Department of Defence

Department of Defence

copies of any records - to include emails, memos, letters, faxes, handwritten notes etc - relating to decision to hold ceremony honouring naval service members for work in the Med in Rosslare, Co Wexford. - copies of any letters/representations received by the Department relating to the above.

Department of Defence

I am seeking the following: - The minutes from the meeting between Defence Security Industry and Research Ireland CLG (Irish Defence and Security Association (IDSA)), Minister Simon Coveney, Secretary General McCrum, Deputy Cathal Berry, which took place October 6, 2022. - All records of and minutes from all other meetings that have taken place between Mr Ciaran Murphy and Defence Security Industry and Research Ireland CLG (Irish Defence and Security Association (IDSA)). - All records of and minutes from all other meetings that have taken place between Simon Coveney and Defence Security Industry and Research Ireland CLG (Irish Defence and Security Association (IDSA)).

Department of Defence

Copies of any submissions, memos, briefings, reports, reviews or other such overview/discussion documents prepared for either the Secretary General or the Minister with regard to the Jadotville medals report. This request to cover the period 1 April to today's date.

Department of Defence

A list of all FOI requests / FOI logs – received in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. If possible I would prefer to receive this information in electronic format, such as a PDF for example.

Department of Defence

- copy of all emails, letters, text messages, whatapp messages and correspondence held by the Dept of Defence in relation to the appointment of the Secretary General of the Department of Defence to the External Oversight Body of the Defence Forces on April 5th, 2023. Can I get a copy of this correspondence between Jan 1st this year and April 5th please?

Department of Defence

All payments (or fees charged) made directly to the National Shared Service Office for financial years ending 31st December 2015, 31st December 2016, 31st December 2017 and 31st December 2018 in respect of services provided to your department for the processing of Annual Leave/ Pensions/ Work-sharing arrangements for staff employed by your department.

Department of Defence

Details of staff at the following grades (Assistant Secretary, PO/POs 1, AP/Aps 1, HEOs, EO/SOs and Cos) for your HR Division in the Department at 31st December 2014, 31st December 2015, 31st December 2016, 31st December 2017 and 31st December 2018.

Department of Defence

Details of Ireland's involvement in all military missions under the aegis of the EU's Common Security and Defence Policy since 2011, to include details on the number of personnel involved in each mission, the services provided and roles fulfilled by Irish personnel in each mission, and the assets committed by Ireland to each mission.

Department of Defence

The total amount of weapons and army/security equipment deemed to no longer be of use sold by the Government since 2016. This should include a year by year breakdown. Also a full breakdown for each year of what these weapons and security equipment were. Thirdly a full breakdown for each year of who these weapons and security equipment were sold to. Finally the total amount of money brought it by these sales.

Department of Defence

All correspondence both sent and received between Minister Paul Kehoe and the Irish Red Cross, from 1st February to 20th May 2019. All briefings prepared for Minister Paul Kehoe on the Irish Red Cross, from 1st February to 20th May 2019.

Department of Defence

Copies of the following eSubmissions and attached documents: Defence 00177-24: EUMAM Ukraine - Future Planning Defence 01117-23:Update on Ireland's Mobile Telephony Public Warning System Defence 00136-24: Deloitte Report on Redress of Wrongs system Defence 00110-24: Approval is sought for 5 Personnel to travel to the US to attend a sniper competition I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/1/2024 – 18/4/2024

Department of Defence

A list of external legal practitioners (solicitors/law firms and barristers) paid in 2020 and so far in 2021 for services carried out on behalf of the Defence Forces, including the name of the practitioner, the sum paid and, where possible, a general description of the work carried out.

Department of Defence

All correspondence between Vice Admiral Mark Mellet and Minister for Defence Paul Kehoe between 1st December 2018 and 17th April 2019. All correspondence between Vice Admiral Mark Mellet and Secretary General of the Department of Defence between 1st Mark 2019 to 17th April 2019.

Department of Defence

Under the FOI Act I would like to request a copy of the submission made by your Department to Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga in 2024 concerning the reporting of advertising activities and Irish language advertising by your Department in 2023. I understand your department received a PDF confirmation of your submission from the office and that is the single record I am seeking. I would be happy to receive this information outside of FOI if you wish to address it as an inquiry outside of the FOI process.

Department of Defence

The CURRENT BALANCE of the Defence Forces Welfare account (deducted on a weekly basis from all serving members pay) as of this date 28th March 2024.

Department of Defence

A breakdown of the allocation of welfare funds to each formation throughout the DF. The name of the Office tasked to deal with the distribution of the Welfare Funds. The Policy for how the welfare funds can be used within the respective Units.

Department of Defence

Request for a copy of all communications between the Minister/Department of Defence and the Ukraine Contact Group (also known as the Ramstein group) since the group’s establishment in 2022.

Department of Defence

The minutes of all meetings of the Medical Advisory Group, which was established to implement the recommendations of the Working Group on Malaria Chemoprophylaxis.

Department of Defence

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a copy of the business case, cost benefit analysis, sanction or approval documents associated with the purchase of four Airbus helicopters by the department. - a copy of any submissions or briefings prepared for the minister with regard to the purchase above. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.

Department of Defence

1. A list of all Uniform and clothing tenders issued by the Office of Governement Procurement (and its Former Names) for the Department of Defence for the past 5 years. 2. For each tender supply the list of all Purchase Order by value issued, with the required delivery date as set out in the tender documents. 3. For each contract issued, provide details of the value of all penalties award against the contractor. 4. For each of the Purchase Order referred to in 2 above please supply the actual delivery date when order was completed. 5. Percentage of additional value allowed to be added to the contract under EU tender regulations. 6. All correspondence in relation to non-performance of contracts in terms of Delivery times. Service and Quality.

Department of Defence

• The number of CCTV cameras used in buildings or areas owned/used by the department which include facial recognition functionality built in. • The locations of these cameras and when they were installed. • How many of these cameras are by Chinese manufacturer *named company. • The location of these cameras and when they were installed.

Department of Defence

I am seeking the release of all records relating to the meeting held between the Secretary General of the Department of Defence, Jacqui McCrum, and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, as listed here. This should include, but is not limited to, records of any meeting minutes, meeting notes, a list of attendees, briefing material,

Department of Defence

-all written and/or electronic communications and/or briefing notes and/or memoranda sent by Ms Clare Tiernan, Director with responsibility for Operations within the Department of Defence, to any Defence Forces and/or

Department of Defence

I am seeking the following information; • The cost of the Irish contribution to Operation Irini in 2022 and 2023 so far • The number of Defence Forces personnel allocated to working on Operation Irini this summer • Copies of any correspondence between the Defence Forces chief of staff and the Taoiseach re Operation Irini, between 1st March 2023 to 8th August 2023

Department of Defence

1. Details of the number of army houses on the Curragh or in Kildare Town. 2. Who owns the houses? 3. Who has responsibility for the houses? 4. Any information that you may have on the condition of these houses. 5. How many houses are habitable, occupied? 6. How many houses are uninhabitable? 7. How many houses are boarded up? 8. Copies of any reports on the houses. 9. Copies of any reports on proposals for future uses of the properties.

Department of Defence

The total cost of Travel & Subsistence per year further broken down into domestic and foreign travel and subsistence claimed for the years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and so far in 2019.

Department of Defence

Please send me a list of all reports commissioned by the Minister from sources outside the Department since the formation of the present Government in 2016. Please note: this is not a request for the actual reports. It is a request for a list containing the titles and subject matter of the reports.

Department of Defence

Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: - Renaming of three horses recently purchased by the Army Equitation School - First Draft of the Strategic Defence Review - Ministerial Priorities 2024 - Recommendation from Chief of Staff to re-enlist former DF personnel - Note on Department of Defence & Defence Forces Efforts on Assistance to Ukraine I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/1/2024 - 4/6/24.

Department of Defence

-all internal documents concerning the decision to host a consultative forum on neutrality, including the selection of the Chair of that forum and the decision to opt for that method rather than a Citizen’s Assembly, in the period Feb 2022 - present.

Department of Defence

Seo iad na taifid atá iarraidh agam ná: Táim ag iarriadh gach leagan den Phlean Gníomhaithe ar son na hAeráide, atá de dhualgas ag gach eagraíocht a bheith acu de réir an Acht Aeráide, le 1.Sonraí iomlán de gach Phleann a bhí agat ó dul-i-bhfeidhm an Achta 2.Dáta ar a foilsíodh gach Plean 3.Dáta ar a chuaigh gach Plean i bhfeidhm 4.An méid airgead, miondhealaithe de réir cúiseanna na gcoastas, a caitheadh ar chruthú agus ar chur i bhfeidhm gach Plean

Department of Defence

Minutes of all discussions of specifically planning, training and education / information sharing (items indicated by the Minister for Defence in response to a PQ on 26th February 2019 as being within the remit of the Implementation Group) during meetings of the Implementation Group established to implement the

Department of Defence

1) Any Correspondence between the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces and or Department of Public Expenditure and Reform seeking funding for the replacement of CASA Maritime Patrol Aircraft in the years 2016, 2017 and to-date in 2018 2) Any correspondence between the Department of Defence and the Defence Forces and or Department of Public Expenditure and Reform seeking funding for the replacement of the Air Corps Cessna Aircraft in the years 2016, 2017 and to- date in 2018

Department of Defence

All correspondence noted in this lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/68701/huawei-ireland Any memos, internal correspondence, reports created as a result of this correspondence. Meeting minutes created as a result of this meeting and any follow up documentation.

Department of Defence

Copies of all invoices paid by Civil Defence since January 2022 for the development of the Volunteer and Equipment Management System (VEMS). The total amount of money paid by Civil Defence in relation to the development and rollout of VEMS. The amount of money VEMS costs Civil Defence monthly.

Department of Defence

Number of engineering staff in your organisation who were paid or reimbursed either in part or full their annual membership fees for Engineers Ireland for the years 2018 and 2019.

Department of Defence

I wish to receive copies of the following records under the FOI Act for the following records related to the use of Micheal Martin’s name and image in scam adverts to cover the period 1 October 2023-present. • Copies of any memos, briefing documents or other reports on the scam adverts using Mr Martin’s name and image. Prepared by departmental staff, ministerial advisory team, and/or by Fianna Fail and shared with departmental staff, ministerial advisory team and/or the Minister • Any communication between Ministerial advisory staff and/or departmental staff and Fianna Fail staff or members about scam adverts using Mr Martin’s name and image. Please include attachments.

Department of Defence

I am making a formal request for the release of information under Freedom of Information Legislation pertaining to 'Responsible Person in the Controlled Drug/CD Branch HPRA License Application'. I am seeking all documentation and records held in all formats relating to this decision.

Department of Defence

All correspondence, including internal memos, letters and meeting minutes concerning the making in Ireland of the film Barry Lyndon (also known in its early stages as The Luck of Barry Lyndon) in 1973/1974 with particular reference to any assistance provided by Dept of Defence and/or then Defence Minister Patrick Donegan in obtaining permissions etc for filming. Also same in relation to the departure of the film unit in February 1974 because of alleged death threats made against the film unit and/or the director Stanley Kubrick by the IRA or others. Please include any correspondence, documents, minutes etc about these death threats, as to their legitimacy and source. Also any information regarding release and use of Irish army soldiers for battle scenes in the movie (several hundred were involved from Kilkenny, Clonmel and Fermoy

Department of Defence

All correspondence between the Department of Defence and RTÉ in the year preceding the broadcast, 23 May 2013, of the RTÉ Prime Time Investigations Unit programme on Lariam suicides in the Defence Forces, both in regard to that programme and in regard more broadly to the issue of Lariam suicides.

Department of Defence

Copies of all high-level documents referring or relating to an offer of two second-hand C295 aircraft to the department/Irish state and the subsequent decision to decline this offer. This request to cover the period 1 January 2021 to date of receipt of the request.

Department of Defence

A complete list of vacant/unoccupied properties owned by the department and the agencies/bodies under its aegis, including the name and address of each property, and its zone status (eg residential, commercial, industrial).

Department of Defence

Copies of all briefing material, presentations or reports prepared for the Minister for Defence, concerning the UK’s EU referendum and its impact, between January 1, 2016 and August 17, 2016. Copies of all correspondence between the Minister, Secretary General and Assistant Secretaries General in the department concerning the UK EU referendum, over the same period.

Department of Defence

With respect to the negotiations surrounding the inclusion of Military Service Allowance for pension purposes for members of the Defence Forces. I understand that at the time there were negotiations between members of the Defence Forces Representative bodies, and I believe that the Dept. of Finance would also have been involved. As such I request copies of the following from all who had input to these negotiations: - Contemporary Notes - Emails/letters/memos - Reports/research - Any additional correspondence relating to MSA. In addition, please supply what organisation represented the following groups: - Commissioned Officers - NCOs and Privates - Retired Commissioned Officers - Retired NCOs and Privates

Department of Defence

A list of all reports, studies or consultations commissioned by the department from external consultants or other professionals from the start of 2018 until the present Title and description of each report, name of consultant/consultancy, dates they were started and completed and whether they were published/made public or not. Costs of each.

Department of Defence

1. Number of cases referred by complainants by all ranks to the office of the Ombudsman for the Defence Forces in the period 1st January 2000 to 17th June 2016. 2. With respect to (1) ABOVE Please provide details of the Number of Adjudications or Recommendations where the complainants complaint was upheld. 3. With respect to (1) ABOVE in the case of each complaint upheld by the Ombudsman please set out the period of time before the Recommendations or adjudication in each case was fully implemented. 4. With respect to (1) ABOVE In the case of each complaint upheld by the Ombudsman and where the recommendation or adjudication was not immediately implemented please provide full details of the reasons or rationale for failure to implement, to include: all internal memos, correspondence with the Minister or Junior Minister, correspondence with the Defence Forces. 5. With respect to (1) ABOVE In the case of each complaint upheld by the Ombudsman please provide details of any cases referred to the Attorney General or any other legal advisor for advice before the recommendation was fully implemented.

Department of Defence

Information relating to leases of land for Ballincollig Military Barracks within the area owned by the Dept. of Defence.

Department of Defence

1.Copies of any correspondence (emails, letters, memos, etc) dating from January 1, 2009 to December 31, 2012 between former Department of Finance secondary secretary general Donal McNally and former Department of Defence secretary general Michael Howard relating to the awarding of the contract to Babcock Marine for the purchase of vessels for the Irish Naval Service. 2. Copies of any records dating between January 1, 2009 and May 1, 2018 showing the cost of the contracts awarded to Babcock Marine for the purchase of vessels for the Irish Naval Service and details of the tenders submitted by unsuccessful bidders. In relation to the second category, to avoid issues of commercial sensitivity, the department does not need to identify the unsuccessful bidders, only the amounts they bid for the contracts. If the records are voluminous and could lead to prohibitive costs being imposed on this FOI Act request, perhaps the department could provide the amounts for the successful and unsuccessful bids in the case of each contract awarded to Babcock and not the records, though my preference would be to obtain copies of records.

Department of Defence

Has the Department of Defence received any request from any Senior Commissioned Officers above the rank of Colonel due to retire for an extension of service beyond retirement age for any period? Should any Senior Commissioned Officer apply for an extension of service beyond retirement age under what circumstances would such a request be granted?

Department of Defence

A spreadsheet or table of costs associated with the visit of Prince Charles and his wife Camilla to Haulbowline and the Marine College in Ringaskiddy. This spreadsheet/table should include all costs associated with hosting the visit, broken down according to category of expenditure. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.

Department of Defence

A list of all e submissions sent to the cabinet minister in this Department from January 1, 2022 to the current date