Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
FOI Requests — 1014 requests
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The total number of events held by Irish embassies and consulates for St Patrick's Day in 2025. The breakdown of these events per embassy and consulate. The cost for these events, broken down by embassy and consulate. Information on any events held in Iveagh House and their subsequent cost
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- a record/spreadsheet/database broken down line-by-line of all expenditures associated with the development of Ireland House in Tokyo. - a copy of any memos, submissions, reports, or other such high-level documents associated with cost overruns on the project. - a copy of any briefings, memos, reports, or other such high-level documents prepared for either the minister or the sec-gen with regard to the cost of the project.
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request access to the following records: 1. Emails — Copies of all emails sent from or received by Simon Harris, in his capacity as Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, using his official government email account or any other account or device where the emails relate to official government business. • Timeframe: 01/01/2025 to present. 2. Official Work Phone Call Logs — Copies of call log records (including date, time, duration, and number dialled/received) from Simon Harris’s official government-issued mobile phone or any government-issued landline used for official duties, where the calls relate to official business. • Timeframe: 01/01/2025 I am requesting only records that qualify as being held by the Department in the course of Simon’s official duties. I am not seeking: • Personal communications, • Constituency or political party matters, or • Records unrelated to official government business.
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1. Strategy & Internal Preparedness Date range: 1 January 2024 – present (a) Any current written policy, strategy, framework, or briefing note adopted by the Department on identifying, monitoring, or responding to misinformation/disinformation (including foreign interference, election-related disinformation, and international coordination), whether standalone or part of a wider strategy. 2. Participation in the National Counter-Disinformation Strategy (NCDS) Date range: 1 January 2024 – present (a) Any submissions or briefing papers by the Department to the NCDS working group, consultation, or related interdepartmental bodies. (b) Any minutes or agendas (internal or external) in which the NCDS Strategy was discussed. (c) Any terms of reference or governance note for a Counter-Disinformation Oversight Group or similar, where the Department is a participant or intended participant. Please include any such records that were received from other public bodies, if held by the Department, even if not authored by the Department.
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request the following: 1. A copy of all records (emails, reports, briefings, meeting minutes, text and WhatsApp messages, Microsoft Teams messages etc.) concerning the decision-making process to bring an inter-State case against the United Kingdom at the European Court of Human Rights regarding the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023 from June 1st 2023 to December 31st 2023; 2. For the period January 1st, 2024 to the present, records of briefing notes, and internal memos and internal policy guidance held by the Department of Foreign Affairs, relating to information on the timeline for the case hearings of Ireland’s inter-State case against the United Kingdom at the European Court of Human Rights regarding the Northern Ireland Troubles (Legacy and Reconciliation) Act 2023.
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(e.g., acceptable proof like birth/marriage/death records, foreign letters, translations/apostilles). o Treatment of pre-1956 and 1986 transitional issues. 3. Templates and Forms: Blank/redacted templates of forms, letters, decision templates, and acknowledgement/refusal/approval notices used in retrospective/posthumous s.27 matters. 4. Anonymised Case Summaries (If Held): Any existing anonymised summaries used for training/precedent purposes that illustrate successful and unsuccessful retrospective/posthumous s.27 entries (with all personal data removed), especially for diaspora cases involving unregistered abroad-born ancestors.
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I would like to request, under Freedom of Information law, all of the documents and correspondence held by the Department relating to budget challenges for under Vote 27 and 28 under Budget 2025 I would like my request to cover the last year
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request the following records: • A copy of the most up-to-date version of the risk register(s) for the department; • A copy of the last three internal audits carried out within the department; • A copy of the last three audits of the organisation carried out by external auditors at the request of the department, a parent State body or any other arm of the Government or State [excluding Annual Report and Financial Statements]; • A copy of the last three audits carried out by the department or commissioned by the department of any entities sitting below it, supported by it or funded by it; • A copy of the minutes of the last five audit and risk committee (ARC) meetings
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Will you supply me with the following details under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 1) The amount each Irish Embassy and or Consulate General spent on purchasing business class tickets for flights for Departmental staff that's travelling on official Departmental related business in the years of 2024 and to-date in 2025 in tabular form. To be further assistance I'm looking for business class flight tickets for any DFA staff in each of the Embassies or Consulate General offices that travelling for official work related business etc. 2) The criteria that must be met prior to purchasing business class flights tickets e.g. The flight must be a minimum of 6 hours of duration and must be approved by DFA staff member at the grade of Assistant Principal Officer and above etc. 3) Copy of sample form that DFA staff member must fill out prior seeking approval to purchase business class flight seats providing all conditions related to business class travel have been met
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I wish to make a request under the Freedom of Information Act for the following information: - All correspondence, memos, and briefings sent and received by Foreign Minister Simon Harris between August 11, 2025 and August 25, 2025, which address, or are related to, arguments about the merits or otherwise of the Media Freedom Coalition responding to the killings of journalists in Gaza