Department of Finance
FOI Requests — 1801 requests
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All records relating to this entry in the lobby register with regards to the networking session organised by Maples and Calder referenced here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/36477/maples- and-calder Please send any meeting notes, agenda for the meeting, minutes, presentations or other information material handed out, as well as a list of attendees, including the full names and titles of each attendee as well as who each attendee represents. Please also provide any follow-up
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
communication such as (but not limited to) emails, letters, notes of phone calls relating to the meeting/event or matters discussed therein.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I am applying under the FOI Act 2014 for information relating to the payments of commissions element of the transposition of the Insurance Distribution Directive. In particular I am looking for any communications with industry on this subject. I am only interested in material dated since 01.01.2018, which is to say, since my last FOI request on this subject.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All briefing documents including press briefings and media advice made available to Minister Micheal Noonan in relation to the ECOFIN and Eurogroup meetings of May 2016
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
' - All correspondence with Google and any documents shared, minutes or reports generated from the meeting referred to here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/49038/google-ireland-limited The records should include but not be limited to any e-mails, and any attachments therein, and mobile phone text messages including any messages via Whatsapp.'
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
https://www.lobbying.ie/return/47348/irish-stock-exchange-plc-trading-as-euronext-dublin I am specifically looking for: - Correspondence (received and sent) between the Department of Finance and Irish Stock Exchange plc related to the organisation of the meeting
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
- Correspondence (received and sent) between the Department of Finance and Irish Stock Exchange plc after the meeting took place that is specifically about the meeting - Minutes from meetings between Department and Finance and Irish Stock Exchange plc (trading as Euronext Dublin) in relation to the meeting (referenced in the link above) that took place in 2019
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
' - all correspondence with Stripe and any documents shared, minutes or reports generated from the meeting referred to here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/49082/stripe The records should include but not be limited to any e-mails, and any attachments therein, and mobile phone text messages including any messages via Whatsapp'
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- Any contact between Matheson law firm and the Department of Finance in the 6 month period from June 2018 - December 2018. - Any contact about Matheson law firm internally between department officials, including the two Minister’s in the 6 month period from June 2018 – December 2019.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the submission as well as all records relating to this entry in the lobby register with regards to the Irish Funds Industry Association submission in response to a request from the Department of Finance, co-signed by Arthur Cox and certain other member firms of the IFIA referenced here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/28982/arthur-cox(in the period from Jan to April 2018)Please also provide any follow-up communication such as (but not limited to) emails, letters, notes of phone calls relating to the matters discussed within the submission.
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to minutes / memos / correspondence between Ryan Meade of Google and John Hogan / Minister Donohoe in 2019.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request records of all correspondence with KBC and any documents shared, minutes or reports generated from the meeting referred to here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/49120/edelman-ireland The records should include but not be limited to any e-mails, and any attachments therein, and mobile phone text messages including any messages via Whatsapp.
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request records of all correspondence with Intel and any documents shared, minutes or reports generated from the meeting referred to here: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/47991/intel-ireland-limited The records should include but not be limited to any e-mails, and any attachments therein, and mobile phone text messages including any messages via Whatsapp.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Memos, briefings prepared for and minutes arising out of the meeting between Minister Paschal Donohoe and Airbnb between 1 January and 30 April, 2019 as referred to in the Register of Lobbying (see here). https://www.lobbying.ie/return/48444/airbnb-ireland-uc
- Handled outside of FOIReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Memos, briefings prepared for and minutes arising out of the meeting between Minister Paschal Donohoe and Google Ireland Limited beteen 1 January and 31 April 209 as referred to in the Register of Lobbying (see here). https://www.lobbying.ie/return/49038/google-ireland-limited
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I am aware PricewaterhouseCoopers (on behalf of Intel) has met with the Dept of Finance to discuss International tax environment and raise awareness of international tax developments. Source:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/48256/pricewaterhousecoopers In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request access to the following records/details: - Minutes from the meeting between the Department of Finance and PricewaterhouseCoopers mentioned on lobbying.ie about international tax environment - Correspondence (received and sent) between the Department of Finance and PricewaterhouseCoopers in relation to the meeting about international tax environment
- TransferredReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/47070/amazon-web-services
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/47760/cicero-consulting-dublin-limited
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Records related to all correspondence and meetings in all formats between Minister Donohoe and Dublin City Council in relation to the matter of the SDZ heights issue (ie the change to permitted building heights which conflicts with existing SDZ maximum heights), January 2019 to the current date. Context: I believe the Minister met with DCC's deputy chief executive Brendan Kenny and perhaps others on this matter, which takes in his constituency area.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
• All correspondence made between Publishing Ireland and the Department of Finance between June 2018 and the most recent date you hold records for. • All correspondence made between Bookselling Ireland and the Department of Finance between June 2018 and the most recent date you hold records for.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Names and address and email address of all indigenous Companies who wish to expand and may be looking for suitable Industrial/High Tech/Development site in Ireland including any International Companies. The purposes of the request is to furnish such Companies who may add to the prosperity of job creation within the Republic of Ireland with information in relation to our clients Industrial/High Tech property situate at Damastown Industrial Estate, Mulhuddart, Dublin Republic of Ireland. It is for no other purpose only to inform them in the best interest of Ireland.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All records held by the Department or Minister’s Office relating to the issue of flat rate expenses including correspondence with the Department of An Taoiseach and the Revenue Commissioners between the dates of 1st November and 20th November 2018
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All records since February 2018 (briefing notes, research papers, minutes etc.) relating to planning, research or discussion on the possibility of increasing the threshold at which people pay the upper rate (40%) of income tax.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Any briefing documents prepared by or on behalf of the Department in relation to a proposal to add a VAT Rate to food supplements, from 1st September 2018 to present date.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
'All briefing material including memos, background papers, preparatory advice, minutes of meetings, reports, correspondence, documents and publications in the Department of Finance since May 2018 to now in relation to increasing the Marginal Rate Tax Band and the costs to the Exchequer of that proposal.'
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
“All submissions, briefing notes, policy papers and correspondence from or with persons not acting in a personal capacity, to the Minister, relating to the carbon tax, and dating from 1 September 2018 to 28 November 2018” - For the avoidance of doubt this relates to records received or sent by the Minister and held within the Department of Finance.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- copies of any representations received by the Department from Paddy Power/Betfair relating to betting tax in the period 1 January 2018 to current date. - a copy of the proposal received by the Department from the Irish Bookmakers Association which was presented as the industry alternative to the increase in the betting duty contained in the Finance Bill. - minutes of meetings held with any representatives from the horse-racing industry or bookmaking industry during the same period.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. Any procedures or agreements that exist in the Department of Finance in relation to the ‘regularisation’ of Assistant Principals Officers, who work in the Department of Finance, as
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
Assistant Principal Officers 1. 2. Any agreement/s between the Department of Finance and the Association of Higher Civil and Public Servants regarding the ‘regularisation’ of Assistant Principal Officers who work in the Department of Finance, as Assistant Principal Officers 1. 3. Any documentation relating to how this ‘regularisation’ takes place and what it involves. 4. The number of Assistant Principal Officers who work in the Department of Finance who have been ‘regularised’ as Assistant Principal Officers 1 in each of the last 13 years (2006 – 2018). 5. Any documents relating to these procedures, agreements and ‘regularisations’, whether they are classified under the title ‘regularisation’ or under any other title.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All correspondence relating to government business to and from the private email account or accounts of Ministers in the department from the period 01 January 2018 to the present day.'
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- All records relating to the e-submission [ID: 36691] 'Brexit - Contingency and Communications' I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/7/2018 - 6/12/2018.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
'All documents prepared by the Department for the briefings carried out by the secretary general and/or other officials as part of the recent review of the Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil confidence and supply agreement. '
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
'- copies of any reports, briefings, submissions, memoranda or other such documents prepared for the minister or the minister's office relating to the closure of the 'single malt' tax avoidance mechanism. This request to cover the period 1 January 2018 to date of receipt of this request. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, ideally in its original electronic format.'
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
'- copies of all records held by the Department relating to a proposal to offer a 30% flat rate of tax to up to 5% of employees of certain firms in return for jobs. For ease of reference, it is the proposal outlined in the attached image.'
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All briefings supplied to the Minister in advance of meetings held on the Minister's recent (December) trip to the United States 2. Memos, minutes and other records of same meetings
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
(1 ) any submissions made, including submissions made by stakeholders, or interested parties (such as financial institutions) b) internal departmental discussion papers/memoranda that relate to the legislative mechanism that states that the Ombudsman shall not publish decisions that identify financial services providers by name or address (which is set out in Section 62(2)(a)(ii) of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 ). (2) any submissions made, including submissions made by stakeholders, or interested parties (such as financial institutions) b) internal departmental discussion papers/memoranda that relate to Section 76 of the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act, 2017, namely, the restriction of the application of the Freedom of Information Act with respect to records relating to investigations, complaints, adjudications and decisions of the Ombudsman. The time period for which all records is from January 2015-May 2017. For both parts of my request, the time period I refer to is from 1st January 2012 - 1st December 2017.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the following submissions prepared for Minister Donohoe for Budget 2019:
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
- 00682-18 - 01051-18
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
• A list of all the oversea trips taken by for the Minister for official Department engagements in 2017 and 2018. • A list of the costs associated with the Minister – and/or any departmental staff that accompanied the Minister on the trip; IE flights, accommodation, transfers, etc. • A copy of all the expenses claimed by the Minister – or other departmental staff - associated with overseas travel for official Department engagements in 2017 and 2018. The third point relates only to department staff who travelled overseas accompanying the Minister in an official capacity. - If possible please include a brief description of the purpose for the trip. - When conducting your search and retrieval please consider official information held on non- official systems, emails accounts and devices, for example WhatsApp groups etc.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- All correspondence between department officials and credit union representative bodies in relation to the CUAC Report Implementation Group's final report. - All documents including briefing notes, memos and correspondence between department officials and the minister and/or his office relating to the the CUAC Report Implementation Group's final report.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Any communications between the Department of Finance and the pharmaceuticals company Perrigo from 1 July 2018 to today 4 January 2019. This would include, but not be limited to, emails, briefing notes and phone records. It would cover communications involving department officials, political appointees including Ministers Donohoe and D'arcy, and others.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
All correspondence to the Minister from restaurateurs, café owners, hoteliers, cinemas, theatres, hairdressers, museums and art galleries (as well as workers at any such place) since Budget 2019 announced the increase in the VAT rate from 9% to 13.5%. In a further communication, requester clarified that he is requesting correspondence and
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
representations received into the Department on the subject of the hospitality VAT rate change since Budget day. This excludes from this any media articles and comments made in the Dáil on the subject, as these are in the public arena. He is happy for all personal details to be removed from individual's correspondence. He is also happy to narrow the scope to the period 9th October to 9th November 2018.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All briefing materials, including memos etc, for the Minister in advance of his meetings held on his recent trip to the West Coast of the United States 2. All records of these meetings, including minutes etc
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database:https://www.lobbying.ie/return/34440/irish-venture-capital-association
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I request copies of warnings or cautions to the Department of Finance or its ministers about reliance or the collecting of corporate tax since the budget in October last. This should include any letters, emails, from internal or external sources, as well as any audits or even memos and records of contacts by phone over the same said issue.
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
1. All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/35221/grant-thornton
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
Relevant email correspondence and minutes of a meeting between the department and Evo Payments regarding payment service regulations at an EU level, as listed on the lobbying registerhttps://www.lobbying.ie/return/35502/evo-payments-international-gmbh-irish-branch
- Part-GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
- copies of any records held by your Department relating to EU Commission proposal this January related to qualified majority voting on EU taxation policy matters.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of Finance
I am seeking copies of correspondence to/from Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe and the following on the topic of Brexit: The representations can be limited to those sent by: • Politicians • Businesses • Non-governmental organisations • Business lobby groups • The Revenue • The correspondence can be limited to the period November 1, 2018 to January 21, 2019. • The records should include copies of any documents attached or enclosed with the correspondence.