Department of Education and Youth
FOI Requests — 2,249 records (page 40 of 45)
- Received 20 October 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Technical report compiled to oversee the calculated grades process
- Received 18 November 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
All reports or data supporting the decision of the Minister for Education the criterion of ' school historiocal education' from standardisation process
- Received 21 October 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Copies of any correspondence between the Department of Education and the Health and Safety Authority with regard to inspections of schools (as per the following newspaperarticle:https://www.irishtimes.com/news/education/school- covid-19-safety-check-results-will-not-be-shared-with-parents- 1.4355817
- Received 21 October 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Any correspondence or internal records, including correspondence with the Joint Managerial Body, since 2020 regarding orders issued by the Archbishop of Dublin, Diarmuid Martin, to drop admission rules that give priority to places for siblings of existing pupils.
- Received 22 October 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Records related to the Professional Development Service for Teachers ("PDST")
- Received 23 November 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All records relating to the Department of Education's 25,000 euro spend on media monitoring services as confirmed to the public accounts committee.
- Received 24 November 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Any correspondence between private schools or boarding schools and the minister for education (or his/her private office or special adviser) in the last 5 months relating to request to allow for international students to be able to come into the country despite covid OR a request for financial support if no int students can come into the country.
- Received 25 November 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Correspondence sent and receivedbetween 1st July and 28th September 2020 between the Minister Norma Foley, and Minister Simon Harris, and the president of UCD, TCD, Maynooth University, NUI Galway, UCC, DCU, UL
- Received 28 October 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence between the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science and NUI Galway regarding repeat exam fees.
- Received 29 October 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Correspondences between the Irish Universities Association and Department of Further and Higher Education officials from assistant secretary and up between the 5th and 26th of September relating to the mode of delivery of education (whether in-person or remote learning)
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence - dated between 21st September and 30 September - between Departmental officials regarding errors in the Calculated Grades system for 2020's Leaving Certificate
- Received 30 November 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
A breakdown of Department costs associated with ETS reviewing software for 2020 Leaving Certificate calculated grades system following errors identified in late September
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence (email, letter, memo) between Minister Norma Foley and department officials in relation to Leaving Certificate results, between September 28 and September 30, 4pm
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Correspondence between Polymetricka international and the calculated grades unit in relation to potential and real errors in the code for calculated grades between June and time of request
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All communications at a senior official and ministerial level between the Department of Education relating to the errors discovered with the 2020 Leaving Cert calculated grades system.
- Received 3 October 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Records pertaining to the calculated grades process
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Copies of all records concerning the decision to release class rankings in relation to the Leaving Cert 2020.
- Received 27 November 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Copies of correspondence between the Minister and/or Secretary General's Office with universities with regard to the provision of extra places for students on courses during the academic year 2020/21.
- Received 7 December 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence between Polymetrika International and the Department of Education in relation to errors in the calculated grades system
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All internal Department of Education correspondence since September 1 about concerns surrounding the errors in the leaving certificate results system for 2020
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence between the Department and Polymertrika International since September 1 about concerns surrounding the errors in the leaving certificate results system for 2020
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All records of communications between Department officials of level assistant principal and higher regarding the calculated grading system used for Irish State exams, as designed by Polymetrika International, dating from September 18 to September 26
- Received 1 December 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Any and all correspondence between department officials and representatives of Polymetrika International from 02/02/2020 onwards
- Received 1 December 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence between the Department of Education and Polymetrika International in relation to the calculated grades process, to include but not limited to the criteria for the calculated grades process, contingency planning, testing and evaluation process
- Received 1 December 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
A copy of the project plan for the development of the computer system for the Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated Grades process
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Copies of all external and internal correspondence, internal memos and notes of meetings with and relating to Polymetrika International and its CEO Dr Fernando Cartwright.
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
The value of the contract the department awarded to Polymetrika for its involvement in the calculate grades for the Leaving Cert in 2020, along with information on the nature of the contract
- Received 2 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Any correspondence received or sent by the Minister for Education Norma Foley dated between 20th September 2020 and 4th October 2020 which relates to outbreaks of covid-19 in places of education
- Received 1 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All external and internal correspondence, notes,emails and minutes of meetings and telephone conversations, held by Forward Planningr elating to the proposal and selection of the Former Dole Office as a site for Westport Educate Together National School
- Received 2 November 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
The results of any survey/research on the medical vulnerability of teachers in light of the Covid-19 pandemic
- Received 3 November 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
A list of all former employees of the Department to include public servants, teaching staff, and staff in higher education who retired between 2018 and the current date and were entitled to a lump sum of euro160,000 or more
- Received 7 December 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Details of the Junior Certificate results which were used for the Leaving Certificate 2020 Calculated grades process for a specific school
- Received 21 October 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Copies of all completed internal audit reports carried out by or for the Department of Education since 1st May 2020 to date.
- Received 9 November 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Copies of any reports, internal audits, memoranda, submissions or any other such documents relating to the cost of postage for Department of Education
- Received 4 November 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
List of submissions to Minister for Education and Skills April 1 2020 to June 26 2020.
- Received 4 November 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
List of submissions to the Minister for Education and Skills from July 1 2019 to August 30 2019.
- Received 4 December 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Information around the costs associated with school transport for children with SE needs
- Received 4 November 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
A breakdown of all costs incurred as part of the remediation programme for schools constructed by Western Building Systems since June 2019
- Received 8 October 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Any external communication received by the Department that mentions Kildare Town Community School or Kildare Town Community School Board of Management between 1st June 2020 and 24th June 2020
- Received 10 November 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Copy of all correspondence between the department and the OPW with regard to the purchase of new decentralised offices for the Department of Education in Mullingar, Co Westmeath
- Received 6 November 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
Every version of the document titled "COVID-19 Response Plan for the safe and sustainable reopening of Primary and Special Schools"
- Received 13 November 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
A record of how much has been paid to the company Medmark for the provision of Covid-19 assessments for school teachers and special needs assistants
- Received 10 November 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Correspondence from members of the public since 1 October regarding the possibility of extending the mid-term break for schools by a week
- Received 4 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Records relating to bilateral meetings between the Minister for Education and/or Department of Education senior officials from assistant secretary upwards, and the Minister for Finance / Minister for Public Expenditure relating to Budget 2021;
- Received 4 December 2020Decided —GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
A copy of the Ministers work diary from 1st July to 27th October 2020 A copy of the secretary general's work diary from 1st July to 27th October 2020.
- Received 22 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence between the Department of Education on a senior official and ministerial level in relation to the Ex Gratia Scheme instituted on foot of the Judgment of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in respect of OKeeffe v Ireland, between June 2019 to date
- Received 14 December 2020Decided —RefusedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence between the Department of Education and schools that contacted it in regards to returning to school in September, in relation to operational supports to help with the reopening
- Received 21 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All records relating to ViraPro held by the office of the Minister for Education
- Received 21 December 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
All correspondence to/ from Fernando Cartwright and/or the company Polymetrika International, dated from March 2020 to date of request
- Received 26 November 2020Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Education and Youth
Any correspondence between the Planning & Building unit of the Department of Education, and the Board of Management of Youth Work Ireland,which relatesto the property between 20 Dominick Street Lower and Granby Lane, Dublin 1