Department of Social Protection
FOI Requests — 1,804 records
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Note: Not all FOI requests have a specified time period, and therefore not all requests appear in this chart.
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1. Any business case drafted or considered (including business cases drafted but never submitted, also any submitted but not approved) in the
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
All records and information held by the Waterford division of the Department regarding the number
- Received —Decided 7 August 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All letters or emails received/exchanged, briefing notes prepared, minutes of meetings, call logs, and any other correspondence or
- Received —Decided 18 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• Any record which shows the budget set aside in the Department for the EU presidency in 2025 or 2026.
- Received —Decided 18 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copy of the business case that was developed to extend the hot school meals programme to all schools (and not just DEIS schools).
- Received —Decided 15 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Records from January 2023 to present relating to the solicitation, acquisition, deployment and use of generative artificial intelligence (AI), to
- Received —Decided 11 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
A detailed list of expenses lodged by special advisors to the Ministers of the Department from 2020 to date.
- Received —Decided 10 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All briefing material compiled for the Minister ahead of his appearance before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Social Protection, Rural and
- Received —Decided 9 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All correspondence, documents and records since 1 January 2025 regarding complaints or concerns in relation to the hot school meals
- Received —Decided 8 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-submissions channel during the month of May 2025.
- Received —Decided 8 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
From 1 September 2024 to 12 June 2025 -
- Received —Decided 8 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
The training material used by Department staff to respond to FOI requests.
- Received —Decided 7 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• Letter from Leo Varadkar to Katherine Zappone June 2016.
- Received —Decided 4 July 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
The number of FOI requests processed by the Department, for each year from 2017 to 2024, under the following headings - • Number Carried into year • Number Received • Number Granted • Number Part-Granted • Number Refused • Number Transferred • Number Withdrawn • Number Open at end of year
- Received —Decided 3 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Regarding named service provider –
- Received —Decided 3 July 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Regarding named service provider –
- Received —Decided 1 July 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Anonymised, aggregate statistical data regarding responses provided by applicants for Jobseeker’s Allowance to specific questions on the
- Received —Decided 30 June 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Breakdown of how much the Department paid to each supplier on language services (translation and interpreting) during 2024.
- Received —Decided 27 June 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
For the years 2023 and 2024 -
- Received —Decided 27 June 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Record which shows total expenditure in the Department in 2025 on provision of free period products.
- Received —Decided 23 June 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
For each of the years 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025 – • The total number of PPS numbers issued to Indian nationals. Given that there were only 8000 work permits issued by the dept of employment/trade does this match with the number of PPS numbers for the periods above. • The number of PPS numbers issued to Indian nationals that were for employment registrations. • The number of PPS numbers issued to Indian nationals that were for student registrations. • The number of PPS numbers issued to Indian nationals that were for any type of welfare benefit applications.
- Received —Decided 19 June 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Numbers receiving the following benefits with a breakdown of percentage Irish to Non-Irish -
- Received —Decided 18 June 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
•The number of homemakers with no income who received One-Parent Family Payment by gender between 2016 and 2023.
- Received —Decided 15 June 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-submissions channel for the month of April 2025.
- Received —Decided 13 June 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
1. A detailed breakdown of all funding schemes, grants, supports, or financial assistance provided by your Department (or any agencies under
- Received —Decided 10 June 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Please provide the following information for the calendar year 1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024:
- Received —Decided 10 June 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. Any records held by the Department relating to any contracts or services from Palantir for any government service. (For example, financial
- Received —Decided 4 June 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. Records in the Department which uphold and substantiate the claim that the state of gender non - binary- is a state that exists in reality and
- Received —Decided 3 June 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Copies of letters and/or emails (including attachments) from/to named company since 1 May 2025.
- Received —Decided 27 May 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Copy of any non-papers submitted/circulated by the Department to the Council of the EU and the European Commission, at working group level
- Received —Decided 23 May 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Minister's engagements diary from 23 January 2025 to 1 April 2025.
- Received —Decided 22 May 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
The following records relating to the Department’s “Welfare Cheats Cheat Us All” campaign initiated in 2017 under then-Minister Leo Varadkar: 1. Internal and external correspondence (including emails, memos, and meeting minutes) relating to the conception, development, and implementation of the campaign. 2. Records of any contracts, tenders, or payments made to advertising or PR agencies in connection with the campaign. 3. Budget allocations and expenditure reports specific to the campaign. 4. Reports or assessments regarding the public and/or political impact of the campaign. 5. Complaints or feedback received by the Department concerning the campaign. 6. Data or reports evaluating the effectiveness of the campaign (e.g., on fraud prevention or public perception). 7. Any communication between the Department and Fine Gael or Leo Varadkar’s office regarding the campaign.
- Received —Decided 19 May 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
All the submissions received by the Department on the setting of a new child poverty target.
- Received —Decided 15 May 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
From 1 January 2020 to present -
- Received —Decided 12 May 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
As of 24 April 2025 the number of Whole Term Equivalent staff by grade and gender employed by the Department.
- Received —Decided 7 May 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Statistics on the number of free travel passes confiscated and the reasons in 2023, 2024 and 2025 to date.
- Received —Decided 2 May 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
From 1 September 2019 to 30 March 2025 –
- Received —Decided 1 May 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister through the e-submissions channel during the month of March 2025.
- Received —Decided 1 May 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Request in relation to the Optical Treatment Benefit scheme operated by the Department.
- Received —Decided 28 April 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List of the payments made to each optometrist practice in Ireland, under the optical treatment benefit scheme (PRSI scheme, for the years
- Received —Decided 24 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
For the period 2023- 2025, the number of Ukrainians (male/female) receiving ARP who are working and in receipt of
- Received —Decided 23 April 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
The submission made by your Department to Oifig an Choimisinéara Teanga in 2024 concerning the reporting of
- Received —Decided 23 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
A list of all individuals appointed as Special Advisors to any Minister or Minister of State within the Department, from
- Received —Decided 22 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
For the period 1 January 2019 to date, please provide:
- Received —Decided 22 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
For the period 1 January 2019 to present date, please provide:
- Received —Decided 16 April 2025Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Records from 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2024, detailing instances where your Department failed to meet the
- Received —Decided 16 April 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
List showing recipients of PRSI Optical funding over the last 3 years broken down by panellist and the total monies
- Received —Decided 15 April 2025RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Over the past three years -
- Received —Decided 14 April 2025GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copies of all correspondence between Minister Dara Calleary and the following individuals from 23 January 2025 to