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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0058

Requester Type All of the documents and correspondence held by the Department relating to the establishment of a domestic violence register. I would like my request to cover the last two years. I am particularly interested in correspondence from An Garda Síochána.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0123

Requester Type Copy of all correspondence from members of the public, legal representatives or advocates and politicians to/from the Minister of Justice in relation to GSOC from 01 July 2020 to the date of this request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
18 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0272

Requester Type I would like to request the letter sent by the Irish Government to the European Commission in reply to a questionnaire sent to member states on 21 December 2022, requesting information about the national legal framework governing the use of spyware from a data protection perspective.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
18 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2022-0375

Requester Type Correspondence between the Department and other Departments/State Agencies in relation to action 19/9 of Housing for All: "All Government Departments will examine their existing portfolio of properties and subject to any obligations under the PSC, the LDA Act 2021 or the State Property Act 1954, will place them on the market if they are not required and may be suitable for conversion to residential accommodation".

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
18 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0228

Requester Type I am specifically seeking the number of emails sent by the public containing the terms containing the terms "eviction", "eviction ban". (with a breakdown of the number of emails which mention each term); If possible, I am also requesting the release of all pieces of correspondence sent between 1 January and 31 March to the Minister's Office containing these term.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
22 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0248

Requester Type I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information/records: Submissions made by a list of named groups/companies to the Department of Justice or to James Browne, Minister of State at the Department of Justice.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
22 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0285

Requester Type How many incoming Hague Convention on Child Abduction 1980 cases have there been in this jurisdiction over the last 10 years? Please give the number per year (All the following questions relate to the last 10 years) How many Respondents were mothers? How many Respondents were fathers? How many Respondents were primary carer mothers? How many of these Respondent mothers were returning to their ‘home’ country? How many Respondents used the Art.13b Grave Risk defence? How many of these Art.13b defences were successful? How many of these successful Art 13b defences resulted in a non return order? In how many cases were children returned with ‘Protective Measures’ despite one of the defences being accepted?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
23 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0100

Requester Type 1. Copies of all internal audit reports on the Immigrant Investment Programme completed from 2019 to 17 February 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
26 May 2023

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Requester Type 2. Records held by the Minister referring to the closure or planned closure of the scheme from November 1 2022 to 17 February 2023. To include emails/correspondence referring or relating to plans to close the scheme, reports, memoranda, briefing notes on same. 3. Correspondence held by the relevant section and/or the Minister’s office from third parties -- including representative groups, external agencies, individuals - relating to the operation of the scheme and its effectiveness from 1 January 2022 to 17 February 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0184

Requester Type A copy of any existing policy/protocol governing age assessments of applicants for international protection under section 24 of the International Protection Act. A copy of any existing policy/protocol governing age assessments of applicants for international protection undertaken by the Child and Family Agency at the request of the International Protection Office; A copy of any existing policy/protocol governing any re-assessment of age of international protection applicants by the International Protection Officer and/or the Child and Family Agency; and A copy of any memorandum of understanding/terms of reference or similar agreement with the Department of Justice and/or the International Protection Office regarding age assessments of applicants for international protection by The Child and Family Agency.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
26 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0223

Requester Type Copies of all contacts, including letters, emails, meetings’ minutes, and telephone calls’ minutes, between the Office of the inspector of prisons and the Department of Justice with regard to funding for the inspectorate,

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
29 May 2023

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Requester Type between June 2022 and the most recent date prior to the decision being made as to whether to grant the request.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0250

Requester Type Records in relation to the Immigrant Investor Programme. I am seeking Information in connection with the Sports side of the Programme as I want to ascertain a complete list of all Philanthropic Donations that were awarded to Projects relating to a named organisation.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
29 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0261

Requester Type An email sent from the CEO of named group to Minister of State James Browne on the Gambling bill last year.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
29 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0277

Requester Type The observation submitted on behalf of Ireland to the Courts of Justice of the European Union in respect of Case C-300/21 UI v Österreichische Post AG.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
29 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0294

Requester Type All records associated with the following submissions sent to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel as listed in FOI 2023-0232: DJE 00253-23 Garda Entitlement to Supplementary Pension

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
29 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0271

Requester Type I wish to request records relating to the following: Why the invitations to attend the naturalisation ceremony were sent by emails, while it is stated on the website that invitations will be sent by post? How many invitations were sent to participants and how many actually attended/turned up to the ceremony? Why the date of the ceremony on 10 March 2023 was not published on the website and what is the reason for conducting this unannounced ceremony?

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
30 May 2023

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Requester Type Full breakdown of the nationalities who were invited to attended ceremony on 10 March 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0276

Requester Type How many asylum applicants currently residing in Gateway Two were refused entry into the country due to false or no travel documents, before asylum was applied for: Males - 18-34 years old, Males - 35-64 years old and Overall Total.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
30 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0286

Requester Type Records generated from 1 January 2022 to 26 July 2022 relating to the appointment of named person as Chairperson of the Firearms Expert Committee. A copy of all travel expenses and subsistence claims submitted by Firearms Expert Committee ordinary member named person from 1 July 2022 to 4 May 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
31 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0296

Requester Type All records associated with the following submissions sent to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel as listed in FOI 2023-0232: DJE 00258-23 Update on Garda Recruitment in 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
31 May 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0196

Requester Type I am looking for all correspondence in relation the following Purchase Orders from Named Company to the Department of Justice (3 Purchase order details).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
06 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0297

Requester Type All records associated with the following submissions sent to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel as listed in FOI 2023-0232: DJE 00317-23 Update - Independent Review Group examining Offences Against the State Acts

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
07 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0274

Requester Type Copies of any briefings, memos, submissions, or other such review/overview documents prepared for the Minister or the secretary general with regard to overcrowding or lack of capacity in the prison system. This request to cover the period 1 January 2023 to 3 May 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
09 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0291

Requester Type All records associated with the following submissions sent to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel as listed in FOI 2023-0232: DJE 0090-23 Prison Population Management - Irish Prison Service Submission November 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
09 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0050

Requester Type Written and/or digital correspondence (including emails and text messages) Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and the authorities at the Templemore Garda Training College in relation to the reopening of the swimming pool to the schools and community groups between October 2022 and January 2023. If applicable, any written and/or digital correspondence (including emails and text messages) between acting Minister for Justice Simon Harris and the authorities at the Templemore Garda Training College, in relation to the reopening of the Garda swimming pool to schools and community groups in January 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
12 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0302

Requester Type All documents in your possession and procurement in relation to all reviews of the District Court costs from 2014 30 April 2023 to include all minutes, memoranda from the President of the District Court, the District Court Rules Committee and all internal memoranda in the Department of Justice pertaining to the review of the said District Court costs.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
12 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0320

Requester Type I am looking for the following information in relation to named organisation.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
12 June 2023

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Requester Type The time period for each of the points below is 1 February 2023 to 16 May 2023. Any or all correspondence received by the Department/Minister regarding GDPR complaints within named organisation. I am looking for copies of these complaints and any emails received regarding these complaints. I am looking for copies or any or all internal or external communication in paper or electronic form regarding these complaints. In addition, I am looking for any emails outside the Department if the complaint was forwarded onwards. I am looking for all correspondence with named organisation, its staff and or board members regarding any such complaints. I am looking for any or all correspondence with named organisation.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0369

Requester Type Copies of any minutes, memoranda, letters or emails pertaining to the Review of District Court Costs Scale sent or received.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
12 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0295

Requester Type All records associated with the following submissions sent to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel as listed in FOI 2023-0232: DJE 00254-23 Engagement with UK Home Office on exemptions to UK's Electronic Travel Authorisation

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2022-0655

Requester Type Copies of any correspondence (email, text, messaging services etc) between Minister McEntee and her office and a named company (or its staff) in the period 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16 June 2023

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Requester Type Searches of any mobile phones, relevant private email addresses and/or messaging services should be considered when processing this request. For avoidance of doubt, the Minister had in place a contract for services with this company during 2021 and if any of the communications relate to her work or duties as a Minister, they are subject to the FOI Act.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0227

Requester Type The number of emails sent by the public containing the terms "trans", "transgender", "transgenderism", and "sexuality" with a breakdown of the number of emails which mention each term); If possible, I am also requesting the release of all pieces of correspondence sent between 1 January and 31 March to the Minister's office containing these terms.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0241

Requester Type Written and/or digital correspondence (including emails and text messages) Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and the authorities at the Templemore Garda Training College in relation to the reopening of the swimming pool to the schools and community groups between October 2022 and January 2023. Written and/or digital correspondence (including emails and text messages) between Minister for Justice Simon Harris and the authorities at the Templemore Garda Training College, in relation to the reopening of the Garda swimming pool to schools and community groups in between December 2022 and April 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0293

Requester Type All records associated with the following submissions sent to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel as listed in FOI 2023-0232: DJE 00232-23 Roscommon Coroner

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0231

Requester Type The number of family reunification applications granted in the last 5 years broken down by each year.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
19 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0214

Requester Type All documents and emails related to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Justice Report on an Examination of the Present Approach to Sanctions for Possession of Certain Amounts of Drugs for Personal Use, In the date range of 1 December 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0338

Requester Type A copy of any Immigrant Investor Programme applications where named person or named organisation is listed as acting as the agent, between 1 January 2018 and 1 April 2023.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
22 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0347

Requester Type Records detailing the names of the organisations that sponsored the latest 20 applications under the volunteer visa scheme in Ireland.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
23 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0351

Requester Type Records showing the profit/income made per application from visa applications to Ireland from every country that ISD subcontracted named company to process them, before and after hiring the firm. To clarify I am asking for profit/income per application before and after hiring named company as year-on-year income won't be meaningful here due to pandemic-related travel restrictions.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
23 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023- 03419

Requester Type Records in the past 5 years of legal fees paid by the Department of Justice in utilising legal firms and consultancy firms to consult on and answer FOI requests and appeals of FOI requests including appeals to the Office of the Information Commissioner.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
23 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0107

Requester Type 1. Any reviews carried out of the Immigrant Investor Programme and correspondence relating to these and the closure of the scheme involving senior civil servants or the Minister. 2. Also, any correspondence between the Minister or senior civil servants and named person.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0292

Requester Type All records associated with the following submissions sent to the Minister for Justice through the e-submissions channel as listed in FOI 2023-0232: DJE 00144-23 immigrant Investor Programme (IIP)

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0308

Requester Type 1. Any internal memos or briefing documents the IPO/Department has produced in relation to named far-right groups/individuals during the period January 2021 to present. 2. Any internal memos or briefing documents the IPO/Department has produced in relation to protests outside the homes of politicians during the same period.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0310

Requester Type 1. Any memos or briefing documents produced by the Department since 1 November 2022 in relation to anti-immigrant groups and individuals. 2. Any records relating to social media analysis of anti-immigrant groups, individuals or social media posts since 1 November 2022.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0313

Requester Type 1. The total number of citizenship applications received by the Department of Justice from 1 January 2022, to the present date. 2. The total number of citizenship applications processed by the Department of Justice from 1 January 2022, to the present date. 3. The total number of citizenship applications that have been decided upon by the Department of Justice from 1 January 2022, to the present date. 4. For each decided application, please provide the corresponding application receiving date and the decision-making date.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0355

Requester Type Copy of complaints log related to complaints made to Irish embassies/ consulates abroad about its visa outsourcing named company between 2021 to the present (whatever form a log of these complaints are stored whether spreadsheet etc.).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0358

Requester Type Correspondence to and from the Department of Justice and the Irish Prison Service relating to the future of the former Cork prison on Rathmore Road.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 June 2023

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2023-0360

Requester Type Correspondence between the Department of Justice and the Department of Public Expenditure regarding the restoration of fees to criminal barristers, following their reduction in 2009 under FEMPI.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
27 June 2023

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