Department of Enterprise, Tourism and Employment
FOI Requests — 321 requests
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- a list of all submissions prepared for Minister Burke in the period 1 May 2025 to date.
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memoires, presentations, briefings and information prepared for, or received in connection, with briefings and meetings. The timeframe I am looking at is from January 1, 2025 to date.
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being hit with tariffs going into the US and bourbons going into the EU hit with retaliation tariffs, referenced in this lobbying register entry www.lobbying.ie/return/128926/cooley-distillery as well as any further correspondence between the parties.
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• Any analysis of Article 3(2) (durable partners) 4. Dates and summaries of all communications with Latvian counterparts 5. Any guidance, standard operating procedures, or reference documents used in evaluating whether Directive 2004/38/EC applied in this case Additional Details: • The applicant in the case is named, Irish and EU citizen • The SOLVIT reference number is 4585/25/IE • The case concerned a complaint regarding Latvia’s failure to apply Directive 2004/38/EC in the context of a durable partner application • The case was closed on or around 22 August 2025
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= Minutes of any meeting(s) held between Peter Burke, Minister, named Special Adviser, and named Special Adviser, with Niamh O'Donnellan of Stripe, between the dates of 1 May, 2025 to 31 Aug, 2025. = Any prior email communication to establish meeting, in the above timeframe.
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acting on their behalf): Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, ByteDance/TikTok, between 1st January and 25th September 2025. 3. Minutes of any meetings between the Minister, or his special advisers, or the department secretary general, related to the EU Digital Markets Act, with any of the following (or agents or firms acting on their behalf): Apple, Amazon, Google, Meta, Microsoft, ByteDance/TikTok, between 1st January and 25th September 2025. 4.
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All lobbying records from the brewing company Heineken and/or its representatives (such as the PR firm Murray) from 01 January 2016 to 31 July 2025 in relation to mandatory health warnings on alcohol products. Please include meetings of minutes, correspondence between Department officials (including Ministers) and Heineken, and records of other lobbying activity during that period.
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Council with regards to the closure and possible reopening of Dunguaire Castle, Kinvara, Co. Galway. Please also include any other correspondence you may have entered into with public representatives on this matter. To cover all relevant paperwork can you please work to a timeframe of 1st January 2021 through to 20th October 2025.
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Employment Permit Records: • Number of employment permits sponsored by Aureol Global Connections Limited in 2024-2025 • Any refused applications or revoked permits Time Period: January 2024 to October 2025
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All records and correspondence between senior department officials and the minister (from the period 01 September 2025 to 01 November 2025) in relation to the upcoming pension auto- enrolment scheme.
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• A copy of any assessments, reports, memos or correspondence outlining the decision to deny any dual use licences for exports to Israel [from 2024 and also in 2025 to date]; • A copy of any records received from the Department of Foreign Affairs or other departments/agencies contacted for their insight or opinion concerning said proposed exports to Israel for which export licenses were then denied [from 2024 and also in 2025 to date]; • Any briefings prepared for senior officials (ass sec gen and above) or for ministers (including ministerial secretaries, assistances, advisers, or clerks) on the above refusals
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• A copy of the minutes of audit committee meetings in 2025 to date
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A breakdown of the proposed expenditure on the grant of €1,363,192 from the Ministry of Arts, Sport and Tourism, for the redevelopment of the site described in the attached article. A copy of the business plan and grant submission for the project has been prepared by LLS Consulting. A copy of the planning permission has been obtained by Syntax Group.
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Please note that I have been sending FOI requests on audits to all state bodies, and - barring redactions for cyber security matters, all other State bodies are releasing audit reports in full or with minor redactions. To refuse release would be going against the general view of public bodies that audits should be released under FOI in the public interest and for transparency. Please provide the requested documents in electronic format and an acknowledgement letter as soon as possible. Please also contact me as early as possible where any potential refinement may be required and/or where costs are envisioned and can be reduced or eliminated through request refinement
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specifically relating to the potential appointment of Alan Haugh to fill one of those vacancies.
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Therefore, the existence of a 2022 grant is already acknowledged by the Department. Ministerial announcements are issued only where a grant exceeds the approval threshold under the Industrial Development Act 1986, typically between €5 million and €7.5 million. Therefore, if a Minister publicly announced Amcor’s expansion in 2022, the value of that grant must have exceeded €5 million under IDA policy. This directly contradicts IDA Ireland’s statement that no such grant exists. 2. Relationship between DETE and IDA grants You noted that the IDA is responsible for the awarding of grants. This does not eliminate DETE’s responsibilities under: the Freedom of Information Act 2014,EU State Aid transparency rules, and the Industrial Development Act 1986, which requires ministerial involvement where grants exceed certain thresholds or where public announcements are made. The Department issued the 2022 ministerial statement regarding Amcor Flexibles — therefore it holds relevant records. Accordingly, I am entitled to access records held by DETE relating to: ministerial approval, briefing documents, communications with IDA,
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grant announcements,and any internal assessments or correspondence relating to Amcor Flexibles Ireland. These are squarely within DETE’s remit. 3. My formal FOI request stands For clarity, I now formally restate the request under Section 12 of the FOI Act 2014: I request access to: (a) All DETE records relating to the 2022 ministerial announcement concerning Amcor Flexibles Ireland, including: briefing documents; internal communications; grant documentation or summaries; any decision notes or approvals; correspondence with IDA Ireland. (b) Any records relating to DETE’s knowledge of IDA grants to Amcor Flexibles for the period 2020–2025, including: notifications received; approvals exceeding ministerial thresholds; cross-agency communications; queries or clarifications exchanged between DETE and IDA.
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(c) Any records explaining the discrepancy between: DETE’s acknowledgment of a 2022 grant; IDA’s statement that only a 2023 grant exists; the EU State Aid Transparency Register, which lists grant entries in both 2023 and 2025, each valued at €775,452. (d) Any records concerning ministerial involvement, public announcements, or oversight obligations relating to Amcor’s expansion project. 4. Location of my previous FOI You asked for clarification of my earlier FOI. To assist, the reference was: FOI-0279-2025 Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment Request concerning funding for Amcor Flexibles Ireland (2022 ministerial announcement) The Department’s response to that request confirmed: the existence of the 2022 grant; the ministerial involvement; and that no details of the funding amount would be disclosed. I trust this clarifies the matter.
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5. Statutory confirmation Please confirm: 1. That this correspondence is now being treated as a valid FOI request under Section 12(1) FOI Act. 2. The statutory due date for decision under Section 13(1). 3. The FOI officer assigned to this request. 6. Final note Given the inconsistencies between DETE, IDA, and EU records, this clarification is necessary to ensure transparency in the use of public funding — particularly where projected job-creation commitments have not been met.
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- Ministerial approval sought for the circulation of the Tourism Policy Statement – A New Era for Irish Tourism and an associated Memorandum for Government I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/1/2025 - 1/12/2025.
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www.enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultations/public-consultation-on- directive-eu-2024-869-new-limit-values-for-lead-and-its-inorganic- compounds-and-for-diisocyanates.html According to your website, this consultation has been closed in on the 23rd of May 2025 (Consultation - DETE) www.enterprise.gov.ie/en/consultations/ . As stated in the invitation to the consultation, “The department will make public on its website all submissions received under this consultation.” However, the submissions are not publicly available at the date of this e-mail. Please would you share with Historic England the submissions received under this consultation.