Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

To ensure reasonable scope, this request covers the period 1 January 2020 to the present, representing the post-transition period in which practical impacts on citizens became most apparent. 1. Strategic Oversight • Any internal DFA analysis, briefing notes, memoranda, or risk assessments concerning the position of Irish citizens in EU labour markets post-Brexit, particularly in relation to non-EU English-speaking nationals (UK, US, Australia, Canada, New Zealand). • Any internal discussions or reports addressing the impact of visa-waiver schemes, digital-nomad arrangements, or informal or undeclared employment, platform-based work, or other practices that may limit workers’ documented EU employment rights. 2. Evaluation and Reporting • Any reviews, evaluations, or summary reports from Irish embassies in EU Member States concerning support to citizens in matters relating to employment, residence, or discrimination under EU law. • Any assessments, audits, or internal reviews describing how DFA services to citizens— particularly monitoring and assistance in discrimination or EU-rights-related cases—were affected during or after the Covid-19 period. For clarity: • I am not seeking personal data of other citizens; only policy, analytical, or reporting records. • If no such records exist, please confirm this explicitly, as the existence or absence of such records is itself of public interest.