Received 23 January 2024
Decided 21 February 2024
Part-Granted
Request Reference TCAGSM-FOI-2024-0019
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Culture, Communications and Sport

I request access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media, dated between August 1, 2023 and the date of this request: A record of correspondence and notes from meetings between Amazon (or representatives acting on behalf of Amazon) and the ranks of assistant secretary or higher in relation to audiovisual production in Ireland and the public policy issues in relation to audiovisual production. Correspondence should include, but is not limited to, letters, emails, memos, reports, draft reports, WhatsApp messages, texts messages and other communications and their associated documents. The following lobbying register entry may be of assistance with this request: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/104015/amazon-ireland-support-services- limited This should include a record of the dates payments were made and the services covered by the payments. It is preferable to receive the records in Excel format for each company/director.