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Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation

An update, if provided in text/document form, or materials relating to an update, provided to the management board on 11 Feb on accommodation matters arising in Spencer Dock. It is referenced in the attached minutes for that date.

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Copies of any briefings, reports, reviews, submissions, or other such review or explanatory documents prepared for Minister Donohoe or Minister O'Donovan with regard to the Second Statutory Review of the Regulation of Lobbying Act 2015.

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Records showing the number of employee/official mobile devices - to include smartphones, laptops and tablets - reported lost by or stolen by employees/officials in 2017, 2018 and 2019. Breakdown of same by device and year. Whether devices were encrypted or not. If it is necessary for any reason to redact any information, please redact the minimum necessary and send me the rest of the material, explaining the legal grounds for each redaction.

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A copy of the update provided by Mr Menton as mentioned in most recent management board meeting where it relates to Oireachtas expenses reform [as per image pasted below]. Copies of any records held in Mr Menton's email account

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relating to Oireachtas expenses reform in period 1 October 2019 to date of receipt of the request. Copies of any notes, memos, submissions, or other such documents prepared by Mr Menton ahead of management board meeting regarding Oireachtas expenses reform.

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Correspondence/documents in relation to funding assessments/requests in relation to a coronavirus outbreak.

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All Circulars dealing with Mileage rates and Rules for Civil Servants, any Policy Documents relating to same.

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Information on any grants provided from EU to the Dublin port tunnel/ Dublin City council for years 2000 to 2002. I need any letters from minister for trade and enterprise to Mowlems PLC and Dublin City Council manager during same period all in relation to Dublin Port Tunnel.

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Copies of all records relating to the plan by the Arts Council to move from Merrion Square to a different property. This request to cover the period 1 January 2019 to date of receipt of the request.

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Copies of any correspondence between your department and the C&AG with regard to staffing requirements or budgetary issues for the C&AG in the period 1 January 2019 to date of receipt of this request.

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copies of all records referring or relating to the issue of former TDs and Senators retaining Leinster House passes and whether this should be restricted as part of the review of the lobbying legislation.

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Copies of all records held referring or relating to the handling of FOI/P208/2018. Copies of all records held referring or relating to the Information Case Number OIC- 53318-Z7T4L9. Copies of any records held referring or relating to a meeting between Minister Donohoe and a group of eight junior ministers with regard to expenses. This part of the request to cover only the period 2 March 2020 to date of receipt of the request.

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Records of all costs associated with the General Election count for the Sligo-Leitrim- North Roscommon - South Donegal constituency in February 2020 at the Sligo Park Hotel? Records of all costs associated with the General Election count for the Longford-Westmeath constituency in February 2020 at AIT? Records of all costs associated with the General Election count for the Roscommon - Galway constituency in February 2020 at the Hyde Centre? This may include wages, food, cost of count staff, cost of venue, hire of any additional resources associated with events connected to the count centres named above.

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A breakdown of the data related to the Coronavirus, specifically for the dates of 12th and 13th of March when 27 and 20 new cases were announced respectively. I would like a breakdown of the provinces and gender of the new cases confirmed on those dates, similar to the press releases given in subsequent days. I have given an example of this format for the 5th March below: Statement from the National Public Health Emergency Team The Health Protection Surveillance Centre has this evening been informed of 7 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Ireland: • 4 are travel related from Northern Italy, 4 males from the east country • 2 are associated with close contact with a confirmed case, 2 females in the west of the country • 1 case of community transmission, a male from the south of the country, is associated with Cork University Hospital and a risk assessment is underway

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I am currently studying for a Masters. Part of my thesis requires me to look at the numbers of women working in the civil service and as a result I would like to request some information in respect of your Department and those bodies under the aegis of. Could you please complete the attached spreadsheet which will give the numbers of staff serving in your Department by grade and gender? The number of staff at each grade availing of reduced hours and shorter working year by grade and gender Follow up email: A number of Departments have pointed me in the direction of your

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Department as the body that collates Civil service statistics and as the body with responsibility for NSSO. Can you please advise if you can provide the information

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Correspondence between Cork City Council and DPER in relation to requesting funding for or support for flood defences from 01 Jan 2010 to 31 Dec 2013.

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All documents submitted by the OPW to DPER in 2018, on foot of the refinement of the Lower Lee Flood Relief Scheme.

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All reports in relation to the Arterial Drainage Act from 2015 to date.

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My request relates to the Oireachtas scrutiny of the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015. • All correspondence, or records of conversations, with the Select Committee On Finance, Public Expenditure And Reform, And Taoiseach this should include members, secretariat, or chair. This can be refined to any correspondence related to the passage, scrutiny, and potential lapse of the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015. • All internal correspondence dealing with efforts to move the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 through the various stages of legislative scrutiny. I am happy to confine this to the period after the Order for Second Stage. This should include any briefing material for Departmental use on issues, difficulties, or progress of the Bill.

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All correspondence between Minister Michael McGrath (including his officials, offices, advisors and staff) and Minister Darragh O’Brien (including his officials, offices, advisors and staff) regarding the redress scheme for mica homes and the defective block scheme between January 1 2021 and the date of this request. All correspondence between Minister Paschal Donohoe (including his officials, offices, advisors and staff) and Minister Michael McGrath (including his officials, offices, advisors and staff) regarding the redress scheme for mica homes and the

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defective block scheme between January 1 2021 and the date of this request. Correspondence to include, but not limited to, emails, letters, memos text messages, WhatsApp messages etc

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Minutes of Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) meetings since Jan 2020 to present. Briefing documents relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payments prepared for LEEF. Briefing documents relating to an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic prepared for LEEF. Any correspondence from LEEF – or its members – to the Department of Finance and its Ministers relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payment and/or an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic. Any correspondence from LEEF – or its members – to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and its Minister relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payment and/or an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic.

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Draft copies of the revised National Development Plan. Correspondence – to include but not limited to text messages, e- mails, WhatsApp (and other –messaging platforms) between Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan in relation to the revised National Development Plan. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/6/2021 – 3/10/2021.

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MHR would like information relating to the HR & Payroll systems used by each organisation or department within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The name, address, telephone number and employee count for each organisation and department. The HR and Payroll system. The contact person with their telephone number and email address. The person

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responsible for that system, the HR Director, or Finance Director or equivalent. The expiry date. When that system’s contract term expires. The Framework. If a particular purchase Framework is used.

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I am seeking any submissions made by the Department of Transport and the Department of Defence to the review of the National Development Plan.

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I am seeking the following information for the period from the start of 2020 to date: • The number of investigations initiated by your HR Department under the CS Code of Discipline and the nature of the allegations that gave rise to these investigations; • The number of cases in which the Personnel Officer of your Department has taken on the role of Relevant Manager under the CS Code of Discipline and the nature of the allegations in each case; • Details of any policy you might have in place that determines which cases will result in the Personnel Officer taking on the role of Relevant Manager under the CS Code of Discipline.

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Any formal document, agreement, circular or similar type document that is held by your organisation in relation to the sanctioning of a payable allowance for Executive Officers assigned to the role of Labour Inspectors operating in the Workplace Relations Commission, in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The information should set out the purpose of the allowance.

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• Minutes of Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) meetings from Jan 2021 to present. • Briefing documents relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payments prepared for LEEF from Jan 2021 to present. • Briefing documents relating to an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic prepared for LEEF from Jan 2021 to present. • Any correspondence from LEEF – or its members – to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and its Minister relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payment and/or an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic from Jan 2021 to present. • Any correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance and its Ministers relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payment and/or an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic from Jan 2021 to present.

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• Briefing material or records generated for bi-lateral meetings between the Minister for Education and/or senior officials and Minister for Public Expenditure and/or senior officials in the context of Budget 2022 • Briefing material or records generated for bi-lateral meetings between the Minister for Education and the Minister for Public Expenditure in relation to the National Development Plan announced in October 2021.

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All correspondence between the Minister for Health and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform between the dates 1 August and 11 October on the issue of the Budget 2022.

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• A list of all special advisors to ministers and ministers of state, along with their annual salaries. • A list of the government press secretaries and deputy government press secretaries, along with their annual salaries. I would like to request the information by email.

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Advertising spend of the Department and its agencies from March 2020 to October 20th 2021. Can you also outline what proportion of this spend comprised of advertising related to Covid-19?

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I am seeking the record - Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) - for the Digital Covid Pass. As DPER Responsible for the creation and distribution of the Digital Covid Pass, DPER are required by Article 35, GDPR to conduct a data protection impact assessment. Further, pursuant to Section 29, Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 a DPIA is required to be completed by DPER and publication is required under Section 55.

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I am seeking the record - "Data Sharing Agreement related to Digital Covid Pass”. As per Section 9(1), Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (commenced by SIs 189/2019 and 334/2021): “data-sharing” means the disclosure of information, including personal data, by a public body to another public body. As per Section 13 and 16, Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019, a data sharing agreement is required where personal data is disclosed from one public body to another public body.

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Briefing material or records generated for bi-lateral meetings between the Minister for Education and/or senior officials and Minister for Public Expenditure and/or senior officials in the context of Budget 2022

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Briefing material or records generated for bi-lateral meetings between the Minister for Education and the Minister for Public Expenditure in relation to the National Development Plan announced in October 2021.

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I refer to the TLAC inputs earlier this year leading to the appointment of Secretaries General at the Department of Health (Mr Watt) and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Mr Moloney). I hereby request the following specific information or copies of the records that contain the information. In respect of each of the two TLAC competitions: - The names and titles of each participant on the initial interview panel and the final interview panel, indicating in each case the name of the chairperson. - The names and titles of observers at an interview. - The number of applicants. - The number of applicants shortlisted for an initial interview. - The number of applicants shortlisted for a final interview. - The number of candidates recommended to the government, indicating the number from outside the civil/public service.

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Copies of all correspondence - over the specific period of 1 September 2021 to 4 October 2021 - between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) and the Department of Taoiseach regarding the renewed National Development Plan 2021-2030. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes email

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correspondence, whether sent by officials, Ministers, or political advisors.

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Copies of all internal DPER correspondence - over the specific period of 1 July 2021 to 29 October 2021 - to and from the office of the Secretary General, including the Secretary General himself, relating to the new Public Sector ICT Strategy (i.e. the Strategy that will replace the current document that was published in January 2015). This request includes a copy of the new Strategy itself.

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This is a request being made under the FOI Act 2014 for an electronic copy of any or all information in relation to the extension of Mr Peter Tyndall in his role of Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, and the resulting press release issued from your Department on 21 September 2021 (a link to which is below).

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A list/record of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at your Department (if applicable) using the e- submissions system (or whatever relevant/similar system is in place at your Department) in the period 1 July 2021 to the date of receipt of this request. For avoidance of doubt, I am only seeking a list and am not seeking copies of any of the actual submissions.

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Copies of all records held in the Government Reform Unit or Central Policy Unit referring or relating to the 'cost of FOI' project. This request to cover the period 1 May 2021 to date of receipt of the request.

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Copy of the recent cost-benefit analysis/preliminary business case report on the Dublin MetroLink completed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority (with input from Oxford Global Projects) that was submitted to your department.

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Copy of the letter from Mr Jim Duffy, Assistant Secretary to Mr Michael Scanlan, Secretary General of the Department of Health dated 13 September 2005 concerning the Financial Information Systems Project in the HSE

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I wish to request a copy of any cost-benefit analysis of the case of the Digital Postbox project.

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I wish to request records/information pertaining to the following: (a) Department of Finance Circulars 35/2007 and 35/2001 and similar circulars before and after each of these. (b) Department of Finance Circulars 5/2008 and 13/75 and similar circulars before and after each of these.