Ability West

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman and Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien between 01/01/2024 and 25/03/2024 regarding requests for support, cooperation and engagement to deal with the accommodation crisis for international protection applicants and to secure more housing options for IPs. Copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman and Secretary General of the Dept of Housing, Graham Doyle between 01/01/2024 and 25/03/2024 regarding requests for support, cooperation and engagement to deal with the accommodation crisis for international protection applicants and to secure more housing options for IPs. Copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman and Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe between 01/01/2024 and 25/03/2024 regarding requests for additional funding to help deal with the accommodation crisis for international protection applicants and to secure longer term accommodation sites. Copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman and Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach between 01/01/2024 and 25/03/2024, regarding the additional cross-departmental support, engagement and leadership required to deal with the accommodation crisis for international protection applicants.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The time period for all actions below is 20/03/2024 to 22/04/2024: Any or all internal/external documents and correspondence (including instant messages, on Skype, Microsoft Teams, meeting minutes,briefingnotes, meeting invites etc) within the department regarding/relating to Scouting Ireland; Details of correspondence and documents exchanged between Scouting Ireland and the department including meeting invites, minutes, briefing notes, and memos. Including any or all communications regarding the Scouting Ireland EGM on the 21st of April 2024; Any correspondence and documents regarding any meeting of the Scouting Ireland officials and the department (as per the above dates), including emails, text, whats app, phone call records, meeting invites, meeting minutes and briefingnotes; Any and all emails, text, whats app, phone call records with Interim CEO, CFO & Safeguarding Manager of Scouting Ireland. The minutes and agenda of any meetings with these individuals or any other Scouting Ireland representative; Any correspondence from the public/members of the Oireachtas (including Oireachtas members staff members) to the department regarding Scouting Ireland.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All internal audit reports for 2021, 2022, 2023, and 2024 to date including recommendations made in relation to their work as the Audit Authority for the Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. All correspondence - to include but not limited to emails, text messages and electronic messages (such as whatsapp), between Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman and TD Michael Lowry. 2. All correspondence - to include but not limited to emails, text messages and electronic messages (such as whatsapp) - between Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman senior advisers and TD Michael Lowry. To cover the time period between 01/01/2022 - 15/01/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A 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 01/01/2024 - 31/01/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Minutes, transcripts, and/or recordings of a meeting that took place between Senator Tom Clonan, Minister Roderic O'Gorman, and Minister Anne Rabbitte 'just before Christmas'.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of The Costings Paper referenced on Page 4 of the Interdepartmental Group on Referendums on Gender Equality Minutes of Meeting, 5 September 16:30-18:00. It is mentioned under the title Report on Care. Include the additional documentation in relation to the costings exercise.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of any documentation or correspondence exchanged between the directors or management of a school and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth concerning expressions of interest, submissions or applications made by a school to apply as a provider of accommodation for individuals to include beneficiaries of temporary accommodation, Ukrainian nationals, international protection applicants, and/or any other type of accommodation seeker. The records should cover the time period 01/01/2024 up to 24/04/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of the data utilized in formulating the criteria for the Grant (Business Support Attractions) administered by Failte Ireland.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A list/record of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at the department using the e-submissions system in the period 01/07/2023 to the date of receipt of this request.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of a letter was sent to DCEDIY between 04/02/2024 and 15/04/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence, in either electronic or paper form exchanged between Minister O'Gorman/his advisers and/or Department for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth staff and Scouting Ireland from 01/03/2024 to 10/04/2024 (this includes but is not limited to text messages, phone call records, letters and emails). Any public submissions/public representatives submissions or correspondence to the department regarding Scouting Ireland for the same dates. All internal emails, notes, meeting minutes, meeting invites (virtual or in person) and briefing documents regarding Scouting Ireland for the same dates. Any records regarding the death of an individual. All phone call records, texts or whats apps etc between department officials and staff and Scouting Ireland Staff and/or Board members for the same dates, any or all records of meetings (virtual or in person) between Scouting Ireland staff/Board members and department officials/Minister O'Gorman for the same dates (this includes meeting invites, memos, meeting minutes, attendee lists etc).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to the Migrant Strategy Consultation conducted by Ipsos. Any submissions received by the department as part of the consultation and any reports/draft reports produced following the consultation.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All of the submissions received by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth as part of the public consultation on the Referendums on Family, Care and Gender Equality, which was open between 25/04/2023 and 19/05/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence expressing concern and/or fear about the conduct of security guard personnel in IPAS accommodation centres, since 01/01/2020, including emails and letters, and replies sent to those raising concerns.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence sent and received including attachments between the chief executive of Tusla and the Minister for Children, or the secretary general of the Department of Children, between 01/09/2023 and 08/11/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Information in relation to the proposed development at and by a property, which is proposed to house 291 Ukrainian Refugees, in relation to the following headings: Copy of application/expression of interest from applicant relevant to same. Supplementary information supporting the application. Copy of procurement file and all associated documentation including the procurement criteria applied for the awarding of contracts. Copy of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's assessment of suitability of the site location, in accordance with the department's own guidelines. Copy of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's assessment of suitability of the building for human inhabitation. Construction plans including Building and Drawings/Design Specifications. All documents relating to Waste Treatment processes determining suitability. Fire certification and documentation. Copy of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's assessment and verification that the current building regulations required by law, have been adhered to ensure that the Equestrian Facility is fit for human inhabitation. Details of transport plans provided by the Applicants. All correspondence between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the applicants regarding the proposed development between 04/01/2024 - 31/03/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The minutes of all risk management meetings held in the Department of Children, Equality , Disability, Integration and Youth since December 2022.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any information, figures, etc. regarding the estimated number of refugees, asylum seekers and new migrants that Ireland is expected to take in once it opts-in to the EU Migration Pact. Any information about provisions or plans that Ireland must deal with new migrants following its implementation.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence chain of emails between IPAS officials and staff of an IPAS centre about inspection of the premises between March 2023 to the present.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All records you have regarding the number of residents that are currently living in a property. Please include a breakdown of the age profile of those living in the accommodation and who has been living in the vicinity for a period of over five years if possible.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to training/guidance/safety information provided to International Protection Accommodation Services staff when dealing with protesters at the International Protection Office and on-site at IPAS centres. Any letters, emails, memos, notes or other documents issued to IPAS staff providing training/guidance/safety information for dealing with protesters at the sites above since June 2023. Any communications (letters, emails etc) between the department and An Garda Síochána relating to the safety of IPAS staff at the protests over the same period.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The number of buildings in Co. Tipperary in use as accommodation for both IPAS applicants and the owners of these buildings and the same information broken down by municipal district.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All dates relate to 20/02/2024 to 02/04/2024. -Any or all internal documents and correspondence (including instant messages, microsoft teams message, emails, text messages, voicemail transcripts, briefing notes etc.) from the above dates relating to Scouting Ireland. -Details of correspondence between Scouting Ireland and the department between the dates. (instant messages, whats app messages, microsoft teams message, emails, text messages, voicemail transcripts, briefing notes, meeting invites and meeting details etc.) -Any correspondence/internal documents regarding Scouting Ireland and investigations into Scouting Ireland. Including but not limited to (briefing notes, memos, terms of reference, emails, communications on any such investigations (including call and text message/whats app records). -Any correspondence regarding Scouting Ireland from the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, or the Committee's staff/public representatives. -Any correspondence from members of the public/members of the Oireachtas to the department regarding Scouting Ireland during the dates.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The contract between Pastures New Ltd and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence from the expert/external advisory group on direct provision on the new comprehensive accommodation strategy for housing asylum seekers recently approved by government. Relevant period: March and April 2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All of the correspondence and records held by the department relating to engagement with pharmaceutical companies over their contributions to the mother and baby home payment scheme to include minutes of meetings to cover the last five years

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Northern Ireland Health Minister Robin Swann recently confirmed that 1,353 patients from the Republic of Ireland have been treated at Derry's North West Cancer Centre. Of those 1,353 patients, how many were individuals seeking international protection (asylum seekers) and how many have been granted protection (refugees).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All internal correspondence (including attachments) memos, briefing documents or notes between the Minister, the Secretary-General, the International Protection, Integration and Equality Division and the Ukraine Programme Management Division relating to a building in 2022 and 2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence/minutes of meetings/chain of emails between the department and managers of an accommodation centre discussing complaints received about the centre's conditions.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Minutes of all meetings, communications, and documentation in relation to GSK refusing to pay reparations to victims of the vaccine trials on children in the Mother and Baby homes.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all correspondence between Minister O'Gorman and the following individuals on the topic of referendums on family, care and gender: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar; Tánaiste Micheál Martin; Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee; Minister for Media Catherine Martin; Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien; Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly; Minister for Finance Michael McGrath; Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe; Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys. A copy of the minutes of all meetings of the interdepartmental committee set up to develop policy recommendations and wording for the referendums. Copies of any documents attached or enclosed with the correspondence. The time period can be limited to 08/03/2023 to 06/12/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of all meetings and minutes of meetings with Tusla with regards to the Redress Payment Plan for survivors of Mother and Baby institutions, to include any issues raised by Tusla on the redress payment.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All text messages and emails sent by Minister Roderic O'Gorman to ministerial colleagues on the subject of housing asylum seekers who have not been made offers of housing in the last month (ending 26th May), on either private or departmental accounts -messages and emails relating to the housing of asylum seekers living in tents in Dublin city centre, in the area surrounding the International Protection Office.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The most recently updated department brief for an incoming Minister, either signed off and delivered to a new senior minister or minister of state following the 2024 April reshuffle, or a draft prepared for a possible change of minister but never delivered as the minister wasn't changed.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to the vote by Mayo County Council in January 2024 to suspend cooperation with IPAS/DCEDIY on the accommodation of those seeking protection in the state. To include but not be limited to: correspondence with the local authority, internal correspondence/assessments of the vote, correspondence with other departments. From the date of the vote to date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. The contract between a company and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide temporary emergency accommodation for International Protection Applicants at a property. 2. All draft contracts between a company and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth relating to the provision of temporary emergency accommodation, including the provision of temporary emergency accommodation for International Protection Applicants at any location in Ireland, including at the property.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All written (hard copy) and electronic (emails, whatsapps, etc.) communications between a company and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth relating to the provision of temporary emergency accommodation, including the provision of temporary emergency accommodation for International Protection Applicants at a property.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All minutes of meetings between a company and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth relating to the provision of temporary emergency accommodation, including the provision of temporary emergency accommodation for International Protection Applicants at a property.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The offer checklist provided to the department relating to a hotel which has been offered for accommodation services; The initial correspondence from the proprietors offering the property; Communications with the proprietors which state the reasons for refusal of this offer.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of an IPAS accommodation contract (blank) which is provided by the department.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All information relating to the department's consideration of the option of providing 62 Modular Homes on HSE owned lands. All correspondence between the OPW and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to the provision of Modular Homes on HSE owned lands. All correspondence between Tipperary County Council and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth in relation to HSE owned lands. The department's current position on this matter. The proposed use for such Modular Homes.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

For the time period 01/02/2024 to 22/03/2024: Any or all internal documents, memorandums, terms of reference and correspondence (including instant messages, on Skype, Microsoft Teams etc) within the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth relating/regarding to Scouting Ireland. Details of any or all correspondence and documents exchanged between Scouting Ireland and the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (including emails, meeting invites, text messages, whats app, phone call records). A list of all meetings held internally within the department (held in person or virtually) regarding Scouting Ireland and minutes, invites, agendas and attendees list of same. A list of all meetings regarding Scouting Ireland with members of the public and/or directors of Scouting Ireland regarding Scouting Ireland and minutes, invites, agendas and attendees list of same. Any and all emails, text, whats app, phone call records with staff members of Scouting Ireland. The minutes and agenda of any meetings with Scouting Ireland representative(s) and the department (including emails, meeting invites, text, whats app, phone call records). Any or all communication between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and State Regulatory Authorities/Agencies regarding Scouting Ireland(including emails, meeting invites, text, whats app, phone call records). All text and whats app messages/text messages/phone call records (including call time, call date and call duration) of Ms Orla Corrigan (Department) to members of Scouting Ireland sent during the stated time period. Any correspondence from the public and or public representatives to the department regarding Scouting Ireland. Any correspondence from members of the public and or public representatives to the department regarding Scouting Ireland.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Details of how much the events management company Fuel has been paid for the management of accommodation centres for international protection applicants to cover the last five years.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between officials, and from stakeholders sent to the department, about the wording of the upcoming referendum on gender equality. Timeline: 01/06/2023 - 01/11/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of the annual Management Letter (end of audit) received from the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, together with the reply to each letter for the last five years.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The submissions received by the Inter-Departmental Committee, chaired by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth that was established in advance of the Family and Care referenda. Additionally, I wish to request the finalised report of this consultation process.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Information that was denied as part of the FOI-0073-2024 decision.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All minutes of the interdepartmental group in relation to the referendums.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to the reduction of social welfare payments received by Ukrainian refugees since November 2023.