2025Decided 25 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Briefings, meeting notes, submissions to the Minister and diary entries (along with associated briefing and meeting notes) relating to special emergency arrangements for providing accommodation for children in care, within the Office of the Minister and The Child Policy and Tusla Governance Division, dated between 01/01/2025 and 01/03/2025
- Part-GrantedReceived 27 June 2025Decided 25 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to the development, planning, staffing, and governance of the National Centre for Research and Remembrance at Seán McDermott Street, Dublin 1: 1. A full and current list of members of the Steering Group for the National Centre. Minutes of all Steering Group meetings to date. Any correspondence, reports or memos relating to the selection or appointment of Steering Group members. Any document, policy, or internal communication that explains the powers, responsibilities, and decision-making role of the Special Advocate and the four survivor representatives on the Steering Group including whether they have full voting rights and equal say in decisions. 2. A full breakdown of staffing plans for the National Centre, including types of roles, recruitment timelines, and which agencies or departments are responsible for filling them. Any records, proposals, or internal discussions about hiring survivors of Mother and Baby Homes, County Homes, Magdalene Laundries, Industrial Schools, or adoption systems to work at the National Centre. Specifically, any plans to train and employ survivors in professional roles such as: Archive or museum work, Community education and outreach, Records access and support services, Administration or governance. Any documents that outline whether priority will be given to survivors in hiring processes across all roles not just cleaning, hospitality, or maintenance.
- RefusedReceived 1 April 2025Decided 23 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
a) Correspondence held by the department about the Children's Disability Service Grant - the timeline of this request is from 01/06/2024 to date. b) Any direct correspondence from the Minister herself on the Children's Disability Service Grant from 01/06/2024 to date c) Any internal records held by the Department of Children on the costings of a Children's Disability Service Grant. And any records detailing how the €8m figure was arrived at. The timeline is 01/01/2024. d) A copy of any briefings, notes, or speaking points prepared for the Minister or her officials in advance of the announcement of the Children's Disablity Service Grant in June 2024. e) Any correspondence between the Minister and her officials from: 1. the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform 2. The Department of Health. 3. The HSE.
- GrantedReceived 29 May 2025Decided 23 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. A copy of any correspondence/referral between Tusla and the Department of Children, related SEA agency staff provider Good People, involving vetting, compliance, practice, Garda referrals, between 01/01/2022 and 01/01/2025. 2. A copy of any internal briefings, related to the SEA provider Good People, prepared by the Department, between 01/01/2022 and 01/01/2025
- RefusedReceived 25 June 2025Decided 23 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The name of each special adviser appointed at your department in respect of the 34th Dáil. The name of the minister to whom they were appointed. The date of their appointment. The sanctioned pay rate for them. The relevant pay-scale that applies to them.
- RefusedReceived 13 May 2025Decided 21 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence, memos, briefing papers, reports etc prepared for officials and the minister on the feasibility, risks, costs, unintended consequences of introducing a €200 a month childcare scheme
- RefusedReceived 3 June 2025Decided 21 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. Details of the ICT budget and planned ICT projects or initiatives for the current financial year (2025/26). 2. Documentation outlining planned ICT procurements for FY 2025/26, including (but not limited to) hardware, software, ICT maintenance agreements, and related services.
- RefusedReceived 20 June 2025Decided 21 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any and all correspondence between Minister Norma Foley and the head of the 'Grace' Commission, since 01/01/2025 to date
- Part-GrantedReceived 17 June 2025Decided 18 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Funding of St John's Ambulance or discussions, funding of a child protection safety officer for St John's Ambulance from January 2025 - March 2025.
- RefusedReceived 20 June 2025Decided 16 July 2025Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All briefing material compiled for Minister Norma Foley ahead of her appearance before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Equality, of which she appeared on 12th June 2025.