Request Reference 19-408 Access to records which address the possibility of introducing aviation taxes, or imposing any sort of tax, duty or levy on aviation fuel, where the relevant records were created between 1/1/2019 and 3/12/2019, and where the relevant records are any of the following: • submissions to senior officials or the Minister or the Minister’s advisors (excluding submissions sent to the Minister for the purpose of use in Oireachtas business, e.g. material responding to Parliamentary Questions) • briefing notes to senior officials or the Minister or the Minister’s advisors (excluding briefing notes sent to the Minister for the purpose of use in Oireachtas business, e.g. material for use in Finance Bill debates) • correspondence to the Minister uploaded onto the Department’s e-reps system (excluding correspondence from private citizens acting in a personal capacity) • minutes of meetings which discussed the possibility of introducing aviation taxes, or imposing any sort of tax, duty or levy on aviation fuel (excluding minutes of official meetings of any EU institution) For the avoidance of doubt ‘senior officials’ means officials at the grade of Assistant 19-411 Journalist Secretary of above. Part-Granted

Requester Type Journalist

Department of Finance

- copies of the following records (see file) – the numbers below relate to the numbers of the records in your response (referring to 19-378).'