Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
FOI Requests — 1336 requests
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Full submissions of the following lobbying activities: 01/01/18 - 30/04/18 Katherine Licken (Secretary General) Alcohol Action Ireland Email (2-5)Letter (1)Email (1) https://www.lobbying.ie/return/27618/alcohol-action-ireland 01/01/18 - 30/04/18 Josepha Madigan(Minister) Ibec Meeting (1) https://www.lobbying.ie/return/26106/ibec 01/01/18 - 30/04/18 Josepha Madigan(Minister) Vintners' Federation of Ireland Letter (1) https://www.lobbying.ie/return/29012/vintners-federation- of-ireland
- Deemed RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All documentation scoring the recipients of MISP grants. All correspondence with Picture This, or their management / agents, regarding MISP funding. minutes of meetings of the expert panel, including details of any recusements by panel members Any correspondencebetween the Department, First Music Contact and Yanagaroo.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and media through the e-submissions channel.I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-10-2024 - 31-10-2024.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of any correspondence between the minister (or minister's office) and/or the department secretary general and TV3 and/or its operators in the period 1 July 2024.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All communications related to a recent leak at the National Archives on 25 October 2023. The full list of documents that were impacted by the recent leak at the National Archives on 25 October 2023.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and media through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-10-2023 - 31-10-2023.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of any records held in the email account of Minister Catherine Martin referring or relating to the volume of hotel accommodation being used for housing refugees from the war in Ukraine. This request to cover the period 1 Aug 2022 to date of receipt of the request.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and ancillary documents: Proposal for a News Reporting Scheme. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/1/2025 - 30/9/2025.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A full copy of the application submitted by Kilkenny Golf Club for the sports grant allocated to them for a "full practice hub facility"on their grounds.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copy of annual statement for 2022 and 2023 sent to the Minister for Tourism, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media by the chair of RTE. Copy of annual statement for 2022 and 2023 sent to the Minister for Tourism, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media by the chair of TG4.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of the diary of Minister Martin for the period of 1st January 2021 to 30th September 2021
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all invoices/receipts associated with the recent trip by the minister and three officials to the Ryder Cup in the US. - a copy of the itinerary for the trip. - a record/spreadsheet/database of all costs incurred in partaking in the trip. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Any correspondence / briefings / memos / minutes of meetings between this department and the below Irish cultural institutions relating to the financial impact of Covid-19. Any internal departmental correspondence / briefings / memos / minutes of meetings relating to the financial implications of Covid-19 on the below cultural institutions: Chester Beatty Library, Irish Museum of Modern Art, The National Concert Hall and the Crawford Art Gallery Cork & the National Museum of Ireland. The timeframe for my request is between March and September 11th of this year.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Records of correspondence between Dee Forbes, director general of RTÉ; and Minister Catherine Martin from June-September 2020
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Records detailing of all funding applications lodged and/or funding decisions made within five years prior to the date hereof regarding facilities for sports, recreation or similar activities at Saint Oliver Plunkett National School, Sandy Lane, Blackrock, Co. Louth, A91 AK57; together with details of eligibility criteria and all other conditions applicable to the relevant funding schemes.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and media through the e-submissions channel.I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-08-2025 - 31-08-2025.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Any and all records the department holds which uphold and supports the contention of An Post that ' Non - Binary' is a state that exists in reality and records which show that the state ' Non - Binary' can be or has been verified to exist throughmedical and or scientificresearch or examination Records whoshow the legal basis - which an Post has - to require applicants for Postal Money Orders to make a determination on the application form for Postal Money Orders as to whetherthe applicantis Male, Female or Non - Binary; Records of any communication from the department to An Post in which An Post is instructed to require applicantsfor Postal Money Orders to make a determination as to whetherthe applicant is Male, Female or Non - Binary.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following ministerial submissions (FOI-2023-0082 refers): - Abbey Theatre 2023 Capital Grant 11/05/2023 Minister - Appointment of Director General to Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ) 17/04/2023 Minister - 2020 Sports Capital & Equipment Programme (SCEP) – “Capital” – Corrected allocation 22/02/2023 Minister - National Counter Disinformation Strategy 07/02/2023 Minister
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
List of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and media through the e-submissions channel. I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-08-2023 - 31-08-2023.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Responses to the national swimming strategy consultation. Records pertaining to the drafting of this strategy, namely - briefings for the minister and correspondence/notes of meetings with other public bodies.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of the grant application, and grant application supporting documents, submitted by St Leo's in Carlow for the 2023 - Community Sports Facilities Fund.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of any records held referring or relating to the decision to remove the word 'arts' from the official name of the Department.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and media through the e-submissions channel.I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-06-2025 - 30-06-2025.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All correspondence between Departmental officials and Kevin Bakhurst, RTÉ director general, dated between June 1st, 2024 and June 29th, 2024.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and media through the e-submissions channel.I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-06-2024 - 30-06-2024.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of all correspondence received by Minister Catherine Martin, Secretary General Feargal Ó Coigligh and Assistant Secretary General Cian Ó Lionáin relating to concerns over safety standards and trail management at the Cliffs ofMoher, Co Clare. The query should cover correspondence received, and responses issued during 2024.
- Deemed RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of the briefing document provided to Catherine Martin on being appointed Minister for Media, Tourism, Art, Culture Sports and the Gaeltacht.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
All records of contact regarding “Tour Guides” between The Minister and or the Tourism Unit of Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media, Tourism Unit of Department of Transport, and the Irish Tour Guides Association (ITGA) or Association of Tour Guides of Ireland (ATGI) between the setting up of Dept in July 2020 and the date of this letter May 21 2021. All records of contact regarding “Tour Guides” between The Minister and or the Tourism Unit of Department of Transport, and the Irish Tour Guides Association (ITGA) or Association of Tour Guides of Ireland (ATGI) between Jan 1st 2020 and transfer of responsibility for the Tourism Dept to Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sports and Media. Records between Minister Martin and the ITGA and ATGI and also any records that these groups had directly with the Tourism Unit about tour guides between 1st July 2020 and 21st May 2021. Records that were received in the tourism division from ITGA and ATGI about tour guides between 1st January and 30th June 2020.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all records held referring or relating to decision to close Skellig Michael to visitors for 2020. This request to cover the period 1 April 2020 to date of receipt of the request.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A record of how much was spent on the deer cull at the Killarney National Park last winter.- a record of how theanimals culled last winter weredisposed of and any financial information related to that.- a copy of the invoice/receipts involved in the deer cull.- copies of any representations received by NPWS with regard to the deer cull at Killarney National Park last winter.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copy of submissions made by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Media or the Department of Arts, Culture and Media to the review carried out Senior Posts Remunerations Committee at the request of the Minister for Public Expenditure into the remuneration of chief executives in commercial State bodies. The review of the SPRC group was published by the Government on 29thApril 2025.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of any correspondence, representations, or letters received by the department with regard to price gouging, or suggestions of price gouging, during the St Patrick's Day holiday period. This request to cover the period 1 March 2023 to date of receipt of the request. Press queries can be excluded from this request.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of any records (including emails, texts, instant messages etc) held by Minister O'Donovan and/or any of his special advisers referring or relating to the provision of funding to Kerry FC and/or plans around the official opening of their new pitch.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Any audits signed off on by the board or audit committee since 1 January 2026-presentA copy of any investigative reports or other forms of report commissioned by the Secretary General / Chief Executive or the Board or Minister(s) which were finalised/completed since 1 February 2026 (and have not been publicly released)
- Part- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A copy of the latest Periodic Critical Review (PCR) for each non-commercial agency under the department's aegis; & Internal audits carried out in the Department regarding the oversight of particular aegisbodies as referred to on page 16 of this IPA report (https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/299fa-ipa-review-of-the-departments- arrangements-for-the-oversight-of-state-bodies/). Please limit this to audits to the period from 1 Januay2024-present
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all records held referring or relatingto calls for Mr Alan Rusbridger to step down from the Future of Media Commission.- copies of all records held referring or relating to the resignation of Mr Alan Rusbridger from the Future of Media Commission.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
A list of esubmissions submitted to the Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and media through the e-submissions channel to cover the period from 01-02-2024 - 29-02-2024.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of all correspondence (including emails, SMS messages and messages sent on messaging platforms such as WhatsApp) between Minister Catherine Martin and special adviser Juno McEnroe between February 20, 2024 and the present date
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Specially I am looking for all correspondence to or from either Minister Thomas Byrne or Minister Catherine Martin in relation to Ireland's Euro 2028 bid during January and February 2023.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: a copy of any correspondence between the National Archives and the Dept of Housing with regard to the following:4. Letter from Local Authority Archivists There was discussion on the letter received from Niamh Brennan on behalf of the Local Authority and Record Managers Group arising from the publication in November 2021 of the Action Plan for Survivors and Former Residents of Mother and Baby and County Home Institutions, specifically concerning the archival management of records that document among other things actions carried out by local authorities and their historic predecessors in relation to the health and welfare of individuals at local level. It was agreed that a sub-group of the NAAC would draft a letter for issuing to the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage specifically highlighting the need for these records to be held in the custody of the relevant local authority in accordance with section 80 (2) of the Local Government Act of 2001 which states that ‘it is a function of a local authority to make arrangements for the proper management, custody, care and conservation of local records and local archives and for inspection by the public of local archives. It was also agreed that the letter would advocate for the employment of archivists in every local authority acknowledging the tremendous contribution made by individual local authority archivists in the preservation of their county’s history. There are currently 12 counties which do not have a permanent archivist. The absence of permanent, professional archivists puts local archives at risk.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of any communications from the NWCI to Minister and department in 2021 and 2022.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Accommodation costs for the Minister, any Ministers of State and any staff accompanying them on their trips abroad forStPatrick'sDay last year not provided in the below PQ: https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/question/2023-03- 28/264/?highlight%5B0%5D=264 The release of details of any gifts purchased for the trips, who they were intended for, and associated costs.
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
-all records relating to the costs spent on providing equipment such as computers, desks, chairs and other items in order to facilitate government employees from your Department who have been working from home since the Covid-19 pandemic began. The timeframe for this request is: March 2020 until November 2020. -records with the names of each item (such as “chair”, or “desk”) and how much each item cost. -all records relating to the costs spent on providing equipment such as computers, desks, chairs and other items in order to facilitate your Department's Minister working from home since the Covid-19 pandemic began in March 2020 until November 2020. Please provide records with the names of each item (such as “chair”, or “desk”), how much each item cost and who each item was for (example: “Taoiseach”, or “Enterprise Minister”).
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and ancillary documents:Letter re An Post CEO remuneration arrangements arising from SPRC
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and ancillary documents:EU Presidency Update
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and ancillary documents:An Post Shareholder Led Review
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and ancillary documents: Draft Letter from Secretary General to Chair of An Post
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and ancillary documents:Senior Posts Remuneration Committee report - actions re RTE and TG4
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and ancillary documents: Dublin by Night Festival – Dublin City Night-Time Economy Initative
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Culture, Communications and Sport
Copies of the following esubmissions and associated records: -Update on development of the National Counter Disinformation Strategy - Appointment of Crowe Advisory for the provision of professional services to assist in the preparation of the reviews at RTE - Note on the closure of Aertel- Memorandum to Government - Update on Independent Examination of and ongoing reviews into Raidió Teilifís Éireann I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/8/2023 - 31/10/2023.