Received 21 December 2017
Decided 19 February 2018
Part-Granted
Request Reference FOI-2017-349
Requester Type Media
Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage

Records, to include, but not confined to, internal memos, meeting minutes, briefing notes, external communications, etc, relating to the Central Statistics Office (CSO) decision to reclassify housing agencies as public, not private bodies, and to count their debts as within national debt. For purposes of clarity, the CSO decision is the same as referenced in this article: https://www.irishtimes.com/business/construction/housing-association-change-could-add-to- government-debt-1.3334498#.Wjuh5uYZxjw.twitter