Department of Finance
FOI Requests — 1874 requests
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
'https://www.lobbying.ie/return/55862/q4pr - any records in relation to these contacts, including notes, memos, briefing documents and electronic records'
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
' - all correspondence between Minister Donohoe and PricewaterhouseCoopers in relation to the GAA and changing the income and capital gains tax exemption for sporting organisations.'
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- all regards relating to these engagements as detailed here. https://www.lobbying.ie/return/55862/q4pr'
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
' - any correspondence / memos / minutes relating to meetings between Hibernian Reit and/or their agents, including Q4PR, and Des Carville during 2019.'
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I would like to request some information under the Freedom of Information Act. According to the Lobbying Register, J&E Davy held a meeting on October with a senior department of finance office to discuss a number of issues including the industry preparation for a hard Brexit. Could I please get any records in relation to this meeting including briefing notes, background information, submissions and electronic records. Please contact me on the numbers below if you require any additional information. https://www.lobbying.ie/return/53182/j--e-davy
- TransferredReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All documents, to include all research papers, minutes of meetings, advisory papers and policy documents, in respect of planning for a referendum on Irish Unity 2. All documents, to include all research papers, minutes of meetings, advisory papers and policy documents, in respect of planning for a united Ireland 3. All documents, to include all research papers, minutes of meetings, advisory papers and policy documents, in respect of all risk assessments conducted in respect of a referendum on Irish unity 4. All documents, to include all research papers, minutes of meetings, advisory papers and policy documents, in respect of all risk assessments conducted in respect of a planning for a united Ireland
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
• All correspondence between the Department and political parties and individual politicians regarding budget item costings as part of their preparation of general election manifestos. This should also include any internal deliberations within the Department on items
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
submitted for costing by political parties and individual politicians.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I am requesting information as follows: Memos, briefings prepared for and minutes circulated before and arising out of the meeting between Mr Michael Noonan (then Minister for Finance) and Mr John Lawlor (Scouting Ireland) that took place during the period September 1st to December 31st 2015, as included on the Lobbying Register at https://www.lobbying.ie/return/3996/scouting-Ireland
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
• All briefing notes prepared for Minister Donohoe or Minister D'Arcy in relation to the appointment of Kevin Thompson as the new chief executive at RSA Ireland and the associated fitness & probity process undertaken by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI). • All correspondence between Department officials and/or ministers and CBI on the same issue. The timeframe should cover the periods of August 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019 and January 12, 2020 to January 31, 2020.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- a list/database/or spreadsheet of all purchase orders of over €20,000 for the period 2019.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. Copies of all communications regarding AIB Pensions and Pension increases received from AIB Bank by the Department of Finance. 2. Copies of all communications from the Department of Finance to AIB Bank regarding AIB Pensions and Pension increases. 3. Copies of all communications between the Department of Finance and other Departments, Bodies or individuals regarding AIB Pensions and Pension increases. 4. Copies of all records of discussions and communications in the Department of Finance regarding AIB Pensions and Pension increases.
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
Please supply me with the above information for the years 2017 to 2020.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- copies of the following submissions prepared for the minister (FOI 20-011 refers): 26. Clarification of response to PQ 41581/19 100. Correspondence received from C&AG regarding NAMA 121. Bank staff attrition
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
' - all correspondence, minutes of meetings, meeting notes and call logs between the Department, Abbvie Limited and representatives for Abbvie Limited between 1 September and 31 December 2019 regarding changes introduced in Budget 2020. I am also seeking the release of any pre-Budget submissions to the Department from Abbvie Limited and representatives for Abbvie Limited regarding the same.'
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All records associated with this entry in the lobbying database: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/54621/hibernia-reit-plc
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All records held by your Department associated with this entry in the lobbying database: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/54416/microsoft-ireland-operations-ltd
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. - All correspondence, correspondence being electronic communication, be it whatsapp messages, text messages or similar/equivalent; email or equivalent, postal communications, minutes of meetings, meeting notes and records of telephone calls, etc. between the Department of Finance, AbbVie Limited and representatives for AbbVie Limited between 1 September 2019 and 31 January 2020 regarding changes introduced in Budget 2020.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
'Any documents relating to the report on the future of pay structures at the bailed out banks which the Minister commissioned from KornFerry International (often referred to in media as “the KornFerry report” or “the banker pay report”). This would include the report itself.'
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
' - copies of any briefings, memos, submissions, reports, or other such overview/explanatory documents prepared for the Minister relating to the novel coronavirus or COVID-19. This request to cover the period 1 December 2019 to date of receipt of request.'
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I request a copy of the briefing document that has been prepared for the incoming minister, following the recent general election.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- Can I have a copy of all submissions made by the Irish Government to the Council of the EU regarding the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down the rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence and /or the Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues resulting from the provision of certain digital services. - Can I have a copy of all communications, meeting notes, minutes and/or position papers between the Department of Finance and the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU in Brussels, including minutes from Coreper II (ambassadors) meetings, regarding the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence and / or the Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues resulting from the provision of certain digital services. - Can I have a copy of all email correspondence, including from personal email addresses, between civil servants and diplomats from the Irish Permanent Representation to the EU working on the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence and / or the Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues resulting from the provision of certain digital services. - Can I have a copy of all meeting notes or minutes that the Department of Finance had with representatives of industry, NGOs and other stakeholders regarding the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence and / or the Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues resulting from the provision of certain digital services. - Can I have a copy of the email correspondence, including from personal email addresses, between civil servants working in the Proposal for a Council Directive laying down rules relating to the corporate taxation of a significant digital presence and / or the Proposal for a Council Directive on the common system of a digital services tax on revenues resulting from the provision of certain digital services, in the Department of Finance and the relevant
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
Minister.
- TransferredReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I wish to receive a report on the revenue generated in the year 2017 and 2018, showing accrued income on GNIB application and renewals. This report will assist to compare the revenue generated for the government through migration between 2017 and 2018.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
'Correspondence/documents in relation to the economic impact of a coronavirus outbreak. Note: this relates from 1 December 2019 to date.'
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
• All records relating to the appointment of Kevin Thompson as the new chief executive at RSA Ireland and the associated fitness & probity process undertaken by the Central Bank of Ireland (CBI).
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
' - copies of the invoices/receipts associated with the following transaction from 2019: - Ref: 134306 - OPW EFT - Additional Costs-SB Reception - €22693.32.' The above refers to previously released FOI/039/2020 - Record 1.
- TransferredReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
' - copies of any correspondence between your department and the C&AG with regard to staffing requirements or budgetary issues for the C&AG in the period 1 January 2019 to date of receipt of this request.'
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I would like to request: • A copy of all briefing material prepared for the finance minister Paschal Donohue in relation to coronavirus/covid-19 since February 1, 2020. • A copy of all correspondence (including emails) to and from the finance minister Paschal Donohue in relation to coronavirus/covid 19 since February 1, 2020.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
• Correspondence between DPER and the Department of Finance in relation to funding for the Lower Lee Flood Defence Scheme from 01 Jan 2016 to date.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
“Any such documents and records relating to the ownership and creation of National Asset Management Agency (NAMA) and National Asset Loan Management (NALM) and communications relative to its ownership and restricting the timeframe of this request to April 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010 AND April 1, 2011 - Sept 30, 2012”
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All government records (emails, briefings, meeting minutes, reports etc) relating to lobbying undertaken by Managed Funds to the Minister for Finance, and/or his officials or Ministers of State, in the period 1st September 2016 to 31st December 2016.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All government records (emails, briefings, meeting minutes, reports etc) relating to lobbying undertaken by any individual or body to the Minister for Finance, and/or his officials or Ministers of State, from 1st January 2012 to 31st December 2012 regarding the introduction of REITs to Ireland.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- Internal correspondence between Department of Finance officials on the establishment of a Garda Insurance Fraud Unit from 1 August 2018 to 31 May 2019 - Briefings prepared for meetings of any Oireachtas Committee by Department of Finance officials insofar as that briefing refers to any aspect of a Garda Insurance Fraud Unit, from 1 August 2018 to 31 May 2019. - Correspondence (if any) between the Department of Finance and Department of Justice in relation to the establishment of a Garda Insurance Fraud Unit, from 1 August 2018 to 31 May 2019.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
For the period 1 August 2018 to 13 August 2019 to include: - Copies of all correspondence sent and/or received between the Department and the European Commission on all of the matters referred to within the TSG Paper 19/09 - Minutes of all meetings held where these issues were referred to including meetings held with the European Commission and internal meetings within the Department that discussed these issues - Briefing Notes made of any nature where these issues were referred to, (notes of telephone conversations that discussed these issues) even if the note is only for file purposes and all records sent and/or received by the Minister and/or any Special advisors in respect of these issues - Copies of all texts sent and/or received where these issues were referred to
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Could I request the following FOI's that have already been granted or part-granted by your department : FOI 16-342 access to all correspondence / lobbying received by the Department since the start of April 2016 in relation to Section 110 companies, Qualifying Investor Alternative Investment Funds and Irish Collective Asset-management Vehicles. Please include specifically any lobbying against the introduction of a levy on these type of funds used by international investors to reduce tax bills on Irish property. 16-384 Records of all lobbying and representations - including letters, emails, records and minutes of meetings and phone calls, submissions etc – on sections 21 and 22 of the 2016 Finance Bill.https://assets.gov.ie/5324/311218100432-40735d7452f1453c85502ab4cd5e0116.pdf 18-116 All documents, records, correspondence, meetings (minutes), emails, phone memos in relation to communications between Matheson Solicitors firm and the Minister for Finance, his General Secretary and Assistant General Secretary at Department of Finance in relation to - (b) s.110 Special Purpose Vehicles under the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 - from Jan 1st 2012 to the present. (c) all taxation matters (including those relating to investment funds, changes to Finance Bills, the national Budgets )- from January 1st 2015 to the present. 19-130 Journalist - copies of any submissions made to the Minister for Finance in 2015, 2016, and 2017 relating to use of special purpose vehicles. Part-Granted.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
copies of any records relating or referring to the possibility of extending a tax relief scheme for sports people to GAA players. This request to cover the period 1 January 2019 to date of receipt of this request
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to copies of all submissions made in the 2019 public consultation on the SARP scheme.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I am seeking the release of the following: any correspondence/emails/ between Minister Donohoe and/or Department of Finance officials and Kevin Johnson of the Credit Union Development Association, the details of which were included on a return made on the lobbying register linked below. If you require any further clarification please contact me on the below numbers. https://www.lobbying.ie/return/52758/credit-union-development-association
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I request access to records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by The Department of Finance dated between March 1, 2019 and the date of this letter. My request relates to correspondence with Cairn Homes officials and representatives. I request access to: • A record of correspondence, including but not limited to letters, emails, briefing documents, draft briefing documents, reports, draft reports, memos and text messages between Cairn Homes and Minister Paschal Donohoe. • A record of meetings between Cairn Homes and Minister Paschal Donohoe. This should include correspondence about meetings, meeting notes, draft meeting notes, and similar documents. • A record of correspondence, including but not limited to letters, emails, briefing documents, draft briefing documents, reports, draft reports, memos and text messages between Cairn Homes and the Department’s Special Advisor Ed Brophy.
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
• A record of meetings between Cairn Homes and the Department’s Special Advisor Ed Brophy. This should include correspondence about meetings, meeting notes, draft meeting notes, and similar documents. • A record of correspondence, including but not limited to letters, emails, briefing documents, draft briefing documents, reports, draft reports, memos and text messages between Cairn Homes and the Department’s Head of Unit Des Carville. • A record of meetings between Cairn Homes and the Department’s Head of Unit Des Carville. This should include correspondence about meetings, meeting notes, draft meeting notes, and similar documents.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I request access to records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the Department of Finance dated between March 1, 2019 and the date of this letter. My request relates to correspondence and meetings with Aer Lingus officials and representatives. I request access to: • A record of correspondence, including but not limited to letters, emails, briefing documents, draft briefing documents, reports, draft reports, memos and text messages between Aer Lingus and the offices of the Department’s Special Advisor Ed Brophy about capital investment programmes for Dublin Airport. • A record of meetings between Aer Lingus, the Department’s Special Advisor Ed Brophy about capital investment programmes for Dublin Airport. This should include a record of correspondence about any such meetings, relevant meeting notes, documents, etc.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Memos, briefings prepared for and minutes circulated before and arising out of the meeting between held between Yannick Glemarec and Minister Paschal O Donohoe on 24 June 2019 as outlined in the minister's diary here. (https://assets.gov.ie/22400/ebd54ffd49124d77b24087c2a52d601e.pdf)
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All of the Department of Finance's internal and external correspondence in relation to the European Investment Bank's Draft Energy Lending Policy and Revised Draft Energy Lending Policy from July 24 2019 to the present.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Direct correspondence to the ministers regarding insurance costs, from insurance companies and insurance industry representative groups in 2019.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
• All correspondence between the Department and the chair of the Oireachtas Climate Action Committee between the period 01 March 2019 and the present day • All correspondence between the Department and the chair of the Climate Change Advisory Council between the period 01 March 2019 and the present day • All correspondence between the Department and the Minister for Communications and Climate Action between the period 01 March 2019 and the present day
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I am seeking the following documents: •Cost benefit analysis of the Help-to-Buy scheme. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/8/2019 - 9/10/2019
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- the amount of money spent across your department on hosting Christmas parties between November and December 2018. - the items that were presented by your department to state, semi-state and foreign bodies as Christmas gifts between November and December 2018.'
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I wish to request access to the following records/details, including documents, correspondence, emails, memos, briefing documents and minutes of meetings which include: 1) Documents relating to the re-introduction of the Rent Tax Credit from the period 1 January 2019 to 9 October 2019 2) Documents and correspondence between the Department of Finance and the Department of Housing about the re-introduction of the rent tax credit from 1 January 2019 to 9 October 2019 3) Documents and correspondence between Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy and Minister Paschal Donohoe and their officials / advisers about the re-introduction of the rent tax credit from 1 January 2019 to 9 October 2019 (Reference of Rent Tax Credit relates to the credit that was ceased in December 2017) https://www.revenue.ie/en/personal-tax-credits-reliefs-and-exemptions/land-and-property/rent- credit/index.aspx
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- a list of all submissions sent to Minister Paschal Donohoe "for review" with regard to Budget 2020. For avoidance of confusion, these are the final submissions made to the Minister following review by officials or further submissions made with further options. - copies of the above where they relate to the following items: a/ tobacco, b/ alcohol, c/ inheritance tax and capital acquisitions tax, d/ duty on petrol/diesel, e/ carbon tax, f/ free GP care for under 8s, g/ SARP, h/ betting duty.'