Request Reference 1. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and the Minister for Finance regarding the block purchase of homes between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 2. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and the Minister for Finance regarding the rate of stamp duty applying to institutional investors in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 3. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and the Minister for Finance regarding the rate of stamp duty applying to block purchasers of homes in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 4. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and the Minister for Finance regarding institutional investment in the housing market between 1st 21-110 Oireachtas May 2021 and 19th May 2021. Part-Granted

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Department of Finance

3. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, at the level of Principal Officer and above, regarding the rate of stamp duty applying to block purchasers of homes in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 4. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, at the level of Principal Officer and above, regarding institutional investment in the housing market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 5. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between the Minister for Finance and Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, regarding the block purchasers of homes in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021.