Department of Social Protection
FOI Requests — 1,804 records (page 11 of 37)
- Received 21 August 2019Decided 12 September 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. A copy of Deliveroo's recent submission to the Department proposing a 'Charter for secure and flexible work to end the trade-off between security and flexibilty' [as described by Deliveroo]. 2. Records of internal and external correspondence around this submission.
- Received 30 July 2019Decided 10 September 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copy of all minutes from Department management board meetings, between 1 February and 30 July 2019.
- Received 15 August 2019Decided 10 September 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
From 1 January 2015 to 15 August 2019, all correspondence and details of meetings between the Department and 1. Deliveroo, trading as Roofoods Ltd. (either Irish or international entities); 2. Uber, trading as Uber Technologies Inc. (either Irish or international entities); 3. Airbnb Inc. (either Irish or international entities); 4. WeWork, trading as WeWork Companies Inc. (either Irish or international entities) Details of meetings between Department Ministers or officials and 1. representatives of Deliveroo, trading as Roofoods Ltd. (either Irish or international entities); 2. representatives of Uber, trading as Uber Technologies Inc. (either Irish or international entities); 3. representatives of Airbnb Inc. (either Irish or international entities); 4. representatives of WeWork, trading as WeWork Companies Inc. (either Irish or international entities).
- Received 9 August 2019Decided 6 September 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Records describing the new features or changes introduced to PSC and SAFE II by the "PSC Version 2" project. This includes but is not limited to a project specification document or slide deck or budget approval etc.
- Received 9 August 2019Decided 6 September 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• For the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 the number and total value of salary overpayments recorded; • For 2016, 2017 and 2018 the total value of amounts written-off. • In general terms, the % of salary overpayments that are recovered; • The total value of outstanding salary overpayments at end-2018; • The total value of outstanding salary overpayments at a recent date; • For the year 2019 to date, the approx. average time lapse and the longest time lapse between issuing 'Overpayment (Amount) Notification Letters' - i.e. re precise amount of overpayment and the salary overpayment occurrence. • For the year 2018, the approx. average time lapse between issuing 'Overpayment (Amount) Notification Letters' and the 'Start Payday of First Recoupment'.
- Received 2 August 2019Decided 2 September 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Any contact between Department officials and the office of the Data Protection Commissioner in relation to comments she made about the government's data policy at an event in Israel, as reported in the Sunday Business Post on 7 July 2019. The records should include but not be limited to any e-mails, and any attachments therein, and mobile phone text messages including any messages via Whatsapp.
- Received 9 August 2019Decided 2 September 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Government Decision, S180/20/10/1789, which mandates the use of PSC and SAFE II for identity authentication.
- Received 14 August 2019Decided 2 September 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• The number of people issued with gender recognition certificates per year between 2015 and 2018 inclusive. • How many certificates were issued to 16 and 17 year olds per year from 2015 to 2018 inclusive.
- Received 6 August 2019Decided 30 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• The number of full-time employees in the Department and the number of days holiday they are allocated/entitled to excluding bank holidays for 2018 and 2019. • The number of sick days incurred in the Department for all full-time employees for 2017 and 2018.
- Received 19 August 2019Decided 30 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Since Bessborough opened in 1922, the names, dates of birth, dates of death, and causes of death for all of the over 900 babies who were born and who died either there or following transfer to hospital.
- Received 23 August 2019Decided 30 August 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
A copy of a report, conducted by the Insolvency Service on a PIP provider in the Abhaile scheme New Beginnings, which has recently concluded, received by Minister Doherty, or another department official.
- Received 20 August 2019Decided 29 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Proof from the Department that there is currently (or has been) not one person in receipt of both the Domiciliary Care Allowance and Carers Allowance simultaneously.
- Received 2 August 2019Decided 26 August 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• Any and all risk assessments that were carried out when drafting the Gender Recognition Act and subsequent amendments. • Any correspondence, both internal and external, which considers how women will be impacted by the Gender Recognition Act. • Any Equality Impact Assessments carried out.
- Received 24 July 2019Decided 20 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. The number of approved Short Term Enterprise Allowance scheme applications in the past 3 years (2016-2018); 2. The number of refused Short Term Enterprise Allowance scheme applications in the past 3 years (2016-2018); 3. A breakdown of the industries that those who have been approved Short Term Enterprise Allowance have entered over the past 3 years (2016-2018) i.e.: construction, hospitality, etc.
- Received 23 July 2019Decided 19 August 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
All records relating to Case No. REPS-2019-16056 (concerning the €5 increase in the pension rate from Budget 2019)
- Received 26 July 2019Decided 19 August 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• 54 No. Audit reports pertaining to Seetec and Turas Nua as the Office of the Information Commissioner, in June 2018 advised to be issued. • A summary of existence of any directly related documents to the above and below and their approximate quantity by type, for example, how many correct action reports, or non compliance reports or other related reports have been issued regarding audit of Seetec and Turas Nua. • Copies of all subsequent audit reports following on from the date of completion of the above 54 reports.
- Received 22 July 2019Decided 16 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• A copy of the the protocols used in the selection of people for the JobPath service • The minimum time period after finishing a year on JobPath before a person can then be invited to re-attend JobPath. • If the length of this minimum period has changed since the inception of Jobpath, then a copy of previous minimum periods and when the changes came into effect.
- Received 18 July 2019Decided 16 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
The total amount of expenses claimed by all civil servants in the Department in the following years: 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, and so far in 2019. Please provide the breakdown by grade and category of expense claimed.
- Received 23 July 2019Decided 14 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All records relating to meetings/phone calls between Deliveroo representatives and the Minister or the Department's senior officials from January 2019 to date.
- Received 12 August 2019Decided 14 August 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
From September 2018 to August 2019 inclusive, please provide any correspondence/memos/letters issued to staff at the Department's offices on Store St in Dublin in relation to personal hygiene/bathroom etiquette.
- Received 12 July 2019Decided 12 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copy of submissions and representations made to the Department or Minister in relation to plans to introduce legislation to regulate practices around tips and gratuities.
- Received 15 July 2019Decided 9 August 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copies of all internal audit reports carried out by or on behalf of the Department from 1 January 2019 to date.
- Received 10 July 2019Decided 2 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All the legislation underpinning the Public Service Card.
- Received 12 July 2019Decided 2 August 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Any instructions, manuals or similar that are used in relation to the processing of new applicants for PSC and SAFE II. Any training materials used to train Department/Intreo frontline staff in handling new applications for the PSC and SAFE II
- Received 12 July 2019Decided 2 August 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
An electronic copy of RSU circular 74/14.
- Received 3 July 2019Decided 31 July 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. The total number of staff working at the Department, broken down by building. 2. The total number car parking spaces and their type (over ground carpark, under ground car park, street parking etc). 3. Any costs in terms of upkeep of parking spaces (cleaning, staffing etc) .
- Received 10 July 2019Decided 31 July 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
All the legislation in relation to Jobpath
- Received 12 June 2019Decided 30 July 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
In relation to the Provision of Continuous Print Stationary Forms for use by the Department in its Con Colbert Facility, please supply copy of the Technical Response of the winning tenderer for Lots 1, 2 and 4.
- Received 2 July 2019Decided 30 July 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copies of minutes of the monthly meetings between the Department and the JobPath companies, Turas Nua and Seetetc, from June 2018 to present.
- Received 4 July 2019Decided 30 July 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All expressions of interest from schools to the Hot School Meals pilot scheme for September 2019, the deadline for which was 12 June, to include any correspondence and grounds for inclusion in the scheme.
- Received 15 July 2019Decided 30 July 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. Copy of the JB Guidelines which are available on the DAO website 2. Current version of the running consolidation of the SW Consolidation Act 2005 3. Current version of the running consolidation of SI 142/07
- Received 8 July 2019Decided 26 July 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Details of the following grades (PO, AP, HEO, SO/EO and CO) serving in the Salaries Section (Dundalk) at 31 December 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.
- Received 19 June 2019Decided 16 July 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
A list of all gifts presented to and received by Minister Doherty in the past 12 months. A corresponding list of who presented which gift.
- Received 17 June 2019Decided 16 July 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All payments (or fees charged) made directly to the National Shared Services Office for financial years ending - 31 December 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 in respect of services provided to the Department for the processing of Annual Leave, Pensions or Worksharing arrangements for staff employed by the Department.
- Received 10 June 2019Decided 5 July 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• A copy of any ‘Record of Processing Activity’ or ‘Register of Processing Activity’ which your organisation maintains. • Any previous versions of this document.
- Received 7 June 2019Decided 3 July 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• Any instructions, manuals or similar that are used in relation to the processing of new applicants for social welfare benefits. • Any training materials used to train Department/Intreo frontline staff in handling new applications for social welfare, in particular training in relation to section 241 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and identity verification generally.
- Received 5 June 2019Decided 26 June 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/47732/irish-congress-of-trade-unions
- Received 18 June 2019Decided 25 June 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
All records held by the General Register Office relating to adoption of children from the Children’s Home in Tuam Co. Galway between 22 February 1946 and the commencement of the Adoption Act 1952 on 1 January 1953.
- Received 28 May 2019Decided 18 June 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Department and ministerial discussions relating to the introduction of paid parental leave and extending this beyond the first year of a child’s life.
- Received 21 May 2019Decided 17 June 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
A list of medical practices and/or practitioners and the cumulative payments made to each of them for the provision of medical certificates for social welfare applications in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018. (A list of the top 100 earners (identifying the practice/practitioner) and the cumulative amount paid to them in each year will suffice).
- Received 15 May 2019Decided 7 June 2019GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
1. All correspondence, internal or external, generated or reviewed as part of the process required to consider, research and reply to the written questions to the Minister on 27 September 2017, and recorded in the Dail record for the day under reference number 40865/17 and 40866/17. https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2017-09- 27a.459&s=abintegro#g462.r 2. Internal memoranda and correspondence between officials in the Department, for the period of October, November and December 2017, specifically relating to the CV builder used by Seetec in the course of delivering the JobPath programme. 3. Correspondence between officials in the Department and Seetec, for the period of October, November and December 2017, which specifically related to the CV builder used by Seetec.
- Received 27 May 2019Decided 7 June 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
A copy of the regulatory impact assessments prepared for the Gender Recognition (Amendment) Bill 2017 and Gender Recognition Act 2015.
- Received 23 April 2019Decided 21 May 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
• The number of persons that are in debt to the Department due to welfare fraud where the value of the debit is between €5,000 and €10,000, between €10,000 and €20,000, between €20,000 and €50,000, over €50,000 but under €100,000 and over €100,000 in the years 2017, 2018 and to-date in 2019 in tabular form. • If known the percentage of persons that are in debt by social welfare payment in each of the years in question in tabular form • The financial penalties that are available to the Department in order to recoup the debt outstanding • The gender and grade of staff within the Department who are working within the Special Investigation Unit in each of the years in question in tabular form.
- Received 1 May 2019Decided 21 May 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Documents generated in preparation, during and after a meeting with Minister Doherty and representatives of the Irish Film Workers Association, held in April 2019, to include • briefing notes, notifications or documents created in preparation for the meeting • All notes, digital or handwritten created during the meeting • The minutes of the meeting • Correspondence or documents created as a result of the meeting, or following up on any issues raised at the meeting.
- Received 19 March 2019Decided 20 May 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
In relation to engagements between the Minister, Ministers of State or Department staff and Ruhama or its representatives from 2010 to present, please provide -• Correspondence (postal correspondence, emails, etc.) • Minutes from any meetings • Any briefing notes or other relevant documentation.
- Received 23 April 2019Decided 20 May 2019RefusedDepartment of Social Protection
Copies of records in the Department, in relation to the following – • Audit Committee Minutes of its April 2019 Meeting; including setting out on the full discussion held; on the contributions from various Audit Committee Members; on any dissenting voices; on courses of action etc. • Notes taken by Secretary to the Audit Committee of its April 2019 Meeting; including setting out on the full discussion held; on the contributions from various Audit Committee Members; on any dissenting voices; on courses of action etc.
- Received 19 March 2019Decided 17 May 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Copies of any records held referring to or relating to the Community Employment and Tús Information Event that was due to take place in Minister Doherty's constituency on March 14 2019. Searches of any relevant private email addresses and/or messaging services should be considered when processing this request.
- Received 16 April 2019Decided 16 May 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
For the past ten years – 1. The Number of applications made by employees or by persons competent to act in respect of an occupational pension scheme (e.g. receivers, liquidators, trustees, etc) for payments of unpaid contributions on the employer's own account under Section 7 of 1984 Act. 2. Of those applications referred to in paragraph 1: • The number of applications which related to a defined benefit (DB) occupational pension scheme; • The number applications of which related to a defined contribution (DC) occupational pension scheme; • The number of DB Scheme and DC Scheme applications respectively, which were allowed; • The number of DB Scheme and DC Scheme applications respectively, which were disallowed; 3. The amount of all payments, broken down by individual occupational pension scheme, made into the assets of any DB Scheme in accordance with Section 7(3)(a) of the 1984 Act; and • Whether in any case payments made to any DB Scheme were in respect of or included the payment of a "contribution demand;" and • Whether in any case payments made to any DB Scheme were in respect of or included the payment of the scheme deficit, i.e. "the amount certified by an actuary to be necessary for the purposes of meeting the liability of the Scheme on dissolution to pay the benefits provided by the Scheme", as described in Section 7(3)(b) of the 1984 Act. 4. Particulars of claims settled, whether through negotiation, mediation, arbitration or on foot of a legal action (actual or threatened) where an employee or a person competent to act in respect of a DB Scheme sought payment of relevant contributions which comprised or included a "contribution demand" in accordance with Section 7(3)(a) of the 1984 Act.
- Received 3 April 2019Decided 3 May 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
During the period 1 August 2018 to date – • Copies of any correspondence between the DPC and the Department relating to whether or not a draft report on the PSC would or could be published by either public body. • Copies of any submissions/briefings or other such documents prepared for Minister Doherty relating to the above matter.
- Received 1 April 2019Decided 1 May 2019Part-GrantedDepartment of Social Protection
Any correspondence from the Minister or Junior Minister at the Department to the Football Association of Ireland requesting tickets to any games involving men's, women's and underage Republic of Ireland soccer teams, or any UEFA or World Cup games, since 2016.