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FOI Requests — 1172 requests

  • Received 2 March 2021
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2021 - 59
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    All correspondence - dated between July 2020 and February 2021 - between DCEDIY and Direct Provision operators regarding plans to reform the system and move away from a not-for-profit approach.

  • Received 1 March 2021
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021 - 60
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Copies of all correspondence between the Department and the Data Protection Commissioner with regard to the transfer of the archive of the Mother & Baby Home Commission. This request to cover the period 1 September 2020 to 1 March 2021.

  • Received 4 March 2021
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021 - 61
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence between the Department and the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes (and certain related matters) from 12 January 2021 to 22nd February 2021 regarding tapes of interviews.

  • Received 9 March 2021
    Decided
    Refused
    Request Reference 2021 - 62
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Inspection reports / examinations of standards in direct provision centres for asylum seekers carried out between December 2020 to present.

  • Received 9 March 2021
    Decided
    Request Reference 2021 - 63
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    All emails between DCEDIY and Department of Housing regarding proposals and drafting of White Paper dated between 1st October 2020 and 1st March 2021.

  • Received 12 March 2021
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021 - 64
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    All correspondence, in either electronic or paper form exchanged between Minister O'Gorman and or Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration Youth Staff and Scouting Ireland from 22nd of January 2021 to the 12th of March 2021.

  • Received 15 March 2021
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021 - 65
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence between the minister and/or department officials and the author of the illegal adoptions sampling review Marion Reynolds between 1 January 2021 and 15 March 2021. Correspondence and any documents, including minutes of a meeting Marion Reynolds had with Minister Katherine Zappone and her officials in relation to the publishing of the report in July 2019.

  • Received 12 March 2021
    Decided
    Refused
    Request Reference 2021 - 66
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Access to statistics relating to the amount of Covid-19 cases in Direct Provision and emergency living centres across the country.

  • Received 18 March 2021
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021 - 67
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Notes of calls between Tom Sheppard and Leila Shaddadi of Edelman Ireland in relation to Didean. Any text messages and letters exchanged between Tom Sheppard and Leila Shaddadi of Edelman Ireland in relation to Didean. All correspondence (emails, texts, letters, notes of calls and notes of meetings) between Edward Dunne of Didean and Minister O'Gorman.

  • Received 21 March 2021
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021 - 68
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    A copy of all correspondence between the minister and all organisations in relation to 'reparations' for mother and baby homes. The scope of my request is from January 1, 2021 to date.

  • Received 24 March 2021
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021 - 69
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Any or all correspondence between Scouting Ireland, the DCEIDY and all stakeholders regarding a request for an increase in funding for Scouting Ireland in February /March 2021 so that it can fund its staff services on a 5 day week. This campaign may also be referred to 'Turn the lights on in our Scout halls'. I'm also requesting any internal documents or correspondence on this.

  • Received 29 March 2021
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference 2021- 70
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    I am requesting all documents in the following Folder held by the Youth Affairs unit of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth. The map to the folder is held here: G:\Youth Affairs\01. YAU\09. Compliance & Governance\01. Administration\01. YSGS Meeting with Top 5.

  • Received 29 March 2021
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2021 - 71
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    All correspondence, memos, briefing notes, emails and their attachments, where relevant, between Shane Corr and the Minister for Children/Private Office of/officials at the level of Assistant Principal Officer and above regarding the database referred to in RTE Prime Time 25.03.21 or policy related to it in the period 1 January 2019 – 31 March 2020.

  • Received 29 March 2021
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2021- 72
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    All correspondence, memos, briefing notes, emails and their attachments, where relevant, between officials at the Department of Children (including Private Office), at the level of Principal Officer and above, regarding correspondence received from an individual in the period of 2021.

  • Received 31 March 2021
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2021 - 73
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Copies of all records held referring or relating to the decision to suspend inspections of direct provision centres by department/government officials due to Covid-19. This request to cover the period 1 November 2020 to date of receipt of the request.

  • Received 26 July 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0250-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Minutes of meetings/cabinet briefings/chain of emails discussing “problematic providers” in the context of housing BOTPS and IPAs between May to June 2023.

  • Received 15 May 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0171-2023
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Under Section 25, Part M (2010) of the Disability Act 2005, all public buildings were required to be retrospectively upgraded and brought into compliance so that they were accessible to disabled people. Please provide any memos, reports, briefings and any other documents received or created by the Department that refer to the progress and/or success of local authorities in complying with this legislation.

  • Received 22 May 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0192-2023
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    No of people who have arrived in Ireland between the 01/01/2021 to the 30/04/2023 claiming International Protection and Asylum For the figures above in point 1, what % of these applicants entered the country with no travel documents i.e., passport, national identification card etc. For the figures above in point 1, a breakdown of claimants by Nationality For the figures above in point 1, a breakdown of claimants by Gender (M/F) For the figures above in point 1, a breakdown of claimants by Age For the period of 01/01/2021 to 30/04/2023 the total number of asylum cases that have been processed and of these, what % were approved and rejected. For the figures in point 6 above, I would like a breakdown of these % figures by country of claimant's origin For the period of 01/01/2021 to 30/04/2023, what % of deportation orders for rejected applicants were enforced.

  • Received 25 January 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0030-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    All communication between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage over the past ten years about the following requirement: Planning Guidelines for Childcare Facilities (2001) (which recommend one childcare facility with at least 20 child spaces for every 75 homes).

  • Received 9 February 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0057-2023
    Requester Type Oireachtas/Public Representatives
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    To ask the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth what lobbying took place of the Minister and/or department officials with respect to the introduction of domestic violence leave, in the period January 2022 to January 2023 and to supply a list of those individuals and organisations. Details of any meetings held between the department and external organisations on the specific issue of domestic violence leave and the rate of pay for such leave, and of any meetings in which this was one of the issues discussed.

  • Received 14 February 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0064-2023
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Detail relating to the specific services that the management company, Allpro Services, are contracted to deliver at centres where persons fleeing the war in Ukraine are accommodated in single persons and family type accommodation.

  • Received 13 February 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0065-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    The address of each department funded accommodation location currently being used to house international protection applicants and the number, gender and age (whether adults or children will suffice) of the applicants residing at each location The address of each department funded accommodation location currently being used to house beneficiaries of temporary protection and the number, gender and age (whether adults or children will suffice) of those residing at each location.

  • Received 28 March 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0120-2023
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    I would like to do my dissertation on the employment levels of service users of IPAS (International Protection Accommodation Service), comparing those to the employment levels identified in both the Census and the employment levels across Ireland. I can see that reports in pdf format are available at: https://www.gov.ie/en/collection/90641-statistics/ Would it be possible to get the data behind these reports (with any personal data removed) in a format that can easily be ingested into a database table(s)?

  • Received 23 March 2023
    Decided
    Withdrawn
    Request Reference FOI-0131-2023
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Policy blueprint for development of Tusla Education Support Service and AEARS 2020–2023

  • Received 13 October 2020
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2020/92
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence re changes to minimum qualifications for Early Learning & Care Staff.

  • Received 5 October 2020
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2020/93
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence 2011 – 2013 with AAI re illegal adoptions.

  • Received 16 October 2020
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2020/94
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    All records held by the Department in relation to any Data Protection Impact Assessments carried out in respect of the COI MBH, Bill 2020.

  • Received 19 October 2020
    Decided
    Granted
    Request Reference 2020/95
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Copy of the minutes of the Children First Inter- Departmental Group for the first eight months of 2020.

  • Received 19 October 2020
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2020/96
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondences from the Minister in relation to Oberstown Children's Detention Centre since his appointment.

  • Received 21 October 2020
    Decided
    Granted
    Request Reference 2020/98
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Costs re LGBTI+ National Youth Strategy 2018-2020. Names of those involved in the working group and salaries paid to same.

  • Received 22 October 2020
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2020/99
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence re Garda Vetting in relation to staff in the Skellig Star Hotel, direct provision centre from March 1st 2020 to July 31st 2020.

  • Received 23 October 2020
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2020/100
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Copies of any briefings etc. prepared for Minister or Sec Gen with regard to the archive of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission.

  • Received 27 October 2020
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2020/101
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence to and from the Minister in relation to Mother and Baby Homes & Commission since his appointment.

  • Received 27 October 2020
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2020/102
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence with St John Ambulance, on the topic of safeguarding matters or historical child sexual abuse, between 1st August and 27th October 2020.

  • Received 27 October 2020
    Decided
    Refused
    Request Reference 2020/103
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence from the MBH COI to the Department between January 1st and October 1st on creation of database.

  • Received 27 October 2020
    Decided
    Granted
    Request Reference 2020/104
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Copies of both the Minister’s and Sec Gen’s work diary from 1st July to 27th October 2020.

  • Received 28 October 2020
    Decided
    Refused
    Request Reference 2020/105
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondences between representatives of current and previous Ministers and any representatives of GlaxoSmithKline plc. Dated from 01/05/16 to 28/10/20.

  • Received 28 October 2020
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2020/106
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    From January 1st - complaints received by IPAS from international protection applicants and those living in either temporary or longer-term direct provision accommodation and complaints from providers of same.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 2020/107
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Records re recent Legislation.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Refused
    Request Reference 2020/108
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence with Skellig Star Hotel, direct provision centre.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2020/109
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence between the Minister and Green Party TD’s.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Refused
    Request Reference 2020/110
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence between the Minister and Archbishop Diarmuid Martin.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Granted
    Request Reference 2020/111
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    External Correspondence re Mother & Baby Homes Legislation.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Combined into 111
    Request Reference 2020/112
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence from Organisations re Mother & Baby Homes Legislation.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Combined into 111
    Request Reference 2020/113
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Internal correspondence from re Mother & Baby Homes Legislation.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2020/114
    Requester Type Individual
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence Skellig Star Hotel, direct provision centre.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Unknown
    Request Reference 2020/115
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence re Catherine Day Report – Vulnerability Assessments for Asylum Seekers – Drivers Licences for Asylum Seekers.

  • Received 4 November 2020
    Decided
    Granted
    Request Reference 2020/116
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence re Problems with Miesian Plaza building.

  • Received 4 November 2020
    Decided
    Granted
    Request Reference 2020/117
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence re Mother & Baby Homes Legislation.

  • Received 3 November 2020
    Decided
    Refused
    Request Reference 2020/118
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Children, Disability and Equality

    Correspondence re Portsalon Direct Provision Centre.