Department of Health
FOI Requests — 4736 requests
- Not ValidReceived —Decided —Department of Health
All correspondence (letter/email) in 2024 to date to the Minister for Health from the Faculty of Pathology at Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, on resourcing of pathology services and training. I also request any return correspondence.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
The final letter of determination that has issued to the HSE chair of the board of the HSE by the Minister for Health.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Please provide the names and professional qualifications of all those concerned in the review of the medical Cannabis Access Programme. Please provide full details of the experience, expertise and knowledge of medical cannabis of all those identified in 1.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Copies of all minutes, notes, reports evidence and other documents, full details of any witnesses, experts or other sources that have been consulted or who have provided any information and copies of that information
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
A copy of the minutes of the meeting held between Health Minister Donnelly and Oireachtas members on January 11, 2023 last.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Copies of minutes of the department management board meetings, between 1st September 2023 and 28th January 2024.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
A digital copy of all investigations requested by Minister Mary Butler from Q2 2022 to Q2 2023.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
All correspondence re: the Rosalie Unit Castlerea since January 2018 to date.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Copy of letter to Minister Harris from Sonic Healthcare or Fleishman-Hillard on behalf of Sonic Healthcare re: meeting with the Minister re: Cervical Screening.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
The request relates to a letter from the Minister for Health that establishes the profession of ‘Clinical Scientist’ following the recommendations of the Tierney Report 1990 – Report of the Committee to Examine Medical Genetics Services. Any letters by the Minister for Health available that make reference to ‘Clinical Scientist’ after 21 April 1998 at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital at Crumlin.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Copy Response letter of Dr. Tony Holohan CMO to letter of Ms. Justice Mary Irvine on or about 11/12/2020 concerning administration of Covid 19 Vaccine to elderly persons in nursing homes that are under control of wardship judge.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Corr between Professor of Psychiatry Harry Kennedy and Ministers Donnelly and Butler
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Text messages, emails and any other form of written correspondence between the Chief Medical Officer and the Minister for Health.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Any briefing docs about Ireland and Irish affairs prepared by the Dept. of Health for the European Commissioners for Health and Food Safety.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Corr. between the dates 1 November and 17 December 2019 between the Minister for Health and the HSE Director General / Minister for Public Expenditure on the issue of the HSE National Service Plan.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Corr. between the Dept. of Health (Assistant Secretary level and above and to Ministerial Offices) and the Chief Executive Officer of the HSE between 1st July 2019 to date re; Budget 2020.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Corr. between the Dept. of Health (Assistant Secretary level and above and to Ministerial Offices) and the Chief Executive Officer of the HSE between 1st July 2019 to date re; the 2020 Service Plan of the HSE.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Corr. between the Secretary General of the Dept. of Health and the HSE since 01/09/2019 regarding ophthalmology services in Cork and on workloads, clinical prioritisation and contractual compliance with public/private rules in this service.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Health
1. A copy of direct correspondence between the minister (or her office) and BAM in the period from June 1 2025 to date. 2. A copy of any briefing documents or memos prepared for the minster and/or her officials for the same period. 3. Minutes or notes of any communications or conversations the minister or her officials held with representatives of BAM. The timeline of my request is June 1 to date.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Corr. from Dr Tony Holohan/Healthy Ireland to the Minister relating to alcohol/alcohol policy between 01/01/15 & 31/12/15.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
I am requesting the following, in original electronic format where possible, for the period 1 April to 22 July, 2025, inclusive: • Documents, including minutes of meetings, notes, memos, and correspondence including emails and attachments, involving the Minister for Health and the Minister for Public Expenditure regarding: o The National Development Plan, o Capital Funding, o Summer Economic Statement. • Documents, including minutes of meetings, notes, memos, and correspondence including emails and attachments, involving the Minister for Health and the Minister for Finance regarding: o The National Development Plan, o Capital Funding, o Summer Economic Statement. • Documents, including minutes of meetings, notes, memos, and correspondence including emails and attachments, involving officials at PO level and above at the Department of Health and counterparts at the Department of Public Expenditure regarding: o The National Development Plan, o Capital Funding, o Summer Economic Statement. • Documents, including minutes of meetings, notes, memos, and correspondence including emails and
- Part-grantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
All records between HSE CEO Mr. Bernard Gloster and Minister Jennifer Carroll McNeill in relation to the former's retirement.
- Part-grantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Correspondence/memos/briefings in both directions between the Medical Council and officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Health relating to increasing doctor retention fees from April 2025 until to date. The minutes of any meetings between the Medical Council and officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Health relating to increasing doctor retention fees from April 2025 until to date.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
1. Correspondence, notes, memos and related documents provided or sent to the Minister for Health from within the Department relating to the new Children’s Hospital in August 2025 and to date in September 2025 2. Correspondence and related documents received by the Assistant Secretary with responsibility for Health Infrastructure from the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board relating to the new Children’s Hospital in August 2025 and to date in September 2025 3. Quarterly Briefings provided to the Minister for Health in April 2025 and July 2025 4. The Minister for Health’s diary for year to date
- Part-grantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
New Wording: 1. Copies of any correspondence received by the department, from MSD, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, AbbVie, Johnson & Johnson, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Roche, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, related to the EU general pharma legislation/changes to regulatory data protection, competitiveness, between 20th January and 23rd May 2025. 2. Minutes of any meetings between department officials and MSD, Pfizer, Eli Lilly, AbbVie, Johnson & Johnson, Novo Nordisk, Novartis, AstraZeneca, Roche, the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association, European Federation of Pharmaceutical Industries and Associations, related to the EU general pharma legislation/changes to regulatory data protection, between 20th January and 23rd May 2025. (To clarify, point 2 for minutes of meetings would also cover meetings attended by the Minister) 3. Correspondence between the Department and the Department of the Taoiseach, or Department of Enterprise, related to the EU general pharma legislation/changes to regulatory data protection, between 1st March and 23rd May 2025. 4. Correspondence within the department, related to the EU general pharma legislation/changes to regulatory data protection, between 1st May and 23rd May 2025.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
All records relating to the provision of makeup services, if any, for ministers in the department, including the costs of same. All records relating the provision of any clothing, if any, for ministers in the department, including the costs of same. My requests cover the period June 2020 to the present day.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
1. A database/record/spreadsheet of all rental payments paid by the DoH for the lease of a property (formerly the offices of the National Women's Council) at the Irish Life Centre, Abbey Street in the period 1 Jan 2010 to the current date. 2. A record of when the lease on the property expired. 3. A record of how long the lease was paid for i.e. years in total. 4. A record of whether the office space was used by the DoH during the period after it was vacated by the National Women's Council, for what purpose, and during what years.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Health Research Regulations and Health Research Consent Declaration Committee This FOI request relates to any (i) internal papers/submissions and (ii) external correspondence between the Department of Health, the Health Research Board and the Health Research Consent Declaration Committee relating to: - The Department's decision that applications for membership of the Committee must be made through the secretariat to the HRCDC and not directly to the Department/Minister and the communication of that decision to the HRCDC and/or the HRB,
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
All correspondences received by the Minister from clinicians at CHI regarding concerns about orthopaedic and spinal services from January 1st 2024 to July 1 2024.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
I wish to request any email or postal correspondence with personnel from the relevant unit in the Dept of Health, including/with Minister Butler & Minister Donnelly, relating to the development of a Director of Psychology post in CHO 4 / South-West Regional Health Area. To include any business / clinical cases put forward for the creation of this post. Time span of request: From January 1st 2024 until 19th August 2024.
- Part GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Copies of any correspondence to: Siobhan McNamara and/or Claire Gordon From: the Department of Enterprise, Trade, and Employment Dating from: June 1, 2022 until June 22, 2023 Regarding: alcohol labelling legislation, ie the Public Health (Alcohol) (Labelling) Regulations 2023 and the remaining provisions of Section 12 of the Public Health (Alcohol) Act.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Any and all correspondence between department staff and the Minister regarding the electrical installation at the New Children’s Hospital currently under construction. Dates ranging from January 2024 till now.
- Part-grantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
A copy of any submissions, memos, reports, or other such discussion, review or high-level documents prepared for either the minister or the secretary-general of your department relating to the designation of COVID-19 as an occupational illness.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
In relation to the "High Level Taskforce to consider the mental health and addiction challenges of persons interacting with the criminal justice system" announced April 2nd 2021 list of meetings held by this taskforce, and their minutes of meetings to date since established, including any action items (2021 to present) briefings material for the minister or it's just officials regarding the taskforce (2021 to present) correspondence between the minister and it's officials, and officials in the Department of Justice about the taskforce (2021 to present) any other correspondence regarding the taskforce (2021 to present)
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
The release of all correspondence - including emails, letters, WhatsApp/text messages and other formats - sent by Robert Watt to Minister Stephen Donnelly between 1 March 2022 and 31 March 2022 regarding the proposed secondment of Dr Tony Holohan to Trinity College.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Correspondence between the Department of Health and the Department of Justice and Equality during the months of March and April 2020 in relation to potential, rumoured or confirmed cases of COVID19 in Munster-based direct provision centres and advice, instructions or guidelines on how to manage the cases (if any).
- Part GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
All correspondence (sent and received) between secretary general Robert Watt and Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly, (including attachments, and Whatsapp, SMS, or Signal messages), between 1st April and 24th April 2023.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
All Corrs/reports/meeting minutes from/to the office of then- Taoiseach, now Tánaiste Micheal Martin re: Covid-19 deaths/Covid-19 management in Ballynoe Nursing Home, Cork from 21st July 2021 - 6th February 2022.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —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.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Documents outlining promotional/marketing costs & descriptions of marketing campaigns carried out re: the New National Maternity Hospital since May 1st 2022.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
All text messages exchanged between Ronnie Downes (Assistant Secretary DPER) and XXX (Director of Resources DOH) from 2020 to 2022. Searches of any relevant mobile phones, and/or messaging services should be considered when processing this request.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —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.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
New wording: Under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014, I wish to request access to any record which shows the total number of staff for whom mobile phones were provided by the Department of Health from 1st January 2024 to 31st December 2024. Old wording: I wish to request access to any record which shows the total number of mobile phones used in Ireland (excluding phones used by staff routinely based in Northern Ireland) by your organisation at the end of 2024.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
• Copy of representations / submissions made to the Minister for Health from members of the Oireachtas regarding the HSE capital plan for 2025 since 01 October 2024. • Copy of correspondence between the Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Health since 01 October 2024 in relation to the HSE capital plan for 2025.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking all correspondence between the Minister and the Irish Cancer Society, between 1st October 2023 to 3rd January 2024
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
The release of the following eSub: HLT 00087-24: Ministerial Letter to Hospice CEOs I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/11/2023 - 1/3/24.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Health
The release of the following eSub: HLT 0070-24: Ministerial Approval of a General Indemnity Delegation Order for the four adult hospices. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/11/2023 - 1/3/24.