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Department of Health

FOI Requests — 2730 requests

  • Received
    Decided 9 June 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0127-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Agenda and minutes of meetings between Minister Feighan and Crainn, and any briefing material or action items for the

  • Received
    Decided 9 June 2023
    Handled outside of FOI
    Request Reference FOI-0131-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    -The amount that has been paid out in settlements and medical expenses under the Cervical Check non-disclosure ex-gratia Scheme since its establishment. -The number of women/their estates to which these settlements/payments of medical expenses relate. -The number of women/their estates whose applications for redress are currently being considered for the scheme. -The number of applications received from women/their estates which have been deemed ineligible for the scheme.

  • Received
    Decided 8 June 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0095-2023
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    Department of Health

    I wish to apply for access and a copy of all records held by the Department of Health in the time period from 1st March 2016 until September 2021, directly relating to the sale or transfer of a freehold, rather than a leasehold, interest in the site at St Vincent’s Hospital, Elm Park for the construction of a new National Maternity Hospital, inclusive of: The above request is also relevant to records created, sent to or held by the private offices and special advisers of the

  • Received
    Decided 2 June 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0029-2023
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    Department of Health

    All records in the possession of the DOH re: the Oaklands

  • Received
    Decided 1 June 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0082-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    I am looking for any documents concerning the ED or capital developments in UHL. I am not looking for routine administrative documents.

  • Received
    Decided 1 June 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0118-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Reduce the time period by half, say, from 2015-2021, to 2018- 2021, refine the request, as you suggested, to members of the National Clinical Effectiveness Committee only. Seeking copies of all conflict-of-interest declarations made Seeking copies of all conflict-of-interest declarations made

  • Received
    Decided 31 May 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0117-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health
  • Received
    Decided 31 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0123-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    - a copy of briefing notes or other documents prepared for

  • Received
    Decided 29 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0094-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All briefings received by the Minister for Health and Office of the Chief Medical Officers in regard to the safety and licensing of the medication sodium valproate/Epilim. The briefings would date from 1 October 2013–when the first EMA review of valproate medicines commenced – to 4

  • Received
    Decided 29 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0113-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Copies of any records held by the Minister or his office relating or referring to his mobile phone being hacked in 2022, as well as copies of any correspondence between the Minister and the National Cyber Security Centre.

  • Received
    Decided 29 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0124-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Records dated between 1st January 2023 - 31st March 2023 Details, notes, memos, written records, emails, including text / WhatsApp messages, of any meetings and communications between all Department of Health staff - including Minister Donnelly - with any employees of the company Healthcare Logic, including its CEO.

  • Received
    Decided 26 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0039-2023
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    Department of Health

    All Corrs/reports/meeting minutes from/to the office of then-

  • Received
    Decided 26 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0084-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    NEW WORDING: All correspondence (email/letter) between the Chief Nursing Officer and the HSE Chief Clinical Officer in regard to mitigating the risk of adverse outcomes in maternity services in Ireland. The specific adverse outcomes would be maternal death, intrapartum foetal death, early neonatal death, and babies that require therapeutic hypothermia. The correspondence would be from 1 January 2022 to 16 March 2023.

  • Received
    Decided 26 May 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0093-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    NEW SCOPE:

  • Received
    Decided 26 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0116-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All correspondence (sent and received) between secretary

  • Received
    Decided 25 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0115-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    All email records and meeting minutes between March 2020 and April 26 2023 relating to consultant led maternity service in Naas General Hospital All documents including emails, meeting minutes, proposals and assessments of alternative location proposals for replacement locations of maternity services in Naas Co. Kildare

  • Received
    Decided 24 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0106-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    A list of e-submissions submitted to the minister through the

  • Received
    Decided 24 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0130-2023
    Requester Type Business Interest Group
    Department of Health

    The submission made by the Fetal Medicine Department (National Maternity Hospital) to the health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018 review's public submission process.

  • Received
    Decided 19 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0387-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Notes, records, briefings, submissions and correspondence (including emails) to or from the Minister for Health, his office, and special advisers regarding the European Health

  • Received
    Decided 19 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0392-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    All docs/Corrs/emails re: interactions Btw DOH & HRB re: need for and scope of primary legislation to support data collection, sharing, linking and re-use. All docs/Corrs/emails re: interactions Btw DOH & HRB re: need for and scope of primary legislation to support data collection, sharing, linking and re-use.

  • Received
    Decided 18 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0126-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Minutes of meetings/chain of emails/briefings between the Department of Children and Equality and officials from your department in relation to management of mental health cases within IPAS accommodation settings between March 2023

  • Received
    Decided 16 May 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0100-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All travel & accommodation costs associated with St Patrick's Day foreign engagements 2023, for senior/junior ministers in DOH, costs for both senior and junior ministers in DOH, costs for their advisors & staff, details and cost of any gift given by same senior/junior ministers during their trips.

  • Received
    Decided 16 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0121-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    All documents and correspondence related to the decision to

  • Received
    Decided 16 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0125-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All conflict-of-interest declarations made by all members of National Implementation & Monitoring Committee Steering Committee & declarations made by members of any sub- groups/working groups etc, within this Committee. The timeframe I am referring to is from 2015 to present.

  • Received
    Decided 15 May 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0103-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    How many civil servants moved on mobility transfers from

  • Received
    Decided 12 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0028-2023
    Requester Type Oireachtas
    Department of Health

    I wish to apply under the Freedom of Information Act for all records in the Department of Health in relation to concerns of HIQA expressed by them to the Department of Health and the Health Department’s consideration and subsequent replies to HIQA in relation to the situation in nursing homes generally during the period Feb 2020 – May 2020.

  • Received
    Decided 12 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0097-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    I wish to obtain copies of records created between 1st

  • Received
    Decided 12 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0099-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Any internal correspondence between senior management and ministers of the Department from July 2022 to December 2022 referencing “nursing homes”, “closed" or "closing”, and “converting”, "temporary accommodation".

  • Received
    Decided 11 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0089-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Records showing details of the costs of travel & associated expenses for all Senior & Junior Ministers & their delegations for St Patrick’s Day trips in 2023. To include, but not be limited to, the following: Records showing the names, positions, titles of those who travelled and their official functions as part of the Department’s delegations this year

  • Received
    Decided 11 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0098-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Written communication between as in to/from the

  • Received
    Decided 10 May 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0101-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All travel & accommodation costs associated with St Patrick's Day foreign engagements 2023, for senior/junior ministers in DOH, details of any gifts received by same senior/junior ministers their trips.

  • Received
    Decided 8 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0119-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    A list of gifts/high value items kept by the Department. This should include a list of items handed over to the Department by ministers, Oireachtas office holders, TDs and Senators - by name. The FOI is to cover the period February 2020- present. Please include a description of the items and their estimated

  • Received
    Decided 3 May 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0088-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Details of the costs of travel and associated expenses for all Senior and Junior Ministers and their delegations for the St Patrick’s Day trips to celebrate the day in 2023. To include, but not be limited to, the following: Records showing the costs of all travel for every member on each trip. Records showing what class of travel was booked for all travellers individually Records showing the accommodation details and total costs for each person Also, any other records showing any other costs organised or incurred by the department, e.g., gifts, presentations, receptions, guest hospitality, photography, flowers etc.

  • Received
    Decided 2 May 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0092-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Under the FOI Act I am seeking information relating to “raw data from Covax from December 2021 to present showing vaccination status of lab confirmed Covid 19 cases, hospitalisations, ICU patients and deaths per week”. I have been sent to various different offices in the HSE and HPSC who have each indicated that it is the CMO Office in the Department of Health who holds the data.

  • Received
    Decided 25 April 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0091-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Written communication in relation to cancellation of elective/scheduled care at University Hospital Limerick this winter and other hospitals in the UL Hospital Group, and in relation to overcrowding also this winter at all hospitals in

  • Received
    Decided 22 April 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0077-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    1./ Department of Health briefings provided to Health Minister Stephen Donnelly between January 2022 and present date, on the topic of High Court cases relating to the prescribing sodium valproate which were heard in 2022, and will be heard in 2023 2./ Briefings provided to former health minister Simon Harris between April 2018 and December 2019 in relation to the HSE Valproate Response Project, by or on behalf of the HSE valproate response team

  • Received
    Decided 21 April 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0096-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    - Any records held by, or correspondence received by the Department of Health regarding the Stakeholders meeting of the Citizens Assembly on Drug Use

  • Received
    Decided 20 April 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0066-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    With regard to Dr Tony Holohan's proposed secondment to Trinity College: Could you please provide me with all records, emails, meeting notes, presentations between Mr Robert Watt and Dr Holohan. Could you please provide me with all records, emails, meeting notes, presentations between Mr Watt and the HR department responsible for organising the secondment, or between Mr Watt and HR personnel consulted on the secondment. Could you please provide me with all records, emails, meeting notes, presentations between Mr Watt and any elected representative. Could you please provide me with any contracts or terms of contracts for this secondment?

  • Received
    Decided 14 April 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0078-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    In relation to clerical/admin &management grades, I request the following information by individual grade for each of the years 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022 - The number of officials who retired. -The number of those officials at (1) who were promoted (a) within 1 year of retirement, (b) within 2 years of retirement (excluding those at (a) and (c) within 3 years of retirement excluding those at (a) and (b). “Promoted” refers to internal (i) promotions and (ii) promotional appointments to your government department from other civil service departments.

  • Received
    Decided 13 April 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0071-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All correspondence between the DOH & KOSI Corporation

  • Received
    Decided 11 April 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0075-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Copies of the central registers maintained by the Department of Health, as per its obligations as set out under Department of Public Expenditure and Reform Circular 01/2020: Procedures for Offsetting the Emissions Associating with Official Air Travel. Under the Circular, it is expected that registers contain details of individual flights, associated greenhouse gas emissions, and the monetary value calculated for each flight to be paid into the Climate Action Fund by the Department.

  • Received
    Decided 6 April 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0416-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    I have therefore reframed my request: I should be grateful if the DoH could provide the documentation and analysis which provide the basis for the EURO600-700 million estimates referred to above

  • Received
    Decided 6 April 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0061-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Copies of all presentations given/

  • Received
    Decided 6 April 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0070-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    A copy of all correspondence between the Chief Medical Officer and the National Immunisation Advisory Committee (NIAC) as it relates to recommendations or advice on national health policy and national health security for the period 01/01/2019 to 01/06/2020. The information requested should include letters and emails including any papers or documents attached.

  • Received
    Decided 5 April 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0076-2023
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Health

    Records in the department, discussing and considering, in relation to sums in the region of 800,000 Euros that have been provided to the Park Run movement in the form of grants by the HSE but which is reported as not having been accounted for in the organisations accounts as is legally required.

  • Received
    Decided 5 April 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0090-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    A report submitted to the Dept of Health by Dr Deirdre Duffy, of Lancaster University, (on her behalf and researchers from Manchester Metropolitan University) into the experience of abortion service providers such as hospital staff and GPs. This report will form a major part of the review of the Health (Regulation of Termination of Pregnancy) Act 2018, which has now been sent to Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly.

  • Received
    Decided 3 April 2023
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0068-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    How many people filed a payment exemption application for their mandatory quarantine hotel fee between 16/09/2021 and 16/09/22. How much money was retrieved by the team in charge of the Mandatory Hotel Quarantine non-payments work from 16/09/21 to date. Any briefing notes or correspondences sent to the Minister of Health about the mandatory hotel quarantine system from 16/09/21 to date.

  • Received
    Decided 3 April 2023
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0073-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    The full meeting transcripts leading up to the publication of the ‘Waiting List Action Plan’

  • Received
    Decided 31 March 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0014-2023
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    All records held by DOH pertaining to a decision not to

  • Received
    Decided 31 March 2023
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0031-2023
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All Corrs Btw Ms Maura Quinn & the Minister/Dept’s Sec Gen & Minister’s special advisers re: external review commissioned by the Minister into the proposed secondment of the former CMO to an academic role Btw 30/08/22- date. All Corrs Btw the Minister/Department’s Sec Gen & the Minister’s special advisers re: external review commissioned by the Minister into the proposed secondment of the former CMO to an academic role Btw 30/08/22 - date. All Corrs Btw Dept's Sec Gen & Maura Quinn/the Minister/his special advisers/or anyone on their behalf re: release of the review Btw the period the review was submitted to the Dept by Ms Quinn and the present day. All Corrs Btw former CMO & Maura Quinn/the Minister/ his special advisers/or anyone on their behalf re: release of the review Btw period the review was submitted to the Dept. by Ms Quinn and the present day