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Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Training material your staff use to respond to FOI requests.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence (including attachments) with Tusla and/or the AAI about concerns or issues with Tusla processing of adoption orders; The most recent briefing paper, memo and/or report about delays in Tusla processing of adoption orders; All correspondence (including attachments) with Tusla and/or AAI about delays in Tusla sending BITA Tracing Applications to the AAI; The most recent briefing paper, memo and/or report about concerns or issues with delays in Tusla sending BITA Tracing Applications to the AAI;

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence (including attachments) with the Adoption Authority Of Ireland (AAI) and/or Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency (HHAMA) about funding issues or concerns over the potential need to wind down operations at HHAMA; The most recent briefing paper, memo and/or report created by the department or received from AAI and/or HHAMA about funding issues or concerns over the potential need to wind down operations at HHAMA; A copy of the HHAMA bridging funding business case provided to the department by AAI and/or HHAMA; A copy of the financial sustainability review of the HHAMA provided to the department by AAI and/or HHAMA;

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through the e-submissions channel to cover the period from 01/03/2025 - 31/03/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through the e-submissions channel to cover the period from 01/04/2025 - 30/04/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of any requests for furnishings, office alterations, artwork, electronic equipment or any other such requests made for changes/alterations/or improvements to office accommodation by the Minister of DCDE or Minister of State, or any of their advisers in the period since they took up their roles

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Access to the [list of ministerial e-submissions] for the months of April and May

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence - emails, letters, memos between a named individual [publicjobs] and the DCDE between January 2024 and 25/05/2025

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through the e-submissions channel to cover the period from 01/05/2025 - 31/05/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of ministerial e-submissions for June 2025

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through the e-submissions channel to cover the period from 01/01/2025 - 31/01/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through the e-submissions channel to cover the period from 01/02/2025 - 28/02/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Record(s) relating to providers that have been subject to a fee review process in 2024/2025 academic year and have had their core funding partner service funding arrangement terminated as a result of overcharging from this department

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1) Copies of (i) any internal correspondence in the Department of Children (ii) any external correspondence between the Department of Children and Pobal (iii) any external correspondence between the Department of Children and any local authority childcare committee relating to fee lists charged by childcare services who are currently participating in the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement and which fee lists specifically relate to the programme year 2021/2022. Relevant time period for this request limited to 01/09/2024-29/04/2025

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A list/record of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at your department (if applicable) using the e-submissions system (or whatever relevant/similar system is in place at your department) in the period 01/01/2025 to the date of receipt of this request.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between Ms Rabbitte and senior management in both Tusla and the HSE about the St Joseph's Foundation Duhallow project to cover the last year

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Internal correspondence in the department related to queries or concerns from Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman, about the location of special emergency arrangement accommodation in Dublin West constituency, between 01/08/2024 and 01/12/2024 2. Correspondence between the department and Tusla, related to queries or concerns from Minister for Children Roderic O'Gorman, about the location of special emergency arrangement accommodation in Dublin West constituency, between 01/08/2024 and 01/12/2024

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1.Correspondence exchanged between the Minister or her officials and the chair of the Farrelly Commission or her office about the Commission's final report from 01/01/2025 to date. 2. Any correspondence between the Minister and/or her senior officials and the Commission chair/and or her office relating to: - The presentation of the report as regards its finding, the issue of an executive summary and the issue of the notification of witnesses.The timeline of this request is 01/01/2025 to date. 3. A copy of any briefings, notes, or speaking points prepared for the Minister or her officials relating to the report, before or since its publication, between the dates, 01/01/2025 to date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of correspondence between the Farrelly Commission and the Department of Children, Equality and Disability since 01/07/2024. Copy of correspondence between the Minister for Children and the sole member of the Farrelly Commission since 01/07/2024. Copy of correspondence between the Secretary General of the Department of Children and the sole member of the Farrelly Commission since 01/07/2024. Copy of minutes of meetings between the Minister for Children and the sole member of the Farrelly Commission since 01/07/2024

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Showing the number of meetings between the sole member of the Farrelly Commission (Certain matters relative to a disability service in the South East and related matters), and department officials and/or the Minister for Children / Minister of State for Disabilities, since March 2017; 2. The agendas for those meetings 3. The minutes of those meetings 4. Briefings to the Minister highlighting concerns about the amount of time the commission was taking to do its work, since March 2017 5. Briefings to the Minister highlighting concerns about the quality of the work being down by the commission, since March 2017 6. Briefings to the Minister highlighting concerns about the costs being incurred by the commission, since March 2017

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between the department and the Farrelly Commission [for the last 18 months].

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All communications, including letters and emails, to and from the then-Minister for Health relating to the Farrelly Commission in the period between April and July 2019

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of any briefings, memos, submissions, reports, Q&As, or other such high-level documents prepared for either the Minister or the Secretary General with regard to the publication of the Commission of Investigation report into the 'Grace' case to cover the period 01/01/2025 to date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence to and from the Minister for Children, excluding that to/from members of the public, which references the Grace case or Farrelly Commission from 01/03/2025 until present.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence specific to discussions in respect of financial contributions from the organisations to the Payment Scheme. This will include correspondence from department officials, the Minister anda named individual.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. All National Childcare Scheme (NCS) fee lists/fee data submitted to Pobal by childcare facilities and/or in the possession of DCEDIY relating to the programme year 2021/2022.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Submissions received by your department during the 2021 Public Consultation on the Review of the Equality Acts in respect of section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003. A summary of these submissions is provided in section 14, pg. 61-63 of The Equality Acts Review - Summary of the submissions received to the 2021 Public Consultation on the Review of the Equality Acts published in June 2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records held by the department which contain the following information regarding the therapy supports pilot currently underway in 16 schools.1. Records indicating the number of therapy positions allocated to each of the schools under the pilot scheme 2. Records identifying the discipline or specialism (e.g. speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, etc.) of each allocated therapy position 3. Records showing the number of therapy posts currently filled (as of the date of this request) for each school; 4. Records identifying whether any of the therapy posts are shared between schools, including details of which schools are sharing resources.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All emails sent to Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding childcare centres affected by Defective Concrete in Donegal between 01/01/2022 and 24/02/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence (and replies) between a named individual and the Minister for Children which relate to Tusla's Child Protection and Welfare Budget to cover the period between 01/04/2024 and 01/11/2024. - All correspondence between the Department of Children and DPER which relate to Tusla's Child Protection and Welfare budget for 2025 to cover the period between 01/04/2024 and 01/11/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Emails between MECPATHS and the Department of Children regarding 1: child trafficking [training] or 2: child safeguarding training since January 2018.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any email records from Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 regarding the funding of St John's Ambulance service and in a similar vein, the mention of a child protection officer.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. The number of staff employed by grade in the department following the transfer of functions. 2. The number of staff at each grade who are on a higher scale. 3. The criteria for the higher scales.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. All correspondence between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth and the Legion of Mary in respect of the redress scheme relating to Mother and Baby homes between 16/11/2021 and 09/04/2025. 2. All reports referencing the Legion of Mary compiled by a named individual, the independent negotiator appointed by the government to consult over financial redress and all correspondence between individual and the Legion of Mary between 16/11/2021 and 09/04/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A breakdown of the department's total annual spend (for each year from 01/01/2010 to present) on newspaper/paid media subscriptions. - A breakdown of the department's total annual spend (for each year from 01/01/2010 to present) on individual newspaper/paid media subscriptions for its employees, by newspaper/media outlet; - A breakdown of the department's total annual spend (for each year from 01/01/2010 to present) on corporate newspaper/paid media subscriptions, by newspaper/media outlet.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between Tusla Executive Management Team and the Office of the Secretary General in relation to special emergency arrangements providing emergency accommodation for children in care, dated between 01/11/2024 and 31/03/2025. - all correspondence between Tusla Executive Management Team and the Child Policy and Tusla Governance Division in relation to special emergency arrangements providing emergency accommodation for children in care, dated between 01/11/2024 and 31/03/2025

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Correspondence sent and recieved between Minister of Children Roderic O'Gorman/Minister for Children Norma Foley, and the Bon Secours religious congregation, related to redress for the Mother and Baby Homes institutions, between 01/01/2020 and 23/04/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. A copy of any non-papers submitted/circulated by the department to the council of the EU [and the European Commission], at working group level or otherwise, between 01/07/2024 and 30/07/2025.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1) As of 23/04/2025 The number of WTE staff by grade and gender that are employed by the department in tabular form

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A list of all individuals appointed as Special Advisers to any Minister or Minister of State within the department, from 2011 to date, including: - Name of the adviser - Minister to whom they were assigned - Date of appointment - Date of resignation or cessation (if applicable) - Sanctioned salary rate at time of appointment - Total remuneration actually paid during the period of their service (gross, per year or cumulative) Any records containing biographical information provided to the department or held by the department in relation to those advisers, such as: - Curriculum Vitae (CV) - Biographical summaries prepared for internal use, ministerial briefings, or external publication (e.g., press releases or website bios)

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All internal departmental correspondence (from the period 01/01/2025 to 17/03/2025) received by Hildegarde Naughton, Minister for Disability, about a St Patrick's Day 2025 trip to Japan. All briefing material prepared for Hildegarde Naughton, Minister for Disability, about a St Patrick's Day 2025 trip to Japan

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of the fees lists/fee policies for 30/09/2021 and relating to each Partner Service that contracted with government under the Core Funding Agreement Year 1 (2022/2023).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Records detailing whether the Interdepartmental Group (IDG) consulted child trauma experts, psychologists, or medical professionals when determining eligibility criteria for the scheme.- Copies of any reports, assessments, or expert evaluations on child trauma that were considered when setting the 180-day residency rule.- Any internal documents, emails, or meeting minutes discussing whether a stay of fewer than six months in an institution could result in trauma, and if any studies or evidence were used to justify excluding these survivors. 2. A list of institutions that were originally classified as Mother and Baby Homes or Children's Homes but were later reclassified as nursing homes or other facilities.- Records, reports, or legal advice given to the government regarding the impact of reclassification on survivors' eligibility for redress.- Correspondence between the IDG, government departments, or external consultants discussing whether survivors in reclassified institutions should have been included in the scheme. 3. Any submissions, reports, or recommendations given to the IDG or government regarding whether all survivors should receive a medical card under the scheme.- Records of discussions or decisions about why survivors were denied automatic medical cards, including any cost- benefit analysis or alternative proposals.- Any documents acknowledging that survivors do not have access to family medical history and whether that was considered when making decisions about healthcare access. 4. All records, correspondence, and communications regarding Sean Ross Abbey and the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in relation to the Restorative Recognition Scheme.- All correspondence (letters, emails, meeting notes, memos, reports, or legal advice) between the government, the Department of Children, and the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary regarding their financial or other contributions to the scheme.- Any submissions, objections, or proposals made by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary about their role in the redress scheme.- Any legal advice, negotiations, or agreements related to the government's efforts to hold this religious institution financially accountable.- Copies of all responses from the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary to government requests regarding redress, without

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Any correspondence and associated records since 01/01/2023 between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth or his/her department (at PO level or above) and named individual on the following matters: a. individual's work as negotiator and their engagements with religious orders and groups; b. Any updates on their work or interim reports from individual to the Minister or the department; c. Any instructions or directions to the individual from the Minister for the department; d. Minutes of any meetings on this work between the individual and the Minister or the department

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of correspondence between the chairs/chief executives of Section 38 organisations providing services for people with disabilities and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth/Minister for State with responsibility for disability since 01/10/2024

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence, reports, records or minutes of meetings provided by Scouting Ireland to the department [time scale to cover 01/01/2024 to 30/06/2024]

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to : 1. An individual 2. A company 3. A property

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. an (anonymised) copy of all complaints made by Ukrainian refugees or IP applicants about accommodation in the period 01/01/2024 to date, and 2. a record/spreadsheet/database of the number of complaints received in total, broken down if possible by month, and by county.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Any reports, assessments, or documentation from October 2023 to present regarding incidents of antisemitism identified or monitored by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, including any analyses prepared by or for the national coordinator on combatting antisemitism. 2. Any statistics, data collection, or guidelines/tracking mechanisms used to monitor antisemitic incidents in Ireland from October 2023 to present.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of the piece of independent research, commissioned previously by the department (Youth Affairs) to inform plans to modernise youth information services to help inform department policy on youth information provision in Ireland