Department of Children, Disability and Equality
FOI Requests — 1173 requests
- Not ValidReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Information relating to two IPAS accommodation centres based on figures provided for week ending 14/07/2024. Number of single males; Number of single females; Number of couples with children; Number of couples without children; Number of lone parents; Number of children
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Submissions received by your department during the 2021 Public Consultation on the Review of the Equality Acts in respect of section 19 of the Intoxicating Liquor Act 2003. A summary of these submissions is provided in section 14, pg. 61-63 of The Equality Acts Review - Summary of the submissions received to the 2021 Public Consultation on the Review of the Equality Acts published in June 2023.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
List of names with dates of death compiled of the children and mothers connected to the Bessborough Mother and Baby Home who died between 1922 to 1973.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to pest control at Oberstown Children Detention Campus, including inspection and service reports created by service providers, invoices, correspondence with the service providers, and internal correspondence relating to pest control covering the period January 1, 2020 to the present date.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
In relation to all CCTV cameras that you have procured from 2017 until the present, please provide: - the names of each company and the names of the products including the model numbers - the contracts with each company - the cost per unit and the total costs, and - the duration of contracts and/or licenses. Please provide records that state the capability of the CCTV cameras (along with their storage and processing units whether locally, on a server or in the cloud), such as facial recognition, temperature/thermal scanning, behaviour analysis, object detection or demographic detection (i.e. age, gender, clothing etc). For all CCTV cameras procured between 2019 and present, please also provide the documents and communication (such as letters and emails) involving the company that was awarded the contract.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All internal correspondence (including attachments) memos, briefing documents or notes between the Minister, the Secretary-General, the International Protection, Integration and Equality Division and the Ukraine Programme Management Division relating to a building in 2022 and 2023.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Any correspondence/minutes of meetings/chain of emails between the department and managers of an accommodation centre discussing complaints received about the centre's conditions.
- Part-GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records regarding lobbying return submitted by Children's Rights Alliance in 2018 re the Early Years Strategy
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Communication in the last year between the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth and the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in the relation to the following: Planning Guidelines for Childcare Facilities (2001).
- Part-GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Details regarding fee review appeal
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records of consultation between the Department and Cork City Council in relation to acquiring buildings for the provision of state led childcare
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records of consultation between the Department and Cork County Council in relation to acquiring buildings for the provision of state led childcare, between 01 January 2025 and 31 December 2025.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copy of the Ministerial briefing prepared by the Department of Integration for the incoming Minister appointed in Jan 2025 to oversee the integration portfolio and the State's immigration system. - All correspondence since 01/11/2024 between officials within the Department of Integration at the level of Principal Officer and above and the Department of Justice at the level of Principal Officer and above regarding the handover of the integration portfolio to a dedicated section within the Department of Justice.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copy of briefing material drawn up for the new Minister for Children, Disability and Equality
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A copy of all lobbying records [emails; letters; memos; reports; etc] received about the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism from third parties from the US, including State officials;- A copy of all lobbying records [emails; letters; memos; reports; etc] received about the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism from third parties from Israel, including State officials;- A copy of all meeting minutes/notes and/or correspondence (including attachments) with the Taoiseach and/or Tanaiste (and/or officials from the Department of the Taoiseach) received about the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to applications from childcare providers to increase fees; The number of applications received by the department. The number of applications approved/denied/outstanding. The total amount in € of the approved fee increases.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Briefing documents prepared for incoming Ministers in December 2022
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The number of asylum seekers (both IPAS and Ukrainians) in each electoral district in Tipperary and the number of accommodation centres in each electoral district.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A list of the contracts awarded by the department for accommodating Ukrainians fleeing war, including the name and address of the successful contractor, the value of each contract, and the amount paid to each provider in 2022.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records relating to Bessborough Mother and Baby Home in Cork with regard to findings made by the Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A copy of any internal briefings prepared for the Minister, related to Tusla and its work, or the Child Policy and Tusla Governance division, between 01/07/2024 and 23/10/2024.
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. Correspondence between St John Ambulance and the Department, related to safeguarding, finances, governance, and child protection, between 01/06/2024 and 15/11/2024. 2. Correspondence between the Order of Malta and the Department, related to safeguarding, finances, governance, and child protection, between 01/06/2024 and 15/11/2024
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Release of the Learning Needs Analysis Report produced by Bearing Point. Copies of invoices paid to Bearing Point 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.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copy of all Bills or Acts (for both primary and secondary legislation) that have been initiated in and/or passed through the Dáil and Seanad in the last 5 years which have sought to amend existing legislation in a manner that:(a) interprets, or (b) amends, or (c) removes, the words 'woman' or 'mother' in/from the existing legislation in question.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all representations made by politicians on the subject of modular homes for refugees. The time period can be limited to 29/6/2022 to 14/10/2022.
- Part-GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Risk register, internal audits & minutes of Risk and Audit meetings
- Part-grantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copy of IPAS Operations Daily Report for the month of July 2024.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all representations from politicians to Minister Roderic O'Gorman on the subject of childcare and his response to same. Copies of all correspondence between Minister O'Gorman and childcare providers and their representative groups between 1/5/2022 to 8/6/2022.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Confirm if your department has entered into negotiations with a named individual and/or a company they are a director of in relation to housing International Protection Appplicants and/or refugeees and/or asylum seekers at former hotel. All records in relation these discussions.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All correspondence between the Department of Children and the Department of Higher Education regarding the tender for refugee accommodation from a Sligo student accommodation provider since May 2023. Any emails, letters, memos, briefing notes and minutes of meetings between officials from the Department of Children and the Department of Higher Education during the time period. Please also include any internal correspondence (same definition as above) on this matter during the period requested.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence (sent and received including attachments) between PO Kate Gillen (including where she is cc'ed into any reply) in the department and Tusla, related to the targeting of children in care, between 01/10/2022 and 01/03/2023.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
a) Correspondence held by the department about the Children's Disability Service Grant - the timeline of this request is from 01/06/2024 to date. b) Any direct correspondence from the Minister herself on the Children's Disability Service Grant from 01/06/2024 to date c) Any internal records held by the Department of Children on the costings of a Children's Disability Service Grant. And any records detailing how the €8m figure was arrived at. The timeline is 01/01/2024. d) A copy of any briefings, notes, or speaking points prepared for the Minister or her officials in advance of the announcement of the Children's Disablity Service Grant in June 2024. e) Any correspondence between the Minister and her officials from: 1. the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform 2. The Department of Health. 3. The HSE.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. A copy of any correspondence/referral between Tusla and the Department of Children, related SEA agency staff provider Good People, involving vetting, compliance, practice, Garda referrals, between 01/01/2022 and 01/01/2025. 2. A copy of any internal briefings, related to the SEA provider Good People, prepared by the Department, between 01/01/2022 and 01/01/2025
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
The name of each special adviser appointed at your department in respect of the 34th Dáil. The name of the minister to whom they were appointed. The date of their appointment. The sanctioned pay rate for them. The relevant pay-scale that applies to them.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records held by the department which contain the following information regarding the therapy supports pilot currently underway in 16 schools.1. Records indicating the number of therapy positions allocated to each of the schools under the pilot scheme 2. Records identifying the discipline or specialism (e.g. speech and language therapy, occupational therapy, etc.) of each allocated therapy position 3. Records showing the number of therapy posts currently filled (as of the date of this request) for each school; 4. Records identifying whether any of the therapy posts are shared between schools, including details of which schools are sharing resources.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All emails sent to Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth regarding childcare centres affected by Defective Concrete in Donegal between 01/01/2022 and 24/02/2025.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A copy of any correspondence (including invitations, requests, emails, letters) exchanged between DCEDIY and the European Union Agency for Asylum (the EUAA) regarding requests for and/or provision of frontline operational support; Any records relating to an intention to provide or provision of such frontline operational support by the EUAA (or their agents) to Ireland, including, for example, any further correspondence, briefing notes, planning documents, training or capacity-building materials, reports, assessments, guidance, minutes of meetings, standard operating procedure or similar documents.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman and Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien between 01/01/2024 and 25/03/2024 regarding requests for support, cooperation and engagement to deal with the accommodation crisis for international protection applicants and to secure more housing options for IPs. Copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman and Secretary General of the Dept of Housing, Graham Doyle between 01/01/2024 and 25/03/2024 regarding requests for support, cooperation and engagement to deal with the accommodation crisis for international protection applicants and to secure more housing options for IPs. Copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman and Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe between 01/01/2024 and 25/03/2024 regarding requests for additional funding to help deal with the accommodation crisis for international protection applicants and to secure longer term accommodation sites. Copies of all correspondence between the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability and Integration Roderic O'Gorman and Secretary General of the Department of the Taoiseach between 01/01/2024 and 25/03/2024, regarding the additional cross-departmental support, engagement and leadership required to deal with the accommodation crisis for international protection applicants.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. Correspondence (sent and received, including any attachments) between the department and Tusla, in relation to safeguarding or governance issues in the Order of Malta, between 01/11/2022 and 25/04/2023. 2. Any briefings or memos prepared by the department, in relation to safeguarding or governance issues in the Order of Malta, between 01/11/2022 and 25/04/2023. 3. Internal department correspondence in relation to safeguarding or governance issues in the Order of Malta, 01/11/2022 and 25/04/2023.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. Correspondence (sent and received including any referenced attachments) between Tusla senior management and the department (Sec Gen Kevin McCarthy, or Assistant Sec Gen Lara Hynes), in relation to issues in the Order of Malta, 01/11/2023 and 04/05/2023. 2. Any briefings prepared for the Minister, in relation to issues in the Order of Malta, between 01/11/2023 and 04/05/2023.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Minutes of all meetings, communications, and documentation in relation to GSK refusing to pay reparations to victims of the vaccine trials on children in the Mother and Baby homes.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Copies of all correspondence between Minister O'Gorman and the following individuals on the topic of referendums on family, care and gender: Taoiseach Leo Varadkar; Tánaiste Micheál Martin; Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan; Minister for Justice Helen McEntee; Minister for Media Catherine Martin; Minister for Housing Darragh O'Brien; Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly; Minister for Finance Michael McGrath; Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe; Minister for Social Protection Heather Humphreys. A copy of the minutes of all meetings of the interdepartmental committee set up to develop policy recommendations and wording for the referendums. Copies of any documents attached or enclosed with the correspondence. The time period can be limited to 08/03/2023 to 06/12/2023.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A copy of all meetings and minutes of meetings with Tusla with regards to the Redress Payment Plan for survivors of Mother and Baby institutions, to include any issues raised by Tusla on the redress payment.
- Part-GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records regarding use of Special Emergency Arrangements by Tusla to accommodate children
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
List of eSubmissions for January and February 2026
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
A list of all submissions made to the Minister in the period 1st December 2025 to 2nd March 2026
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Records prepared for the Minister with regard to online gaming platforms in the period 1 Jan 2025 to March 2026
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
All tenders, responses, clarifications and any other pre, mid or post tender correspondence in relation to the following E-Tender Ref System ID 225268 "Reopening of Bespoke Panel Agreement for the Provision of Accommodation Services and Related Services for Persons Seeking International Protection (Bespoke Panel Arrangement 206004)"https://irl.eu- supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicPurchase/225909/0/0?returnUrl=ctm/S upplier/PublicTenders&b=ETENDERS_SIMPLE
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Correspondence with Ruhama
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Children, Disability and Equality
1. The names of external security companies that are contracted by the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide security personnel at accommodation centres for International Protection Applicants as of 02/01/2024 in tabular form. 2. The amount that the department paid each external security companies for this work in 2023 in tabular form. 3. If it's department policy that all security personnel from those security companies are licensed by the Private Security Authority while carrying out work on behalf of the department in these accommodation centres; If so, do the department or PSA on behalf of the department carry out unannounced inspection to ensure all external security personnel are licensed. The date in which contract with external security companies providing security personnel at these accommodation centres will expire in tabular form.