Received 21 October 2021
Decided
Part-Granted
Request Reference FOI/Req/21/252
Requester Type Journalist
Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

I am requesting records held by the department in relation to the purchases of the following artworks since 2020: • €2,570 on six paintings by the Property Management Purchase (on 5 February 2020) • €2,389 on a commissioned painting in Chicago (on 20 January 2021) • €28,500 on a John Hume bust and 3 replicas (on 27 January 2021) • €13,192 on a commissioned painting in Washington (on 29 January 2021) • €2,507 on a commissioned painting in Washington (on 20 April 2021) • €34,547 on an Edna O'Brien portrait by the Property Management Purchase (on 14 May 2021)