Received 19 October 2023
Decided 16 November 2023
Granted
Request Reference TCAGSM-FOI-2023-0188
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

All correspondence sent and received by the Department in 2019 arising from the CEO of the St Patrick's Day Festival announcing in an Irish Times interview on February 12 that there were plans to extend the festival into a month long celebration of Irishness. I would like this request to cover any correspondence sent or received by the Department from February 12 2019 to July 1, 2019. I believe there is a public interest in these records being released given the amount of public money spent on the festival each year.