An Garda Síochána
FOI Requests — 2440 requests
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
The total amount of money spent by the Department on flights and the total number of flights taken by the Department in 2017, 2018 and 2019 broken down by year. A breakdown of all flights made by the Department's Ministers during 2017, 2018 and 2019 and the destinations travelled to.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any correspondence to/from the Minister with Premier Lotteries Ireland or Hume Brophy on behalf of Premier Lotteries Ireland since 1 May 2019.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence in relation to ministerial approval to pay fees to the chairman of the Irish Sports Council/Sport Ireland in 2010/2011. A copy of all correspondence between the Minister (and/or advisors) and Kieran Mulvey (Chairman of Irish Sport Council) between Jan 1st 2010 to Dec 31 2010 When conducting your search and retrieval please consider official information held on non-official systems, emails accounts and devices, for example WhatsApp groups etc.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence between the Minister for Finance/PER and Minister Shane Ross between the period 01 June 2019 and the present day. All correspondence between the Minister for Finance/PER and Minister Finian McGrath between the period 01 June 2019 and the present day. All correspondence between the Minister for Finance/PER and Minister John Halligan between the period 01 June 2019 and the present day. All correspondence between the Minister for Finance/PER and Minister Seán Canney between the period 01 June 2019 and the present day.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence between Deputy Michael Lowry and Ministers in the Department between the period 01 January 2019 and the present day.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
A list of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at your department using the e-submissions system (or whatever relevant similar system is in place at your Department) in the period 8 October 2019 to the date of receipt of this request 8 January 2020.
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Overall PMDS figures for the civil service under the two-point system for the years 2018 and 2019. Please indicate the overall percentage of employees rated 'acceptable' / ‘satisfactory’ and those rated 'unsatisfactory' / 'unacceptable'. I also wish to request, under FOI, a breakdown by Department / Agency, if available, including a breakdown of the ratings for the Department of Public Expenditure & Reform.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Correspondence between the Department and other Departments regarding recent circular requiring departments to calculate and record the value of carbon emissions every time their officials use air transport. My request should include all correspondence to the department regarding the circular, and may cover requests for advice calculating emissions or comments on its implementation. Additionally, I am requesting the release of any correspondence between the Minister and his advisors, and the department's secretary general regarding the introduction of the new measure, as well as any meetings between these (Minister, sec gen and advisors) regarding the same.
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
A list of all Twitter accounts/users blocked by the Department's Twitter account @IRLDeptPER. A list of all Twitter accounts/users muted by the Department's Twitter account @IRLDeptPER.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
The figures showing a breakdown of pension payments to former TDs, senators and ministers in 2019. Amended to the aggregate total amount of pension payments to former Ministers in 2019.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any correspondence between the Department and IDA Ireland relating to signing of a new contract by CEO Martin Shanahan last autumn. Copies of any briefings/submissions or other such documents prepared for Minister Donohoe with regard to the reappointment and/or conditions of service for Mr Shanahan.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any departmental memos/briefings/correspondence/minutes from 2019 relating to raising the State pension age to 68. Any correspondence/briefings/memos from 2019 between this department and the department of welfare relation to raising the State pension age to 68.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I would like to seek under FOI any email correspondence in 2019 where 'GDPR' is referenced in either the body or the subject line of any email relating to the Dept. of Public Expenditure.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Expenses incurred by the Minister and Department's Junior Minister(s) during their visits abroad for St Patrick's Day last year, specifically the cost of travel and accommodation for the Minister. The cost of travel and accommodation for any advisers or other staff for the Minister, the cost of any gifts (including shamrock) incurred by the Department for the trip and any other costs associated for the trip.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of the actual mileage claim forms submitted by each minister, minister of state at your department for the calendar year 2019. A spreadsheet/table indicating how much paid in mileage to each minister and minister of state at your department for the calendar year 2019.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
According to the Lobbying register, Mark Redmond of the American Chamber of Commerce held a number of meetings with Minister Patrick O’Donovan “To discuss the importance of the Irish-US economic relationship; with a particular emphasis on the economic relationship between Ireland and California”.
- TransferredReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All documents, to include all research papers, minutes of meetings, advisory papers and policy documents, in respect of planning for a referendum on Irish unity. All documents, to include all research papers, minutes of meetings, advisory papers and
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
policy documents, in respect of planning for a united Ireland. All documents, to include all research papers, minutes of meetings, advisory papers and policy documents, in respect of all risk assessments conducted in respect of a referendum on Irish unity. All documents, to include all research papers, minutes of meetings, advisory papers and policy documents, in respect of all risk assessments conducted in respect of planning for a united Ireland.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all correspondence between your Department and the Association of Judges in Ireland to cover period 1 January 2018 to date of receipt of this request.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all correspondence – both written and electronic – between the Department and the following organisations in the period 1 January 2018 and the current date: Senior Civil Service Association. Copies of the minutes of any meetings held between the Department and the following organisation during the same time period: Senior Civil Service Association.
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
According to the Lobbying Register, Amazon Web Services met with a senior department official (CIO) “To provide a briefing on AWS' investment and commitment to Ireland and share AWS' recommendations relating to cloud policy”. Can I please obtain any records relating this meeting, including briefing notes, follow-up memos, submissions etc.?
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
How many members of the Oireachtas, who previously worked in the public sector, are exempt from abatement, as outlined in Section 52 of the Public Services Pensions (Single Scheme and Other Provisions) Act 2012 and for what types of reasons was their abatement exemption granted?
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Access to all correspondence / minutes / memos relating to the meeting between Amazon Web Services and your Department during 2019.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence between the Department and political parties and individual politicians regarding budget item costings as part of their preparation of general election manifestos. This should also include any internal deliberations within the
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Department on items submitted for costing by political parties and individual politicians.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Access to all correspondence with the Office of the Regulator of the National Lottery during 2017, 2018, 2019 and to date in 2020 regarding unclaimed prize money left over from the previous An Post National Lottery contract.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any records discussing the possibility of ending/reforming the daily telephone allowance system for Oireachtas members since a new system of roaming charges was introduced within the European Union (only since the date of my last such similar request).
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I have been informed that you awarded on 21 January 2020 your Cleaning Supplies and Equipment Framework tender to five companies, and those nine companies in total submitted bids for evaluation. Please could you supply the names and registration numbers (Companies House numbers) for all four of the unsuccessful companies, excluding any commercial details of the tender outcome? If you could supply this information electronically, it would be appreciated. I understand you will be able to reply to this FOI request within 20 days.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any email correspondence in 2019 where 'GDPR' is referenced either in the body or the subject line of any email relating to the Dept. of Public Expenditure (subsequently amended to Records on email correspondence relating to GDPR and pensions paid to former ministers for the period 1st January 2018 to 19 June 2019).
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any briefings/submissions/reports or other such review/explanatory documents prepared for either the Secretary General or the Minister with regard to the new government policy on carbon offsetting for official travel. This request to cover the period 1 January 2019 to date of receipt of the request.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All briefing notes relating to the National Children's Hospital prepared for Minister Donohoe - either internally by department officials/advisers or externally - during the period of November 6, 2019 to February 3, 2020.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence between Minister Donohoe or Sec Gen Robert Watt and Minister Simon Harris or Department of Health Sec Gen Jim Breslin related to the National Children's Hospital. The timeframe should cover the period November 1, 2019 to February 3, 2020.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any records held referring or relating to the setting of the salary level for the chief executive of Fáilte Ireland. This request to cover the period 1 September 2019 to date of receipt of the request. When considering this request, I would ask that you pay close attention to the following decision of the Information Commissioner: https://www.oic.ie/decisions/right-to-know-clg-and-dep-5/
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any records held referring or relating to a/ the setting of the salary level or b/ payment of a bonus to the chief executive of the Dublin Port Company. This request to cover the period 1 September 2019 to date of receipt of the request. When considering this request, I would ask that you pay close attention to the following decision of the Information Commissioner: https://www.oic.ie/decisions/right-to-know-clg-and-dep-5/
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
A copy of all correspondence/records relating to The IAA Act 1993, The IAA Staff Superannuation Scheme 1996 and The IAA Staff Superannuation Amendment Scheme 2012 during the period 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2019.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any correspondence between DPER and Department of Finance with regard to payment of relocation expenses following query from Irish Fiscal Advisory Council to DOF in November [explanatory email is attached]. Copies of any correspondence between DPER and DCU, UCC, or any other third level institution with regard to payment of relocation expenses on foot of this query. Both parts of this request to cover the time period between 1 November 2019 and date of receipt of request.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All information your department have in relation to the port tunnel contracts and the 900m it cost to build. I request this under the freedom of information. Can you please forward this to all your depart section heads to provide any information on
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
IRISHENCO CONSTRUCTION LTD, JOHN MOWLEM CONSTRUCTION LTD AND MOWLEM PLC. All information your department have in relation to the port tunnel contracts and the 900m it cost to build. I request this under the freedom of information. Can you please forward this to all your depart section heads to provide any information on IRISHENCO CONSTRUCTION LTD, JOHN MOWLEM CONSTRUCTION LTD AND MOWLEM PLC.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of the following ministerial submissions (FOI/P0006/2020 refers): - Memo: RTÉ Financial Situation - RTÉ financial difficulties: NewERA update - Memo for Information on the Replacement of Casa Maritime Patrol Aircraft - New Children's Hospital (01109-19) - Discuss with DOF: Exits from Direct Provision - Potential Use of Rent-a-Room Relief. - Contribution by the Sisters of Bon Secours Ireland (01210-19) - Judicial Pay Restoration and PSPP Act 2017
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any correspondence between the Department and DBEI relating to signing of a new contract by CEO Martin Shanahan last autumn. This request to cover the period 1 January 2019 to date of receipt of request.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I have been informed that you awarded on 21 January 2020 your Cleaning Supplies and Equipment Framework tender to five companies, and that nine companies in total submitted bids for evaluation. Please could you supply the names and registration numbers (Companies House numbers) for all four of the unsuccessful companies, excluding any commercial details of the tender outcome?
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
This is about your Accounting Officers or Department and or discussions about the modus operandi of dealing with Bus Éireann’s profits from school transport and from what date. Mr Ó’Foghlú referenced a reserve. Mr Ó’Foghlú General Secretary in Education told the Public Accounts Committee that he had discussions with officials in your department referenced below. A Supreme Court appeal is over but the courts were told Bus Éireann made no profit at all since 1975 and now this narrative about Mr Ó’Foghlú probably spoke to the Secretary General or even the Minister for
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Finance. This is not clear from what he told PAC referenced below. https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/committee_of_public_accounts/2018- 12-13/3/
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All minutes of board meetings held during 2019 - If you do not have a board, the board-equivalent body will suffice, i.e., governing authority, management committee, etc.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all internal correspondence, briefing notes and representations made to the Department and the Minister regarding the introduction of a tax break and/or tax incentive scheme for so called “cargo bikes”, or any other electric commercial vehicles. The documentation should include approaches/suggestions on the above as well as the Department’s position/decision/response.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any correspondence and meeting minutes between the department and An Post regarding the An Post Money services, between March 1 2019 and February 18 2020.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence between the FOI Central Policy Unit and individual FOI Units concerning the process, policies and procedures for publishing FOI Unit Disclosure Logs
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copy of all correspondence between the Budget Oversight Group in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Health (including submissions from the Department of Health) since 01 January 2020. Copy of minutes of meetings of the Budget Oversight Group since 01 January 2020. Copy of correspondence between the secretary general of the Department of Public Expenditure and the secretary general of the Department of Health since 01 December 2019. Copy of correspondence between the Minister for Public Expenditure and the Minister for Health since 01 December 2019.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Records in relation to the Office of the Ombudsman, and the Office of the Information Commissioner. I am not sure if this request would theoretically produce a lot of records or none. If the former, let me know, and I will see if we can narrow the scope. For now I wish to keep the scope as broad as possible. I am looking for any
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
correspondences sent or received between your Department and either the Office of the Ombudsman, and separately, the Office of the Information Commissioner, since the start of 2016 that raises issues, questions, proposals, problems, concerns, or ideas for improvements or changes, about or around either the Ombudsman Act 1980 [or related legislation] and the Freedom of Information Act 2014 [or related legislation], or about the way the two Offices carry out their various administrative functions. If there were any face-to-face meetings on these topics between the respective Offices and your Department, I would also like any minutes of such meetings. For a little context and clarity, Mr Peter Tyndall issued a press release on 20 January 2020 suggesting improvements and changes to the Offices under his remit. He produced similar in the past when he first took up the post. It suggests that he makes similar representations and suggestions on an on-going basis and I assume he would carry out this activity, at least partially, in correspondences and possible meetings with the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform.