Housing
3638 requests
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am writing to request access to records held by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform under the Freedom of Information Act, 2014. I am requesting records related to the following entry on the Lobbying Register - https://www.lobbying.ie/return/124657/construction-industry-federation-cif In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request access to the following records/details: = All correspondence between Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform and Construction Industry Federation (CIF) from the period 01 January 2025 to 30 April 2025 about "information on how the Department can support the timely delivery of enabling infrastructure that is critical to unlocking housing sites" I would request that this information be provided in digital format, although any other format is also acceptable.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the following esubmissions and ancillary documents: - PER 00387-25: Memo for Information – Military Radar Programme - PER 00377-25: Housing Finance Agency AGM 2025 - PER 00343-25: General Scheme of International Protection Bill 2025 - PER 00381-25: Annual Performance Report 2025 - PER 00375-25: Briefing on Education Capital - PER 00205-25: Infrastructure Delivery and Accountability - PER 00296-25: Draft Memo for Observations: Climate Action Plan 2025 - I wish for my request to cover the period from 20/1/2025 - 3/6/2025.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I would like to request the following records under the Freedom of Information Acts. 1. All correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of Finance and the Department of Housing from September 1st 2024 to October 1st, 2024, containing details of the Abridged Estimates Volume for the Department of Housing Vote 34 including allocations by head ,sub head and programme level expenditure.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking all written communications from between the secretary generals of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, Department of Finance, and Department of Housing from April 13th, 2024, to November 13th, 2024, on the State’s involvement in the financing of residential delivery, including through the Housing Finance Agency and the Land Development Agency.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to make a request for the following records under the Freedom of Information Act. All records of budget discussions with the Housing Agency which relate to the 2025 budget allocation for the tenant-in-situ scheme.
- Received 25 January 2023Decided —WithdrawnDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
All communication between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage over the past ten years about the following requirement: Planning Guidelines for Childcare Facilities (2001) (which recommend one childcare facility with at least 20 child spaces for every 75 homes).
- Received 26 July 2023Decided —WithdrawnDepartment of Children, Disability and Equality
Minutes of meetings/cabinet briefings/chain of emails discussing “problematic providers” in the context of housing BOTPS and IPAs between May to June 2023.
- Received 12 January 2021Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any correspondence or reports made to the Minister for Children concerning the welfare of homeless children and families in the year 2020
- Received 9 March 2021Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All emails between DCEDIY and Department of Housing regarding proposals and drafting of White Paper dated between 1st October 2020 and 1st March 2021.
- Received —Decided —Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
regarding the cost housing individuals in State Direct Provision centres compared to the cost of private accommodation.
- Received —Decided —Department of Social Protection
projections of the Central Bank of Ireland in its quarterly bulletin of 18 September 2024; and minutes of any meetings on that topic around the publication of the Central Bank report and subsequently until the end of her mandate as minister on 23 January 2025. 2. Any other briefing papers, reports or analyses of housing output projections for Ms Humphreys in the period 18 September 2024 and 23 January 2025.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
The first-time buyers scheme was an incentive developed by Michael Noonan. The scheme allows those buying their first home a VAT rebate of up to €20,000. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I request the following: Any correspondence between private developers and the minister about the scheme both during the lead up to its announcement and since it was unveiled. Any correspondence between the minister and Simon Coveney, the housing minister, about the scheme. Any correspondence between the minister and the Central Bank about the scheme.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
• Correspondence, including but not limited to emails, letters, text messages, memos, briefing documents, reports, draft reports and speeches to and from the minister’s office and Nama concerning the delivery of housing units.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
All emails, reports, briefings and other internal memos between the Department of Finance and or the Revenue Commissioners and or the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government and all correspondence between relevant stakeholders between 1 October 2016 and 5 May 2017, regarding the purchase and or development of Irish residential property by REITs and or private equity funds (such as ICAVs and QIAIFs) and the impact of these purchases on the demand for the Irish residential property and or the supply of Irish residential property and or the price of Irish residential property.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
- All correspondence between the ministers and officials in the Department of Finance regarding Airbnb. - All correspondence between the Department/Ministers and Airbnb - All correspondence between the Department/Ministers and the Department of Housing regarding Airbnb - Details of any meetings between officials from the Department and representatives of Airbnb The period covered by this FOI is 2016 and to date in 2017.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
- All briefing notes in relation to the help-to-buy scheme - All external communications received by the department in relation to the help-to-buy scheme - All correspondence between the department and the Department of Housing in relation to the help-to-buy scheme The timeframe should cover the period March 1, 2017 to August 30, 2017
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Finance
The first-time buyers scheme was an incentive that was developed by Michael Noonan. The scheme allows those buying their first home a VAT rebate of up to €20,000. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I request the following: Any advice on scheme sent by the Housing Agency to the finance minister prior to its publication. Any correspondence between the Department and the Agency, dating back as far as the start of 2014 in relation to the scheme.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
• All commissioned research, reports, memos and briefing notes on institutional property funds, in the period 03/05/2021 to present • All correspondence between Department of Finance (principal officer level and above) and Department of Housing in relation to institutional property funds, in the period 03/05/2021 to present I would also like to request access to records that pertain to lobbying by institutional
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
1. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, at the level of Principal Officer and above, regarding the block purchase of homes between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 2. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, at the level of Principal Officer and above, regarding the rate of stamp duty applying to institutional investors in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021;
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
3. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, at the level of Principal Officer and above, regarding the rate of stamp duty applying to block purchasers of homes in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 4. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above, and officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, at the level of Principal Officer and above, regarding institutional investment in the housing market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 5. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between the Minister for Finance and Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, regarding the block purchasers of homes in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021.
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
housing market.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
1. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above and Irish Institutional Property, Cairn Homes PLC, Glenveagh Properties PLC and Property Industry Ireland regarding the block purchase of homes between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 2. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above and Irish Institutional Property, Cairn Homes PLC, Glenveagh Properties PLC and Property Industry Ireland regarding the rate of stamp duty applying to institutional investors in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 3. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above and Irish Institutional Property, Cairn Homes PLC, Glenveagh Properties PLC and Property Industry Ireland regarding the rate of stamp duty applying to block purchasers of homes in the residential property market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021; 4. All correspondence, memos, emails and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance, at the level of Principal Officer and above and Irish Institutional Property, Cairn Homes PLC, Glenveagh Properties PLC and Property Industry Ireland regarding institutional investment in the housing market between 1st May 2021 and 19th May 2021.
- Received —Decided —Department of Social Protection
• a copy of any procedure, policy, guidance note or similar document dealing with the administration of the Daily Expense Allowance scheme by the Department; • a copy of any procedure, policy, guidance note, correspondence or similar document on the processing by the Department of applications for the Daily Expense Allowance by applicants for international protection; • a copy of any guidance, information, correspondence or similar document issued to social welfare offices and/or units regarding the processing of applications for the Daily Expense Allowance by applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; • a copy of any guidance, information, correspondence or similar document issued to social welfare offices or units regarding the processing of applications for the Daily Expense Allowance by applicants for international protection who are residing at City West Transit Hub; and • a copy of correspondence exchanged by the Department with any other government Departments regarding Daily Expense Allowance applications and processing procedures.
- Received —Decided —Department of Social Protection
March. I am specifically seeking the number of emails sent by the public containing the terms "trans", "transgender", "transgenderism", "gender", and "sexuality" (with a breakdown of the number of emails which mention each term). I also seek the number of emails sent by the public containing the terms "eviction", "eviction ban.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
All emails, reports, briefings and other internal memos within the Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government and or the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform between 1 January 2017 and 4 December 2017, regarding the purchase of residential
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
property in the State by professional landlord companies and/or firms and or private individuals who purchase a residential property without the need for a mortgage and concerns related to the concentration of their ownership of residential property and or potential market distortions related to their property investments and or the impact on the residential housing market of their purchases.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
I would like to request the following information held by the Department of Finance and Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and all communications between the Department and the CSO rwlatined to the potential reclassification of Approved Housing Bodies as part of the general government sector for the period of 2017.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
Details of all meetings with prospective funders/investors in relation to Social Housing during 2017 between either the Minister or his officials. Who attended, what was discussed, and what, if any, outcomes were decided on.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of the following ministerial submissions (FOI/P0006/2020 refers): - Memo: RTÉ Financial Situation - RTÉ financial difficulties: NewERA update - Memo for Information on the Replacement of Casa Maritime Patrol Aircraft - New Children's Hospital (01109-19) - Discuss with DOF: Exits from Direct Provision - Potential Use of Rent-a-Room Relief. - Contribution by the Sisters of Bon Secours Ireland (01210-19) - Judicial Pay Restoration and PSPP Act 2017
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence between the Dept. Public Expenditure and Reform and the Dept. Housing referencing the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan. Dates - 1 January 2018 - present. All minutes of meetings, ministerial briefings and other briefing documents relating to the Rebuilding Ireland Home Loan. Dates - 1 January 2018 - present.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All electronic and written correspondence (including any follow on internal correspondence in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform) between December 15th 2018 and February 12th 2019 between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (at Assistant Secretary level and above, and to Ministerial Offices) and 1. The Department of Education and Skills; 2. The Office of Public Works; 3. The Department of Justice and Equality; 4. The Department of Health; 5. The Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht; 6. The Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport; and 7. The Department of Housing, Planning and Local Government in relation to the reallocation of capital expenditure announced by the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform on February 12th 2019 (details supplied).
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
A copy of the following e-submissions provided to the Minister Housing, as listed in FOI Red: 22/012 released to me earlier this month: - ESRI paper: The Impacts of Electric Vehicles and Retrofitting on the Irish Economy - Draft obs on Memo for Govt on the Electricity Costs Emergency Measures Bill - Ministerial dinner on Banking Union - Euro area 'flash' Inflation
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
The Minister for Finance in his contribution to the Dail debate of 15 Feb 2022 on the Private Members motion on "Tackling the Cost of Living - Institutional Investors in the Residential Property Market" referred to an analysis prepared by the Department of Finance on the level of annual private investment and private capital required to meet the Housing for All delivery targets. Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I request a copy of this analysis together with any background working papers including details of how (i) the requirement of €10 billion of private investment and private capital and (ii) the gap of €4 billion between the current level of investment and the required level, were calculated.
- Received 1 February 2022Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
All internal emails relating to a proposal to redevelop Cathal Brugha barracks for housing dated between 25 January and 31 January 2022, including any correspondence between this Department/the Minister and the Department of Housing as well as the Department of Transport/Minister Ryan.
- Received 2 February 2022Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
Any correspondence that relates to media coverage and other correspondence, from 01.05.21 with another Government department, or State agency (to include the Land Development Agency, Defence Forces, etc.) concerning the development or potential development of housing on the site of Cathal Brugha barracks.
- Received 2 February 2022Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Defence
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to a list of all accommodation currently being let by the Department to tenants. I also wish to request details of rent arrears as of the start of 2022 relating to accommodation being let by the Department. Please break down the arrears by area.
- Received 11 March 2022Decided —RefusedDepartment of Defence
Copies of all correspondence between the office of the Minister for Defence, and the office of the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government (as it was then known), which culminated in the issue of S.I. 61/2020, concerning a planning application at Orwell Road in Rathgar.
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
- Any correspondence/memos/briefings prepared for the minister or sec gen relating to the impact of inflation on the defective block scheme, the remediation of apartment scheme and the pyrite scheme from June 1st 2022 until to date. - Any correspondence/memos/briefings between officials of principal grade or higher in this department and officials of principal grade or higher in the Department of Housing relating to the impact of inflation on the defective block scheme, the remediation of apartment and apartment scheme and the pyrite scheme from June 1 2022 until to date. I am also requesting that this information is delivered in electronic format.
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
memos, letters or submissions and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance at the level of Principal Officer and the Minister for Finance regarding mortgage interest relief between 1 November 2022 and 8 January 2023; Any emails, memos, letters or submissions and their attachments were relevant, between officials in the Department of Finance at the level of Principal Officer and officials in the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage regarding mortgage interest relief between 1 November 2022 and 8 January 2023.
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
- copies of all correspondence (letters, emails and other) authored by then- Minister Paschal Donohoe to the housing minister regarding **name redacted** and re-appointment to the board of the Land Development Agency in 2021- copies of all correspondence authored by then-Minister
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
Records of all materials presented to the investment group of Housing for All by funding partners between 19 July 2022 to current date All correspondence sent by the investment group of Housing for All (since 19 July 2022) to funding partners to attend and present to the group. All correspondence from funding partners to the investment group in relation to their presentation to the group (since 19 July 2022)
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
Please find below a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for: 1. Correspondence with the Department of Housing regarding the issue of retrospection in the funding of apartment defect remediation 2. Correspondence on the same topic with DPER 3. Correspondence on the same topic with D/Taoiseach
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• Correspondence between Secretary General of the Department of Housing and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform regarding the salary of the aforementioned secretary general. • Any internal correspondence in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, including emails, minutes of meetings or notes, regarding the salary of the secretary general of the Department of Housing.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all correspondence (emails, letters and other) authored by Minister Paschal Donohoe to the housing minister regarding Michael Stone and board membership of the Land Development Agency in 2018 and 2019 Copies of all correspondence authored by Minister Paschal Donohoe to Michael Stone regarding board membership of the Land Development Agency in 2018 and 2019
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Correspondence with the Department of Housing regarding the issue of retrospection in the funding of apartment defect remediation 2. Correspondence on the same topic with D/Fin 3. Correspondence on the same topic with D/Taoiseach
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
“Copies of the following submissions: - PER 01374-23: Memo on Local Authority Rent a Room Scheme - PER 01371-23: Briefing on DSP's Expenditure Management Report - Quarter 3 2023 - PER 01368-23: Housing for All Action (HfA) Plan Update and Q3 2023 Progress Report - PER 01360-23: 2023 Interim Funding for RTÉ (2023 supplementary estimates process) - PER 01338-23: Draft Memo on NDP Delivery and Capital Spending Year to Date end-Q3 2023 - PER 01321-23: Regulation of Lobbying and Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) (Amendment) Act 2023 (Commencement)Order 2023 - PER 01320-23: CERN Membership I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/9/2023 - 1/11/24 For PER 01397-23: Update on Ministerial Air Transport Service I would like all the ancillary documents and for the remainder only the subs is fine.”
- Received —Decided —WithdrawnDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I request records stating the costs associated with the following for 2023 as per the agreed lease/sales contract with each party listed below: i) the Annual rent for land from Greystones GAA for Greystones Community College; ii) the annual rent for land from Greystones Rugby Club for Greystones Community College; iii) the annual rent for the prefabricated buildings on the Greystones Rugby Club site for Greystones Community College.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of any correspondence between D/PER and OPW with regard to delays, difficulties, challenges in their project to develop modular housing for use for Ukrainian refugees.
- Received —Decided —TransferredDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
1. A breakdown of the new build social housing delivered in the first three quarters of 2023, by scheme type (SHIP construction, SHIP turnkey, CAS construction, CAS turnkey, CALF construction, CALF turnkey, Part V Local Authority, Part V AHB, PPP).
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All observations by and e-mails from officials in the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform at PO, ASG & SG level to the Department of Housing relating to the STAR investment initiative from June 2023 to January 2024.