Department of Climate, Energy and the Environment

1. List of all recipients of the Circular Economy Innovation Grant Scheme and their CRO location. 2. Outline of all procedures and processes that took place in choosing the successful applicants and reasons (including all emails and correspondence) that the recipients of the scheme were over 5 months late in being announced. 3. All correspondence, judging marks, judges, feedback etc. related to LendRB's application. 4. All correspondence with Dublin City Council around announcing the awards at their Dublin event that costs €300 to attend. Reason why national sustainability grants event is being held in Dublin. Correspondence with Dublin BIC Furthr that is offering discounted tickets to the event. Outline of correspondence with WestBIC which does not seem to be involved. 5. All monies, grants, funding etc. that has been provided by the Department of the Environment for businesses and initiatives based in the midlands of Ireland in the last 5 years (Longford, Roscommon, Leitrim, Cavan, Westmeath). 6. All correspondence between Dublin based Minister Smyth and both the Department and Dublin City Council regarding this grant scheme. Feedback from Minister Smyth on LendRB's application and on all successful applicants. 7. All information related to the Department's efforts to ensure there is no discrimination in funding that means average Dublin companies and promoters get grant funding at the expense of others in Ireland (especially the midlands which is disgracefully underfunded for a long number of years). 8. All correspondence between the Department and Enterprise Ireland. EI provides startup funding for Dublin companies at a rate of c. 2x their population, and 3x less then the population of the midlands. Records relating to funding in the Dublin and midlands area from the