Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All information held by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth pertaining to the use of a property as an International Protection Accommodation Service centre. 1. Correspondence, including emails, letters, and memoranda, related to the establishment and operation of a property as an International Protection Accommodation Service centre, including, but not limited to all correspondence with the owners, managers and/or occupiers of the property. 2. The decision-making process leading to the selection of the property as an International Protection Accommodation Service centre. 3. Any agreements, contracts, or memoranda of understanding between the department and the owners, managers and/or occupiers of the property regarding its use as an International Protection Accommodation Service centre. 4. Records of inspections, assessments, or evaluations conducted to ensure compliance with relevant regulations and standards for accommodation and services provided to individuals seeking international protection. 5. All documents pertaining to the insurance cover in place at the property, to include any assurances provided by the owners, managers and/or occupiers with regard to same. 6. All documents pertaining to the Fire Certificate and fire safety generally in place at the property, to include any assurances provided by the owners, managers and/or occupiers with regard to same. 7. Information on the capacity, facilities, and services provided at the property in the context of its role as an International Protection Accommodation Service centre. 8. All information regarding the Garda vetting that the owners, managers and/or occupiers of the property, to include the staff and building contractors on-site at the premises.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Full details of the due diligence checks carried by the department in relation to a property.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All dates relate to 01/01/2024 to 19/02/2024. 1. Any or all internal documents and correspondence (including instant messages, microsoft teams message, emails, text messages, voicemail transcripts, briefing notes etc.) from the above dates relating to Scouting Ireland. 2. Details of correspondence between Scouting Ireland and the department between the dates (instant messages, whats app messages, microsoft teams message, emails, text messages, voicemail transcripts, briefing notes, meeting invites and meeting details etc.). 3. Any correspondence/internal documents regarding Scouting Ireland and investigations into Scouting Ireland. Including but not limited to (briefing notes, memos, terms of reference, emails, communications on any such investigations (including call and text message/whats app records). 4. Any correspondence regarding Scouting Ireland from the Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, or the committees staff/public representatives. 5. Any correspondence from members of the public/members of the Oireachtas to the department regarding Scouting Ireland during the dates.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A list of the hotels, hostels and B&Bs being used by the Government to house Ukrainian refugees.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence with Tusla Senior Management

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A detailed list of all properties identified by each Local Authority. Details of the reasons why the buildings were deemed unsuitable for use.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between Minister O'Gorman (including his office and advisers) and Taoiseach (including his office and advisers) regarding referendums to amend Article 41 of the Constitution and to delete Article 41.2 between 08/03/2023 and 22/01/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Personal health records

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through the e-submissions channel to cover the period from 01/12/2024 - 31/12/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All internal correspondence/minutes of meetings with the HSE discussing mental health of International Protection Applicants between January 2024 to the present.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All IPAS correspondence with a local authority about housing access for former asylum seekers who are still living in an IPAS accommodation between June 2024 to December 2024. All IPAS internal correspondence discussing a local authority's cooperation in providing emergency housing for former asylum seekers still living in an IPAS accommodation between June 2024 to December 2024

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of various e-submissions

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of various e-submissions

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of various e-submissions

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of Scouting Irelands prebudget submission. Any internal correspondence regarding this submission. Any or all correspondence between Scouting Ireland and the Minister/Department regarding this submission. Any or all decisions regarding the Scouting Ireland prebudget submissions.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Release of the Financial Transformation Review produced by Auxilion Ireland. Copies of invoices paid to Auxilion Ireland as part of this report. Any correspondence, both internal and external, related to the above report, as well as any letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, memos, notes, reports, draft reports and any other relevant records that were created, sent or received by the Department of Children.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to Farrelly Commission

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence between the National Cybersecurity Centre and the Department between 01/03/2023 and 15/10/2023. All advice given to staff at the department related to cybersecurity and personal devices in 2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of the report, assessment, or other such document underpinning the decision to delete a number of reports as per the following news article: https://www.lawsociety.ie/gazette/top- stories/2023/september/tusla-files-flagged-by-judge-deleted-by- department

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records in the department's possession that pertain to Minister Heather Humphreys meeting with Senator Tom Clonan.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of e-submissions submitted to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth through the e- submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01/06/2024 - 30/06/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence between officials at the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth and the Department of Housing (as Assistant Principal level or higher) in relation to the provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees and other International Protection Applicants and Asylum seekers from the beginning of the year (01 January, 2023) and the date of receipt of this request. Correspondence can include but not be limited to matters of: 1) sourcing accommodation; 2) refurbishing available accommodation; 3) quality of accommodation; 4) dealing with local concerns around accommodation.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence or submissions provided to this department from Pastures New Limited during 2023, regarding or referencing the latter organisation's previous experience in large scale social development, commercial hospitality and human welfare supports to asylum communities in direct provision settings.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

In relation to travel undertaken by Minister O’Gorman as part of the 2022 St Patrick’s Day Programme to Rebuild Connections: The names of people who accompanied the Ministers on their respective trips and their job titles or relationship to the Ministers. The schedule of flights undertaken by the above people as part of their respective trips, including flights to and from Ireland, connecting flights and the names of airports where departures and arrivals took place. Also, please include whether the flights were economy class, business class, first class or other and the name of the airline used for each flight. The Ministers’ itinerary for their respective trips. A breakdown of expenses accrued and paid by Government for the trips, including flights,

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Minutes from interdepartmental meetings regarding the accommodation strategy for refugees and asylum seekers from 2024. 2. List of all meetings that have taken place regarding refugee and asylum seeker accommodation in 2024. 3. List of all the companies with which the Department of Children, Equality, Disability and Youth has held meetings regarding a long- term accommodation strategy for IPAS applicants.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Correspondence between the office of the Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman and that of the Minister for Housing between October 2022 to February 2023 concerning the accommodating of Ukrainian refugees. Minutes of meetings held between the two offices between October 2022 and February 2023, at which the accommodating of Ukrainian refugees was discussed.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Information relating to a direct provision centre based on figures for 10/09/2023; Single men ; Single women ; Lone parents ; Couples with children ; Couple without children ; Total number of children Total number of new residents since 27/08/2023

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All records which concern or mention Thorn, including a list of all meetings by officials and all minutes, e- mails and other documents relating to exchanges with representatives of the organisation Thorn since January 1, 2019.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

A copy of the minutes of each meeting of the Transport Working Group, established to coordinate action on transport provision for people with disabilities, up to and including the meeting held last January.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Records relating to the Office of the Special Advocate for Survivors of Institutional Abuse

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Emails between MECPATHS and the Department of Children regarding 1: child trafficking [training] or 2: child safeguarding training since January 2018.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any email records from Jan 2024 - Dec 2024 regarding the funding of St John's Ambulance service and in a similar vein, the mention of a child protection officer.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence - including emails, letters, briefings, reports, memos dated between February 2013 and June 2013 - between the Department of Justice senior staff including ministers, secretary general, accounting officers, principal officers and the Department of Education and its staff in relation to the Ex-Gratia redress scheme for Magdalene laundry survivors as set out by the Inter Departmental Committee to establish the facts of State Involvement with the Magdalene Laundries and the Magdalene Commission Report: Report of Mr Justice John Quirke.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence sent to and received by Minister O'Gorman's email account referencing various IPAS centres (to include any attachments) from 16/05/2023 to present day.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of e-submissions and attached documents to cover the period from 01/09/2023 - 01/01/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Details of Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth funding provided to the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR). Detailed breakdown of funding for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, and to date for 2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Information regarding inspections by the department of a property from 01/03/2022 to present date.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

List of buildings offered for temporary accommodation of IPAs within the Dublin region from June 2022 to present. To include the status of application i.e. approved, refused, pending and retracted.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

All correspondence between the department and the Aviva Stadium relating to the housing/accommodation of Ukrainian refugees and International Protection Applicants, dated between 01/01/2023 and 05/06/2023.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Any correspondence between the department and staff unions or staff representative bodies with regard to rising workload for staff members of the department to cover the period 01/03/2022 to date of receipt of the request.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. Records detailing whether the Interdepartmental Group (IDG) consulted child trauma experts, psychologists, or medical professionals when determining eligibility criteria for the scheme.- Copies of any reports, assessments, or expert evaluations on child trauma that were considered when setting the 180-day residency rule.- Any internal documents, emails, or meeting minutes discussing whether a stay of fewer than six months in an institution could result in trauma, and if any studies or evidence were used to justify excluding these survivors. 2. A list of institutions that were originally classified as Mother and Baby Homes or Children's Homes but were later reclassified as nursing homes or other facilities.- Records, reports, or legal advice given to the government regarding the impact of reclassification on survivors' eligibility for redress.- Correspondence between the IDG, government departments, or external consultants discussing whether survivors in reclassified institutions should have been included in the scheme. 3. Any submissions, reports, or recommendations given to the IDG or government regarding whether all survivors should receive a medical card under the scheme.- Records of discussions or decisions about why survivors were denied automatic medical cards, including any cost- benefit analysis or alternative proposals.- Any documents acknowledging that survivors do not have access to family medical history and whether that was considered when making decisions about healthcare access. 4. All records, correspondence, and communications regarding Sean Ross Abbey and the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary in relation to the Restorative Recognition Scheme.- All correspondence (letters, emails, meeting notes, memos, reports, or legal advice) between the government, the Department of Children, and the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary regarding their financial or other contributions to the scheme.- Any submissions, objections, or proposals made by the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary about their role in the redress scheme.- Any legal advice, negotiations, or agreements related to the government's efforts to hold this religious institution financially accountable.- Copies of all responses from the Sisters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary to government requests regarding redress, without

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copy of a letter was sent to DCEDIY between 04/02/2024 and 15/04/2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

The expenditure (in euros) last year 2022, and this year 2023 (if any), on food and beverages, laundry, and pet accommodation for refugees, that were also in receipt of social welfare in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive for refugees of the war in Ukraine. The total number of adults and children in receipt of the same, and/or the average number of recipients of food and beverage/laundry/pet accommodation under the scheme.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Briefing notes, emails, meetings' minutes involving, to or CCing the Minister at the time on the rationale for ending contracts for Ukrainian accommodation, from 30/06/2024 to now.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1) Briefing notes, emails, meetings' minutes involving, to or CCing the Minister at the time on the impact of the Accommodation Recognition Payment on local housing markets throughout the State, and on the view of local authorities on same, since 01/06/2024. 2) Briefing notes, emails, meetings' minutes involving, to or CCing the Minister at the time, on whether the Accommodation Recognition Payment should be reduced or ended, since June 2024.

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all the documents relating to the procurement of a building to be used as asylum accommodation. To include but not limited to the following: All email correspondence from Quanta Capital to IPAS; All documents relating to tender submission or offer of accommodation; All pre-assessments conducted for suitability; All offers of contracts (to include updated and amended contracts).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all the documents relating to the procurement of a property to be used as asylum accommodation. To include but not limited to the following: All email correspondence from the owners Quanta Capital to IPAS; All email correspondence from Seefin Events to IPAS; All documents relating to tender submission or offer of accommodation; All pre- assessments conducted for suitability; All offers of contracts (to include updated and amended contracts).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all the documents relating to the procurement of a building to be used as asylum accommodation. To include but not limited to the following: All email correspondence from the owners Quanta Capital/Goldstein Property ICAV to IPAS; All email correspondence from Airways Centre to IPAS; All documents relating to tender submission or offer of accomodation; All pre-assessments conducted for suitability; All offers of contracts (to include updated and amended contracts).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

Copies of all the documents relating to the procurement of a property to be used as asylum accommodation. To include but not limited to the following: All email correspondence from the owners Quanta Capital/Goldstein Property ICAV to IPAS; All email correspondence from Burvea to IPAS; All documents relating to tender submission or offer of accommodation; All pre-assessments conducted for suitability; All offers of contracts (to include updated and amended contracts).

Department of Children, Disability and Equality

1. The minutes of the government's Interdepartmental Group meeting which consider the upcoming proposed amendments to the Constitution. 2. Any records held by the FOI & legal units (or equivalent) which address/discuss the public interest factors which were considered in deciding to refuse access to the minutes of the government's Interdepartmental Group meeting which consider the upcoming proposed amendments to the Constitutions as reported here: https://www.michaelmcdowell.ie/mcdowell-condemns-o'gorman's-department's-foi-cover- up.html 3. Any emails sent or received by Minister Roderic O'Gorman since 01/01/2024 which discuss the FOI request received by the department as reported in the link provided above.