Department of Finance
FOI Requests — 1874 requests
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copies of all records of any nature (including emails and letters received and issued, submissions, memos, reports of meetings and telephone conversations) and involving any parties (including the Central Bank, the Financial Services Ombudsman’s Bureau and the Financial Services Ombudsman Council, their officers and employees) relating to the reasons for the wording of the following subsections of the Act: - section 12, subsections 4, 8 and 11 - section 18, subsections 2, 3, 4, 5, and 9 - section 23, subsections 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 - section 41, subsection 3 - section 50, subsection 2 - section 52, subsections 1 and 5 - section 56, subsections 1 and 7 I would also be grateful, insofar as they have not been included in relation to the above, if you would send me copies of all records of any nature and involving any parties in relation to the reasons why the following subsections of the Central Bank Act 1942 (as inserted by section 16 of the Central Bank and Financial Services Authority of Ireland Act, 2004) were not incorporated in the Act as originally worded, or at all: - section 57BW, subsections 1 and 2 - section 57BY, subsection 1 - section 57BZ, subsections 1 and 4.
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Any internal reports and recommendations produced by the Department, as well as documents in relation to discussions, meetings, letters as well as emails relating to the process of setting and/or capping variable interest rate charges for residential mortgages, including meetings and dealings with AIB and Bank of Ireland in the past two years (November 2015 to November 2017).
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copies of all correspondence between the Governor of the Central Bank and the Minister of Finance's office relating to issues stemming from customer complaints about tracker mortgages since 2009.
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All correspondence between former Bord na Mona managing director, Michael Quinn, and the Minister for Finance, and/or the minister’s officials, from the time of Mr Quinn’s appointment to the role in January 2015 and his departure in October 2017. All correspondence between former Bord na Mona chairman, John Horgan, and the minister and/or the minister’s officials between January 2015 and Mr Horgan’s departure from the role in 2017.
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Copies of all records to include emails, memos, letters, faxes, handwritten notes telephone calls, minutes of meetings, requests for meetings, briefing notes etc. in relation to 2014 changes to the capital allowances limits and the company Apple and/or any of its subsidiaries.
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copies of any briefing notes, submissions, or any other such explanatory documents prepared for Minister Donohoe relating to the 'Paradise Papers'. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.
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all correspondence between Minister Donohoe since he took office in June and Philip Lane, Governor of the Central Bank.
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• Details of all payments made by the Department to staff or former staff who have made claims against the Department through the courts, Workplace Relations Commission or Employment Appeals Tribunals in each of the years 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and to date in 2017. • Please provide a breakdown of the payments ordered by the individual authorities - ie the High Court, Circuit Court District Cort, WRC, EATs etc. • Please provide a breakdown of the reason for the claims and resulting payments eg. assault, sexual harrassment, bullying personal injury etc. • Details of the legal fees paid by the Department in relation to claims made by former or current staff in the same years. • Please provide a breakdown that includes the name of the solicitors/law firms used in the Department's defence and the sums paid to them.
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All correspondence between Jean-Claude Trichet and the department - including ministers Brian Lenihan and Michael Noonan - which refer to tracker mortgages. The timeframe should cover the period December 16, 2010 to 31 October 2011.
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• Any and all briefings created by the revenue commissioners for Minister Paschal Donohoe on the matter of Brexit and its effect on the collection of taxes in Ireland. The briefings should date from January 1st 2017 up to the present day. • Any and all correspondence between the Minister Paschal Donoghue and/or his special advisors and Niall Cody on the matter of Brexit dating from January 1st up to the present day
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All emails, reports, briefings and other internal memos within the Department of Finance and or between the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and or between the Central Bank of Ireland between 1 June 2017 and 27 November 2017, regarding concerns around car finance products in Ireland related to their suitability and affordability to customers and or regulation of these products and or the risk to either the customers or sellers of these products from a fall in car prices and or other related risks.
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Correspondence both sent and received, (including full email chain) from Minister for State Michael D'Arcy to individuals both outside and within the Department,in relation to Ireland's Investment Limited Partnership (ILP) regime. Between the 30th August 2017 and 27th November 2017.
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All emails, reports, briefings and other internal memos within the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform between 1 January 2017 and 27 November 2017, regarding concerns related the cost of politicians pensions and or senior civil servants pensions and affordability of politicians and or civil servants pensions payments in future years.
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - copies of the following submissions: VAT Options Budget 18#9.
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Letter in response to Governor Lane regarding Budget 2018
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