Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
FOI Requests — 1014 requests
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1. A copy of all submissions made to the department's Statement of Strategy for 2025-2028.
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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 minutes of the last five risk committee meetings
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I wish to request under the Freedom of Information Act the following 1. All correspondence between the Department's Reconciliation Fund and Féile na Phóbail relating to funding going back to 2021.
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I wish to make a request for records held by the Department of Foreign Affairs under the Freedom of Information Act. The records are: Meeting minutes and briefing notes related to the meeting between Jim Jordan and Minister Thomas Byrne in Dublin in August 2025, as detailed by the US House Judiciary Committee https://judiciary.house.gov/media/press- releases/chairman-jim-jordan-leads-delegation-free-speech-europe
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I would like to request under the 2014 FOI act all flight, hotel stays and any costs associated with such trips for Simon Harris that were funded by the taxpayer . I would also like to be provided with the costs associated with these flights and hotel stays by employees working for Dept. Of Foreign Affairs or any other persons who accompanied the Tánaiste as well. I would also like to be provided with a breakdown including dates of which Countries the Tánaiste has visited. I would like for this information to be provided to me and the dates I wish to include are from 01/February 2025 to 29/Aug/2025.
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking a list of eSubmissions submitted to the Minister for Foreign Affairs through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-08-2025 - 31-08-2025.
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a copy of any records held referring or relating to a meeting held between representatives of the U.S. State Department and Coimiusiun na Mean in late May with regard to the work of CnaM and social media regulation etc. Searches of any mobile phones, handwritten notes, relevant private email addresses, messaging services and or Slack Channels (or similar communications platforms) should be considered when processing this request.
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I am making a Freedom of Information request for the following records: • Copies of all correspondence between Tánaiste Simon Harris and representatives of Meta, Apple, Microsoft, Intel, X, Google, Tik Tok, Amazon, Amazon Web Services. • Copies of the minutes of all meetings between Mr Harris and representatives of the same companies. The time period can be limited to 12/6/2025 to 2/9/2025.
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I am making a Freedom of Information request for the following records: Copies of all correspondence between Tánaiste Simon Harris and the following individuals: • Minister of State Seán Canney; • Minister of State Noel Grealish; • Minister of State Marian Harkin; • Minister of State Kevin 'Boxer' Moran; • Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae; • Danny Healy-Rae TD; • Michael Lowry TD; • Barry Heneghan TD; • Gillian Toole TD. The time period can be limited to 1/7/2025 to 2/9/2025
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: - a spreadsheet/database/record of the following information for Q3 and Q4 of 2023, all quarters of 2024, and Q1 and Q2 of 2025: the number of passports reported missing, the number of passports reported stolen, the number of passports reported damaged beyond use, the number of passport applications refused, the number of passport applications refused by the department due to concerns over fraud, the number of cases of passport fraud referred to the Gardaí.
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request the following records concerning the alleged transport of munitions between the US and Israel through Irish sovereign airspace, Irish-controlled airspace, and/or over Ireland. Period: 1 June 2025-present: • All correspondence with departmental officials or ministers from Dept Transport and/or the Tanaiste or Taoiseach’s office about the Dept Transport 's examination of allegations made in the media concerning the carriage of munitions of war on civil aircraft through sovereign Irish airspace without the appropriate exemptions; • Any briefing papers or memos for senior management or ministers about the report and/or the report's findings [including findings in any draft version]
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: A copy of the presentation on the pharmaceutical sector at the third meeting of the Government Trade Forum on Friday April 4th 2025 by Michael Lohan.
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Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: A copy of the presentation on EU-US Trade Developments at the third meeting of the Government Trade Forum on Friday April 4th 2025 by Maeve von Heynitz, Director General of the EU and Trade Division, Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade.
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1. Narrowed timeframe – Limit the general request to the period 2022–2024 (inclusive). 2. Focus of records – Instead of full applications to the Emigrant Support Programme, I am seeking: o Summary details of funding decisions, including awarded amounts and recipient organisations beyond what is already publicly available, and o Internal correspondence or memoranda outlining assessment criteria or decision-making processes. 3. Ministerial focus – Restrict the request to records involving the Minister of State for the Diaspora and International Development and senior departmental officials directly overseeing diaspora funding. 4. Audit reports – I am prepared to withdraw the request for full audit reports if summary findings or relevant extracts can be provided. 5. Back 4 Good records – Maintain a separate request for all records held by the Department relating to Back 4 Good from 2015 to 2025 including correspondence, internal memoranda, funding considerations, and meeting minutes.
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All material prepared for and/or consulted by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Trade (including their senior staff and advisers) on whether services should be included in or excluded from the Occupied Territories Bill. This should include material prepared by the Irish government and civil service, as well as relevant documents submitted by external parties. It is reasonable to assume that any such material would have been drafted or submitted between 1 January 2024 and 14 August 2025.
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1. Any internal reports, briefings, assessments, business cases, presentations, related to Ireland's preparations for the presidency of the council of the EU, held by the department, between 1st May and 22nd August 2025. 2. Any correspondence from the Department sec gen, to the sec gens of other Government departments, either sent or received, related to Ireland's council of the EU presidency, between 1st May and 22nd August 2025.
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1. Any records acknowledging or discussing instances where Irish citizens in EU Member States appear to be disadvantaged compared with UK, US, Australian, Canadian, or New Zealand nationals in access to employment, housing, or services, despite Irish citizens’ full Freedom of Movement rights under EU law. 2. Any records of steps taken or considered by DFA to counter discrimination against Irish citizens in favour of anglophone third-country nationals in EU Member States. 3. Any records of planning or strategy by DFA addressing the post-Brexit reality that UK and US nationals often work informally throughout the Schengen area while Irish EU citizens face systematic barriers to lawful employment, including any assessment of how visa waiver arrangements may disadvantage Irish citizens in EU labour markets. This request seeks to establish what recognition exists within DFA of the practical hierarchy
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