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Department of Health

FOI Requests — 2730 requests

  • Received
    Decided 10 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0172-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    All records in the office of Mr Fergal Goodman, Assistant Secretary of Health Protection Division re: secondment of Mr Tony Holohan to TCD & regarding DOH continuing to pay Mr Holohan's salary.

  • Received
    Decided 10 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0175-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. re: topic of Dr Tony Holohan's decision to step down from CMO role & his secondment with Trinity College Dublin involving Dr Tony Holohan/Stephen Donnelly/Robert Watt. 1/1/2022 to 7/4/2022.

  • Received
    Decided 10 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0176-2022
    Requester Type Oireachtas/Public Representatives
    Department of Health

    The reasonable accommodation declaration form re: Dr Tony Holohan’s secondment from DOH to Trinity College, Dublin.

  • Received
    Decided 10 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0177-2022
    Requester Type Oireachtas/Public Representatives
    Department of Health

    The Secondment Agreement for Dr Tony Holohan’s secondment to TCD.

  • Received
    Decided 10 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0178-2022
    Requester Type Oireachtas/Public Representatives
    Department of Health

    All corr. btw Tony Holohan & Ms Grainne Duffy-Strategic HR, Btw Robert Watt & Ms Grainne Duffy-Strategic HR, btw Sec Gen & the Minister/Minister’s office re: Dr Holohan’s secondment to Trinity College btw 01/01 and 24/03/22.

  • Received
    Decided 10 May 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0196-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Any corr. btw Irish College of GP’s & Minister for Health re: shortage of family doctors in the State. Btw 01/02/222 – 22/04/22.

  • Received
    Decided 9 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0167-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. btw Tony Holohan & Robert Watt re: Dr Holohan’s secondment to Trinity College, 1/1/2022 - 6/4/2022.

  • Received
    Decided 9 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0168-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. btw HR in DOH & Office of CMO re: secondment of Dr Tony Holohan to Trinity College, 1/9/2021 - 6/4/2022.

  • Received
    Decided 6 May 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0158-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    List of attendees/agenda of the National Oversight Committee for the Drugs Strategy meeting attended by Frank Feighan and/or dept officials, 4th of March ’22.

  • Received
    Decided 6 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0161-2022
    Requester Type Oireachtas/Public Representatives
    Department of Health

    All corr. btw the Sec Gen & Minister re: secondment of his incumbent CMO Dr Tony Holohan to a post a TCD Dublin, Btw 1 January & 3 April 2022.

  • Received
    Decided 6 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0162-2022
    Requester Type Oireachtas/Public Representatives
    Department of Health

    All corr. btw CMO & Sec Gen, re: taking up a post at TCD Btw 1 January & 3 April 2022.

  • Received
    Decided 6 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0163-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. from start of this year btw staff in TCD & Dr Tony Holohan re: new post at TCD, any corr. with Stephen Donnelly & Tony Holohan re: him leaving the position of CMO for TCD since 01/10/21, all emails sent/received by Dr Tony Holohan re: Salary from start of this year.

  • Received
    Decided 6 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0187-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    All Corr./mins of meetings/reports re: where clinical governance lies for the clinics run in (CHI)-Crumlin for children referred from Ireland to clinicians at Gender Identification Development Service at Tavistock & Portman NHS Foundation Trust?

  • Received
    Decided 5 May 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0183-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All internal emails dated April 8/9 re: the drafting of a press release by Dr Tony Holohan re: his decision to not proceed with secondment to Trinity College Dublin, issued by DOH April 9 at 3pm.

  • Received
    Decided 3 May 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0184-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Copy of the HSE Report by 'Patricia Rickard Clarke' entitled 'Safeguarding Ireland' 2019/2017- HSE Report on vulnerable adults needing protection.

  • Received
    Decided 29 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0061-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. from elected officials to the Minister of Health re: transgender healthcare in the lifetime of this government.

  • Received
    Decided 27 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0113-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. btw DOH officials of PO & higher re: series of articles concerning a DOH whistle blower in the Business Post 13/02 & 20/02, from 08/02/22 until the current date. Any corr. should be considered, materials prepared for Minister for Health re: same from 08/02

  • Received
    Decided 26 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0152-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    How many women & men in your dept earn a salary of 100,000 or above, 75,000 or above, 50,000 or above. state the total number of employees/Full time/ part time.

  • Received
    Decided 22 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0150-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Records re: expenses incurred/gifts received by Minister/Junior Ministers at DOH during their visits abroad for St Patrick's Day this year-cost of travel/accommodation for advisers/other staff for the minister/junior ministers, including cost of shamrock incurred.

  • Received
    Decided 19 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0139-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Any briefings/submissions prepared for either minister/Sec Gen, re: the scheme for compensation/award payments for families of healthcare workers who died of Covid-19.

  • Received
    Decided 19 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0143-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. to/from, including attachments btw Extern & Frank Feighan re: gambling addiction services, 01/01 -15/03/22, And Btw Extern & Mary Butler & Internal dept corr. btw o fficials.

  • Received
    Decided 19 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0192-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All Corr. sent to/from Anne Rabbitte and/or her officials from/on behalf of each of the 9 CHO heads in relation to the delivery of assessment of needs and therapies. All Corr. from/to each of the 9 CHO heads and all Corr. sent by Minister and/or her officials to/from Yvonne O'Neill of HSE re: issue of meetings to be held with each of the 9 CHOs on assessment of needs and the delivery of therapies, Timeframe: 1/1/21 - 7/12/21.

  • Received
    Decided 14 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0084-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All records held in DOH re: trip by a delegation from DOH, including Stephen Donnelly & Robert Watt, to Expo 2020 Dubai Jan ’22, to show many people the dept organised to travel with delegation, their names/positions/titles/official functions as part of this particular delegation and their official function, costs of for each & what class of travel booked for all traveller & accommodation details & costs, diaries/ itineraries & schedules of Minister & Sec Gen in Dubai, any tickets for sporting events/any gifts purchased for hosts or dignitaries in Dubai.

  • Received
    Decided 14 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0136-2022
    Requester Type Oireachtas/Public Representatives
    Department of Health

    All internal/external corr. re: use of Keltoi as an isolation facility, March ’20 to date with CHO9’s public health team.

  • Received
    Decided 13 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0149-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Details of any funding from the public purse & nature of such payments which have/or may have been paid to the 'Private Hospitals Association' for 2020 & 2021, including payments made arising from the Covid Pandemic.

  • Received
    Decided 12 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0129-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Mins. of most recent 3 meetings of DOH/Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control (AMRIC) quarterly accountability forum. All docs from HSE AMRIC providing updates to DOH on CPE status in health service 01/06/21 to 28/02/22.

  • Received
    Decided 11 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0075-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Any material held by DOH/Minister re: appointment of Marie O’Shea as independent chair of the review into the State’s abortion laws.

  • Received
    Decided 11 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0091-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Inspection reports from Alice Litster, inspector of boarded out children, for the Department of Local Government and Public Health (DLGPH) for years 1940 – 1950.

  • Received
    Decided 11 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0049-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. sent by Stephen Donnelly re: issue of safe access zones, Corr. received by Minister re: issue of safe access zones, Mins of meetings Btw Minister & DOH officials which involved a discussion on safe access zones, corr. btw Minister & Attorney General re: subject of safe access zones. Timeline: from 1/1/2021-23/9/2021.

  • Received
    Decided 8 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0138-2022
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Health

    Records re: grant of 7% Pension Fund to agencies in c1995, after 1995, A list of S39 agencies in receipt of 7% Pension Fund, list of agencies in receipt of 7% Pension Fund, Records re: refusal to grant 7% Pension Fund to any agency.

  • Received
    Decided 8 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0155-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Overall mileage & travel expenses claimed by the Minister & Ministers of State in DOH in 2020 & 2021, mileage & travel expenses claimed per Minister & Ministers of State for same dates

  • Received
    Decided 6 April 2022
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0071-2022
    Requester Type Client
    Department of Health

    Letter received from PA Duffy & Co Solicitors which calls for the establishment of a Commission of Investigation or alternative form of public inquiry into the handling of Covid- 19 in long term care facilities/nursing homes.

  • Received
    Decided 6 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0134-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All emails/if any, sent to Stephen Donnelly during 27/02/22 to 04/03/22,with subject lines: iodine, radioactive, Zaporizhzhia or nuclear.

  • Received
    Decided 6 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0135-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    A copy of any Voluntary Ex-Ante Transparency Notice (VEAT) notice if created re: awarding of a contract to Kinzen in 2020/2021 & copy of any report from DOH to Office of the Comptroller & Auditor General explaining why a competitive process was not used in awarding the Kinzen report. Copy of any report re: Kinzen contract created in line with the requirements of Article 84(1)(f) of Directive 2014/24/EU.

  • Received
    Decided 4 April 2022
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0133-2022
    Requester Type Public
    Department of Health

    Any corr. btw DOH Officials grade of AP/above in Minister's office, Acute Care Division/Resource Division & CEO of RCSI Hospital Group Mr Ian Carter and/or his officials re: overcrowding issues in hospitals/RCSI Group ‘21 to-date.

  • Received
    Decided 1 April 2022
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0131-2022
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    All corr. btw Minister & Ciaran Devine re: HSE National Service Plan 2022 btw 01/01/22 and 01/03/22.

  • Received
    Decided 24 December 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0186-2021
    Requester Type Oireachtas/Public Representatives
    Department of Health

    The Waiting List Management Plan prepared by Sláintecare Implementation Office submitted to the Minister/the Secretary General in Quarter 1 & 2, 2021.

  • Received
    Decided 23 December 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0124-2021
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Health

    Funding by Dept. of Health for ‘Sci Comm Collective’. All guidance issued to them for social media posts. Corr. between Dept. of Health and ‘Sci Comm Collective’ with keywords about Covid.

  • Received
    Decided 21 December 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0179-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Corr. from Greg Dempsey to Robert Watt and/or Stephen Donnelly re: publication of winter plan between 10/11/21 and 2 0/11/21.

  • Received
    Decided 20 December 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0169-2021
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Health

    All records relating to my email of 8 November 2021 addressed to the Minister re: the Covid Booster vaccine, and my subsequent f ollow-up emails.

  • Received 16 November 2020
    Decided 18 December 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference 420
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Corr between the Department of Health and the 221 cervical check support group.

  • Received
    Decided 17 December 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0201-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Health

    Record of confirmation of the components of Moderna Covid 19 vaccination received by the Dept. of Health/HSE. During the rollout of Covid 19 vax programme, Jan 2019 – Nov 2021.

  • Received
    Decided 17 December 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0193-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Health

    Record of confirmation of the ingredients/components of the Pfizer Covid 19 injection, the Astra Zeneca Covid 19 injection and the Johnson and Johnson Covid 19 injection received by the Department of Health/HSE. During the roll out vax programme.

  • Received
    Decided 16 December 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0183-2021
    Requester Type Business/Interest Group
    Department of Health

    Record of evidence between January 2019 and April 2020 of the known agent causing Covid 19. Evidence showing SARS-Cov2 to exist directly from human mucus/saliva.

  • Received
    Decided 16 December 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0167-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Records of meetings between the Minister for Health and the Voluntary Health Forum held during 2020 and 2021 as they relate to the Integrated Financial Management System project underway in the HSE.

  • Received
    Decided 15 December 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0168-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Records of meetings and corr. between Minister for Health and his counterpart in Northern Ireland, Robin Swann, between 1 Sep 2021 and 19 Nov 2021. Corr. between the Department of Health and the Northern Irish Department of Health from 1-19 Nov. regarding Covid-19 certificates/vaccine passes for the hospitality sector.

  • Received
    Decided 14 December 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0156-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Dept. of Health guidelines for HSE staff on public health messaging and communications in relation to vaccinating undocumented people in the last 12 months. Emails between the Dept. and HSE staff that mentions same from March 2021 to August 2021.

  • Received
    Decided 13 December 2021
    Part-Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0159-2021
    Requester Type Other
    Department of Health

    Documents prepared for the Minister with regard to the decision taken on the 4th November 2021 relating to the visitation guidance for long-term residential care facilities, particularly the requirement for visitors to a LTRCF to indicate if they have

  • Received
    Decided 13 December 2021
    Refused
    Request Reference FOI-0158-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Corr. and documents between Kinzen Ltd. and Dept. of Health in 2020. Corr. and documents between the same from Oct 2021 to present.

  • Received
    Decided 10 December 2021
    Granted
    Request Reference FOI-0106-2021
    Requester Type Journalist
    Department of Health

    Presentations/slide decks developed by IEMAG for the following meetings: NPHET on 1 Oct and 4 Oct -Cabinet subcommittee 17th Oct -Cabinet subcommittee 26th Nov -Covid oversight Group meeting 30 Dec.