Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
FOI Requests — 1336 requests
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
1. All correspondence sent and received by the Minister's office between September 15th and November 8th 2020 addressing the issue of how sport can be played during the COVID19 health restrictions.[Refinement]Correspondence to/from the Minister's office from the sporting bodies or politicians betweenSeptember 15th and November 8th 2020 on behalf of football, GAA, golf. rugby,swimming and tennis, addressing the issue of how sport can be played during the COVID19 health restrictions. trictions.He has clarified that 'politicians' includes, all TD's, Ministers, Senators.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
1. The letter referred to in this return on the lobbying database:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/61514/irish-rugby-football-union
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all correspondence in all formats between Muintir Na Tire and the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, (to include minutes, memos of meetings and phone calls with both Ministers, Ministers of State and Officials ) covering all aspects of programmes funded by the Department or its agencies and managed or supported by Muintir Na Tire for the period 01/01/2016 to the date of this application.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All correspondence, including mobile phone messages, to or from civil servants and the Minister (principle officer and up) with the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation in relation to budget 2026 between May 2025- 07 October 2025
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Aon chaipéisí a bhaineann leis hullmhú bhuiséad na Gaeilge agus na Gaeltachta do 2025, lena n- Áirítear aon chaipéisí agus comhfhreagras réamhbhuiséid agus aon phlé nó caipéis faoin bhuiséad ó fógraíodh é ar an 1 Deireadh Fómhair.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All correspondence between Minister Catherine Martin and RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst dated between July 1st and September 9th, 2023. All correspondence between Secretary General Katherine Licken and RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst dated between July 1st and September 9th, 2023. All correspondence between Conor Falvey and RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst dated between July 1st and September 9th, 2023. All correspondence between Tríona Quill and RTÉ director general Kevin Bakhurst dated between July 1st and September 9th, 2023.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of all correspondence between Minister O’Donovan/Minister’s office and Kevin Bakhurt, RTÉ director general, dated between 01/06/25 and 01/09/25.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Documents after 8 October 2022 for a 2020 Sports Capital Programme grant and 2023 Community Sport Facilities fund grant for Malahide and Swords Canoe Club.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copy of the memo of any meeting between MoS Thomas Byrne and FAI management/board members since March 2023 to date.I would also like to receive copies of any correspondence between the Department and the FAI arising from that meeting.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all correspondence between Minister Catherine Martin/Secretary general Katherine Licken and the following individuals: - Former RTÉ Director General Dee Forbes - Ryan Tubridy - Incoming RTÉ Director General Kevin Bakhurst - RTÉ chairwoman Siún Ní Raghallaigh - Celebrity agent Noel Kelly Copies of the minutes of all meetings between Ms Martin/Ms Licken and the above named individuals. The time period can be limited to 22/7/2023 to 10/8/2023 The records should include copies of any documents attached or enclosed with the correspondence.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All correspondence including mobile phone messages from the department to third parties(not to the department) that refer to the fact that the Grassroots Music Venue Support Scheme (GMVSS)would operate on a first come, first serve basis from January 2025 to the 15th of April 2025.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Records relating to the potential appointment of Maura Kennelly for a second term as Arts Council director. To include, but not limited to, internal correspondence between officials of PO level and above, and the Minister and/or the Minister's office and his advisers; correspondence with the Arts Council; submissions to the Minister on this matter, During 2025 to date
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All written correspondence between Dr Ciarán O’Keefe, Trevor Donnelly, Dr Phillip Buckley and Niall O’Donnchu between May 18th and May 30th 2019 pertaining to an article about Killarney National Park and Rhododendron that appeared in the Irish Times on 18th May 2019 and a subsequent letter to the editors page of the Irish Times on May 27th 2019.
- Deemed RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All briefing documents prepared by your Department's officials and presented to the new Minister. I'm seeking copies of documents delivered to Catherine Martin to introduce her to her new portfolio and ongoing issues under her responsibility between her appointment on June 27, 2020 and today July 9, 2020.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Any invoices for payments made that are associated with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media changing its name to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport. Any invoices pending that are associated with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media changing its name to the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
From 1 January 2020-1 June 2024:All emails or letters (incl attachments) between Mary Nash and the then chair of the Arts Council Kevin Rafter which mention the BTP Project and/or requests for the sanction of IT-related positions within the Arts Council.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All costs associated with the National Famine Commemoration in Strokestown Park, County Roscommon on Sunday 15 May.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All communication and correspondence, including proposals and attachments, made by or on behalf of the Wedding Band Association during the time period from the 1st of December 2020 until the 1st of June 2021. Communication and correspondence made by or on behalf of the Wedding Band Association might include correspondence from the following individuals: [Removed] and emails from an official Wedding Band Association email address.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All payments for legal services made to James Geoghegan (Barrister) for the period 1 November 2013 to 8 June 2021.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all records relating to the decision by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht to withdraw its appeal against the March 2020 planning approval by Limerick City and County Council for the extension of a car park at Adare Manor Hotel and Golf Resort. I am only seeking records created since May 1st, 2020.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
I am looking for all correspondence to and from the ministers for sport Catherine Martin and Thomas Byrne in relation to the lack of green spaces for children in Dublin 8 between November 2023 until present.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All records relating to the appointment of the new Chair of RTÉ by Minister Catherine Martin TD since February 19th2024. By this, I mean any letters, emails, text & WhatsApp messages, phone records, memos, briefing notes, meeting minutes and any other relevant records sent or received by the Department relating to the appointment and the decision to use an exemption to abstain from the PAS process.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Communications from and to commercial firms, associations or individuals offering to undertake or to become involved in digitising, databasing, contextualising or placing the 1926 Census online. Full details of commercial firms, associations or individuals who have been contracted to work on any aspect of the 1926 Census Project. A copy of the original 1926 Census Project plan, with particulars of cost, time-span and other details, with any revisions necessitated by IT, cost or other issues.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Gach cáipéis agus comhfhreagras a bhaineann le dréachtú na Treoirlínte Pleanála Gaeltachta
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
I wish to request the following under the Freedom of Information Act 2014: Copies of the central registers maintained by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, as per its obligations as set out under Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 01/2020: Procedures for Offsetting the Emissions Associating with Official Air Travel.Under the Circular, it is expected that registers contain details of individual flights, associated greenhouse gas emissions, and the monetary value calculated for each flight to be paid into the Climate Action Fund by the Department.electronically via email in its original formatting. I am seeking the information for all years since the inception of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 01/2020.the specific information is as follows:Flight Origin and DestinationFlight DatesMileage Per FlightCO2 emission per flightCost Per Flight for CO2Totals for year for mileage, CO2 emitted and flight costs (CO2 calculation).
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All correspondence from October 7th, 2023 until February 7th, 2024 between Basketball Ireland and the Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, as well as Minister Martin, Mr Thomas Byrne, and any and all representatives, staff, servants, and intermediaries of the above. More specifically, all correspondence referred to by Basketball Ireland's public statement of January 25th, 2024: https://ireland.basketball/-basketball-ireland- statement-regarding-upcoming-fiba-women-s-eurobasket-qualifier-with-israel Basketball Ireland in their statement said: "We have also been in correspondence with the Department for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, Government Ministers and Sport Ireland around this fixture." These communications which I request include all written communication (including emails, text messages, letters etc) and verbal communication (including personal meetings, online meetings, phone calls, conversations etc).
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Under FOI legislation, I wish to request the following records: the budgetary proposals submitted by Olympic Council of Ireland to the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media in advance of Budget 2023.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, we make application for copies of records, in whatever form of the Undertaking in respect of compliance with all relevant legislation, which is submitted to the Minister as part of the Application for Certification of a film under S481 of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and the Film Regulations SI 119/2019 by Metropolitan Film Productions International Limited relating to the following: "The Last Duel" "Disenchanted" "Moonhaven Season 1" "Vikings Valhalla" "Kin" "The Banshees of Inisherin" "Harry Wild" "Redemption" "Valhalla 2" "Silver" "Sanctury"
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
The following, to cover the period 1 October 2024-present: Any meeting minutes or correspondence (including attachments) with the GAA and/or individual GAA countyboards in relation to ongoing Revenue Commissioners reviews or audits of several GAA county boards Any meeting minutes or correspondence with Revenue (including attachments) in relation to ongoing Revenuereviews or audits of several GAA county boardsAny reports prepared by, received by, and/or commissioned by the department about Revenue Commissionersreviews or audits of any GAA county boards Any briefings for senior management (Ass Secretary level and above) and/or ministerial level about Revenuereviews or audits of any GAA county boards
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to all correspondence in 2022 between the Department and the Arts Council in relation to funding for Culture Night.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: RTÉ Independent Productions Report 2023
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: RTÉ Voluntary Exit Programme 2024-2029
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: Approval of Tourism Ireland 2024 Revised Business Plan
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: Memorandum for Government on Proposal to host - The Open and the Women's Open at Portmarnock Golf Club
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Access to correspondence during 2024 between Minister Martin and Explorium / Lir Communications / Loraine Hall.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All correspondence between the Department and the GAA this year regarding Minister Martin's plans to increase the number of designated free-to-air broadcasted Irish sports events.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all records relating to the decision to have Sport Ireland administer the multi-annual programme funding for League of Ireland football academies, as announced in Budget '26.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of agendas and minutes of all bilateral monitoring meetings involving the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media and Galway Culture Company from January 1 2024 to October 1 2024 inclusive.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the delegated authorisation given to An Post on 26 May 1989 to award increases in pensions to retired staff, and the notification of the withdrawal of that delegated authority in January 2008 as referenced in Parliamentary Question No 194 of 19 March 2025 - Reference 11653/25, and No. 291 of 29 April 2025 - Reference 20234/25.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all emails, letters, correspondence etc, sent between the Department and Portmarnock Golf Club in relation to the potential hosting of The Open Golf Championship at the club since January 1, 2020.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all emails, letters, correspondence etc, sent between the Department and Portmarnock Golf Club in relation to its ban on women being members at the club - its men-only membership policy - since January 1, 2020.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies sought 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.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All records in the department recording discussions by Minister Catherine Martin and Minister of State Chambers, and their respective advisers and officials, on 1. the need to carry out or the actual carrying out of a Health and Assessment into any potential dangers to women and teenage girls arising from women or girls engaging in close contact sports with or against male bodied persons who have (1) either self id'd as women without having taken out GCR certs under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 or (2) have self id'd as women and have taken out GCR Certs under the Gender Recognition Act 2015 and 2. any records about discussions relating to the Government's child care policy and the admittance of male bodied persons, who have self id'd as outlined at 1.(1) and 1.(2) previously, into traditional safe spaces for women, such as toilets, changing rooms and shower rooms, in or at sports venues and facilities provided for sports people, and where females under the age of 18 are present or where females under the age of 18 can be reasonably expected to be present having regards to all the circumstances.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A full copy of health and safety plan that the Department received for each test concert to date
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Access to all correspondence with those selected for the role of Irish Cultural Ambassador between March 2019 and to date in 2021. Please also include any internal memos/reports/correspondence about the roles between March 2019 and to date in 2021.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Photocopies or electronic copies of all correspondence and reports between The Royal Dublin Golf Club and its representatives and The National Parks and Wildlife Service between the dates of 1st. January 2019 and today.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Details of all flights taken by Minister Martin since she was appointed. Please include details of the flight destination, the class of flight and the cost of flight. Please also provide details of flight class and costs of anyone who accompanied Ms Martin on her flights.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Is mian liom iarratas a dhéanamh chuig Roinn na Gaeltachta faoin Acht um Shaoráil Faisnéis, 2014 ar aon thaifead a bhaineann sé leis an tuairisc a churthar lé cheile agus a seoladh chuig Údaras na Gaeltachta agus ansin chuig Roinn na Gaeltachta bunaithe ar an Cuireadh chun Tairisceanna chun "Taighde / Staidéar a dhéanamh ar an éileamh / na riachtanais / na féidearachtaí & an cás gnó d'Ionad Óige / Oideachais / Cultúrtha & Spóirt a fhorbairt ar Pháirc Ghnó Ghaoth Dobhair, Co. Dhún na nGall". Seo a leanas na taifid cuí atá uaim agus bheinn buíoch as miondealú chuimsitheach bunaithe orthu seo a leanas; Cóip den tuaraisc is deanaí atá scríobhtha ar an abhár thúaslúaite agus atá ag an Roinn (cé acú tuarascáil eatramhach nó an tuarascáil deiridh); Cóip de na doiciméid, comhfhreagrais, comhaid agus tuarascálacha a bhaineann le haon cruinnithe agus cainteanna a d'eagraigh an Roinn nó ina raibh an Roinn páirteacht iontú, faoi "Taighde / Staidéar a dhéanamh ar an éileamh / na riachtanais / na féidearachtaí & an cás gnó d'Ionad Óige / Oideachais / Cultúrtha & Spóirt a fhorbairt ar Pháirc Ghnó Ghaoth Dobhair, Co. Dhún na nGall". Taifead de dhátaí, láthair agus baill a bhí i láthair, ag aon chruinnithe ina raibh an Roinn pairteach ann a bhaineann leis an tuaraisc thuaslúaite. Cóip de aon doiciméid, comhfhreagrais, comhaid agus tuarascálacha a bhaineann le haon chruinnithe agus cainteanna idir Roinn na Gaeltachta agus gnólachtaí príobháideacha nó poiblí, coistí agus daoine aonaracha, i dtaca leis an Taighde / Staidéar a dhéanamh ar an éileamh / na riachtanais / na féidearachtaí & an cás gnó d'Ionad Óige / Oideachais / Cultúrtha & Spóirt a fhorbairt ar Pháirc Ghnó Ghaoth Dobhair, Co. Dhún na nGall.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Any communications received from representatives of the Camogie Association from 01/01/2025 to date by the Minister, Minister of State, the Secretary General and Assistant Sec Gen Cian Ó Lionáin.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All correspondence to and from the Minister for Sport which references Euro 2028 or Casement Park from March 1, 2025 until present.