Department of Children, Disability and Equality
FOI Requests — 1173 requests
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All communications either electronic or written about a property in the last 4 weeks. Specifically emails, meeting minutes, memos and whatsapp or sms messages where available.
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The terms of reference for the Interdepartmental Group on the Family and Care referendums, and any instructions or guidance from the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth or the Department or the Government on the mandate and work of the Interdepartmental Group; Any email or other correspondence to members of the Interdepartmental Group from the Secretariat; Any policy substantive email or other correspondence or notes of any phone calls or meetings between the Interdepartmental Group and the Minister or his advisors, and any associated reports; The minutes and preparatory notes for any bilateral meetings between members of the Interdepartmental Group, and any associated reports; The minutes and preparatory notes for meetings of any subgroups or subcommittees of the Interdepartmental Group, and any associated reports; Any correspondence on the referendums to the Minister from any other Minister of the Cabinet or member of the Dáil or Seanad; and the Minister's reply in each case.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. a copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on the rate of Daily Expense Allowance, or any other social welfare payment, to be made or being made to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; 2. a copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on in-kind material supports being made or to be made available directly, or through non-governmental organisations, to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; 3. a copy of any correspondence, briefing notes, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar document on the security risks to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; 4. a copy of correspondence exchanged by the Department with any other government Departments (excluding Department Social Protection) regarding Daily Expense Allowance rates of payment or the rates of any other social welfare payments to such applicants and their access to in-kind material support for applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless; 5. a copy of correspondence exchanged by the Department with An Garda Síochána regarding on security risks to applicants for international protection who have no fixed address and/or who are homeless
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between Galway County Council and DCEDIY - encompassing the dates of 07/05/2024 and 07/11/2024 -concerning accommodation centres for international protection applicants and/or BOTPs operated/owned by a company
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —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 01/10/2024 - 31/10/2024.
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. Minutes of the meetings of the cross department working group on vulnerable/at risk children, since its formation to date. 2. Any reports or briefing materials prepared and circulated to the above group since its formation to date.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between the Law Society of Ireland or any body representing them and the Department, on the Assisted Decision Making Act, since January 2022. Correspondence between the Mental Health Law and Capacity Rask Force or any body acting for them, and the Department on the Assisted Decision Making Act and/or any amending legislation, since January 2022.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Situation Report (Dept. of Children Response to Situation in Ukraine Sit Cen Report) for the month of September 2023
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1) How many homes have been purchased or rented in Limerick in 2022 for international protection applicants and or other asylum seeking peoples 2) How many homes have been purchased or rented in Limerick so far in 2023 for international protection applicants and or other asylum seeking peoples
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to the successful tenderer for the design, implementation, and delivery of a qualitative research study of the practice of conversion therapy in Ireland.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Children’s Disability Services Grant Fund
- Part-GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Minutes of DCEDIY Management Board meetings held in 2023 and 2024
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Children’s Disability Services Grant Fund
- Part-GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Complaints from Oberstown residents
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Consultant engineer report referred to in Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation's Fifth Interim Report
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Statistical analysis of FOI requests received in your body in the period from 01/01/2024 to 30/06/2024 - e.g., number of requests received broken down by requester, by section processing, by result (grant, part grant, refuse), by topic, by category of requester, by fee charged, comparison with same period in earlier years, etc.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of any reports, documents, or summaries that were produced as a result of consultations feeding into the National LGBTQI+ Youth Strategy.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All communications between DCEDIY staff and representatives of Cork County GAA Board and/or Pairc Ui Chaoimh management in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation for International Protection Applicants at Pairc Ui Chaoimh dating from 01/02/22 to 04/09/22. All records of financial agreements between the GAA/Cork County Board/Pairc Ui Chaoimh management and DCEDIY regarding same and in same date period.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any correspondence between Minister Roderic O'Gorman/Minister's office and Deputy Leo Varadkar to cover the period from 09/04/2024 - 19/08/2024.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all correspondence to and from the owners and/or agent(s) acting on behalf of the owners and operators of a property and officials in the IPPS division of the department from 01/01/2024 to 30/05/2024 in respect of offers the establishment made to that section of the department for the proposed accommodation of IPAS applicants. Internal departmental correspondence relating to the property and exchanges relating to the property with the section that deals with the International Protection Procurement Service (IPPS). 1. Copies of all correspondence (emails, letters, notes of phone calls) to and from the owners and/or agent(s) acting on behalf of the owners and operators of the property and officials in the IPPS section of the department from 01/01/2024 to 30/05/2024 covering, but not limited to; - Offers of the property as accommodation for international protection applicants. - Copies of all appraisals and appraisals documents in the possession of the department relating to the department's assessment of the property as an accommodation centre for international protection applicants. - Copies of any drafts and the final letter from the department to the owners/operators of the property advising them of the reasons their application to accommodate IP applicants was rejected. - Copies of any subsequent correspondence with the owners/operators of the property, following the decision to reject their initial proposal to accommodate IP applicants at the establishment. 2. Copies of any correspondence between the department and Louth County Council on the issue of the potential use of the property by the IPPS section between 01/01/2024 to 30/05/2024.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1) Copies of (i) any internal correspondence in the Department of Children (ii) any external correspondence between the Department of Children and Pobal (iii) any external correspondence between the Department of Children and any local authority childcare committee relating to fee lists charged by childcare services who are currently participating in the Core Funding Partner Service Funding Agreement and which fee lists specifically relate to the programme year 2021/2022. Relevant time period for this request limited to 01/09/2024-29/04/2025
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A list/record of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at your department (if applicable) using the e-submissions system (or whatever relevant/similar system is in place at your department) in the period 01/01/2025 to the date of receipt of this request.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration & Youth on the followinginformation, from 01/06/2022 to present: Records which show the number of pledged homes that were rejected when offering to house Ukrainian refugees? Records explaining the decision to refuse pledged properties?
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The minutes of all risk management meetings held in the Department of Children, Equality , Disability, Integration and Youth since December 2022.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any information, figures, etc. regarding the estimated number of refugees, asylum seekers and new migrants that Ireland is expected to take in once it opts-in to the EU Migration Pact. Any information about provisions or plans that Ireland must deal with new migrants following its implementation.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any correspondence chain of emails between IPAS officials and staff of an IPAS centre about inspection of the premises between March 2023 to the present.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A list of all current hotel, hostel and other hospitality providers in Ireland providing accommodation to people fleeing the war in Ukraine. A list of all hotel, hostel and other hospitality providers in Ireland who previously provided accommodation to people fleeing the war in Ukraine but have ceased to provide such accommodation on or before 30/03/2023. The annual cost to the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth for the provision of such accommodation to people fleeing the war in Ukraine.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The department's situation report for the month of March 2023
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A copy of the review of Scouting Ireland's board, completed in 2024 and shared with the department.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
In relation to the proposed development at and by a property which is proposed to house Ukrainian refugees: 1. Copy of application/expression of interest from applicant relevant to same. 2. Supplementary information supporting the application. 3. Copy of procurement file and all associated documentation including the procurement criteria applied for the awarding of contracts. 4. Copy of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's assessment of suitability of the site location, in accordance with the department's own guidelines. 5. Copy of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's assessment of suitability of the building for human inhabitation. 6. Construction Plans including Building and Drawings/Design Specifications. 7. All documents relating to Waste Treatment processes determining suitability. 8. Fire certification and documentation. Copy of the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth's assessment and verification that the current building regulations required by law, have been adhered to ensure that the facility is fit for human inhabitation. 9. Details of transport plans provided by the applicants. 10. Management and operational details for the proposal provided by the applicants. 11. All correspondence between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the applicants regarding the proposed development. With regard to the housing of the existing Ukrainian refugees within the property, we are seeking the following information: 1. All correspondence and documentation relating to the operational housing and management of the accommodation.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any documentation, correspondence, or financial records related to the expenditure on bringing Ukrainian pets into Ireland. Information on the rationale behind this allocation of funds, particularly in comparison to other urgent priorities within our country.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any correspondence/minutes of meetings/chain of emails discussing complaints about staff behaviour and centre conditions at Citywest Transit Centre between March 2022 to the present.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Submissions made to the department in relation the the planned conversion therapy ban bill, including the submission by the National Gender Service- Communications to setup the meeting with the National Gender Service and others on 25/09/2023, and communications subsequent with the attendees about the meeting.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All information regarding the amount of money paid to an IPAS centre for the year 2020 and to whom the payment was made.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
How much money was spent to accommodate refugees and asylum seekers in 2022? A breakdown of what businesses earned the most during 2022.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any correspondence (including letters and emails) received or sent from officials in the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to Religious Orders between 01/11/2022 and 02/01/2023 relating to the provision of accommodation for refugees, international protection applicants, migrants and asylum seekers.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The total cost of accommodation contracts for Ukrainian refugees in hotels, B&Bs, rental apartments, etc. in the year 2022. The total cost of accommodation contracts for international protection applicants in direct provision centres in the year 2022. The total cost of running the Citywest facility for refugees in the year 2022.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The amount paid in respect of contracts to accommodation Ukrainians, for 2022, for each of the following companies: Heronwell Limited; Tetrarch Ltd; Glan Energy Corporation Ltd; Crimmins Hotels & Leisure Ltd; Bower Hall Services; Hotel Westport Unlimited; Parr Ltd; Bunratty Shopping Village Limited; ALLPRO Security Services Ireland Limited.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Briefings, memos, documents prepared for the Minister regarding the use of tents to accommodate refugees in a direct provision centre between 01/08/2022 - 04/01/2023.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copy of the contract that exists between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and a company for the provision of accommodation for refugees at a property from November 2022.
- Affirm (Internal Review)Received —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Cambridge report re gender change for under-16s
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Witness statements from MBH commission of investigation
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The time period for all actions below is the 22/08/2024 to the 22/10/20.024. Any or all internal/external documents and correspondence (including instant messages, on Skype, Microsoft Teams, meeting minutes, briefing notes, meeting invites etc) within the Department regarding/relating to Scouting Ireland.Details of correspondence and documents exchanged between Scouting Ireland and the Department including meeting invites, minutes, briefing notes and memos. Any correspondence and documents regarding any meeting of the Scouting Ireland Officials and the Department (as per the above dates), including emails, text, whats app, phone call records, meeting invites, meeting minutes and briefing notes. Any and all emails, text, whats app, phone call records with CEO, interim CEO, CFO & Safeguarding Manager of Scouting Ireland. The minutes and agenda of any meetings with these individuals or any other Scouting Ireland representative. Any correspondence from the public/members of the Oireachtas (including Oireachtas members staff members) to the department regarding Scouting Ireland.
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence between the Minister for Children and Tusla chief executive, or chair of the board, between 01/08/2024 and 23/10/2024
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Briefing documents or material prepared for Minister Roderic O'Gorman by department officials on the topic of the high court ruling that Ireland is breaching the human rights of international protection applicants, or on the topic of human rights. The FOI relates to any material created between 31/07/2024 and the current date.
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Updates, reports, submissions, memos, or other such high-level documents prepared by IPAS on how it's managing the high number of individuals in accommodation who are unable to access the housing market and remain in direct provision or emergency accommodation to cover the period 01/01/2024 to date.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
To ask what monies have been paid or have been agreed to be paid to the owners or former owners of the proposed refugee accommodation centre at the former Fun Galaxy premises at North Road, Finglas since that premises was designated as an accommodation centre earlier this year.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All minutes of the LGBTI Strategy Research sub-committee and copies of all minutes prepared by the RAG following meetings with the Conversion Therapy Research Team submitted to the LGBTI Strategy Research sub- committee. Copies of any reports prepared by the RAG submitted to the LGBTI Strategy Research sub-committee.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All records held by the department relating to the North Road Accommodation Centre in Finglas in 2022
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any emails, memos, letters or submissions and their attachments were relevant, between officials in government departments regarding the awarding of funds through the Children Disability Service Grant Fund to the No Barriers Foundation based in Co. Donegal.