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12/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0208

Requester Type All correspondence with named companies and its representatives and the Department since 1 January.

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12/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0209

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12/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0210

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12/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0211

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15/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0083

Requester Type Copies of any correspondence from members of the public sent to Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan since 1 January 2017 raising complaints/paying compliments/making comments or suggestions on the topic of sentencing of convicted persons in the criminal courts.

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15/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0119

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18/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0233

Requester Type Can I please request any internal reports; memos or briefing documents relating to a named person. These documents should include any information on Irish staff members from the Department in contact with Syrian or American authorities specifically in relation to the named person. These documents should also include any information on Irish staff members from the Department travelling to anywhere outside of Ireland in relation to the named person.

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Request Reference All correspondence with named company and its representatives and the

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0252

Requester Type All correspondence with the Irish Prison Service relating to allegations of inappropriate relationships between prison inmates and prison staff for the period 1 January 2016 to 25 March 2019 inclusive. Any reports provided to or produced by the Department relating to the above.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
24/04/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0230

Requester Type A record of all correspondence between the Department’s Ministers and named organisation regarding data protection measures and the potential implications of GDPR and similar legislation in the context of anti-doping and other sporting integrity activities. A record of all correspondence and meeting notes between the Department’s Secretary General and named organisation regarding data protection measures and the potential implications of GDPR and similar legislation in the context of anti-doping and other sporting integrity activities. This correspondence should include but is not limited to letters, emails, briefing documents, draft briefing documents, memos, meeting notes, text messages, WhatsApp messages and other records.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
25/04/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0237

Requester Type All correspondence - including internal (and received) emails, letters, briefings, reports, memos - dated between 1 February and 24 March relating to the fires at the Shannon Key Hotel in Rooskey.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
25/04/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0241

Requester Type • All records, including minutes and notes, of this instance of lobbying • All records of contacts regarding this lobbying be they before or after the fact • All records of advice (be it to Ministers, the government or any other party) or decisions following this lobbying https://www.lobbying.ie/return/4195/the-aa

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
25/04/2019

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25/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0248

Requester Type • The guidance provided to those assessing eligibility for Naturalisation for those of Irish descent or has Irish Associations under section 16. • Precedent based scenarios where the Minister has excised discretion in applications for those of Irish Descent or has Irish Associations.

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26/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0228

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30/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0158

Requester Type All correspondence between a named person and the Minister for Justice between May 2015 and February 2019.

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30/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0236

Requester Type Information relating to the inspection of RIA accommodation by named company specifically any correspondence relating to the procurement of the contract by named company between Department officials, representatives of the RIA or named company, as well as any correspondence, memos or minutes of meetings relating to the review of that contract since its procurement.

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30/04/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0245

Requester Type Transcripts of internal Department correspondence in relation to the planned Direct Provision centres at Shannon Key West Hotel, Rooskey, Co Limerick, and Caiseal Mara Hotel, Moville, Co Donegal, in 2018 and to 25 March 2019

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08/05/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0172

Requester Type • Any correspondence, and attachments, between DRHE and the Department of Justice that relates to plans to station immigration officers in DRHE offices. • Any correspondence, and attachments, between Department of Housing and the Department of Justice that relates to plans to station immigration officers in DRHE offices.

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Request Reference company specifically any correspondence relating to the procurement of the

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Request Reference contract by named company between Department officials, representatives of

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Request Reference the RIA or named company, as well as any correspondence, memos or minutes

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0194

Requester Type A copy of the data protection breach log in respect of 2018 and to 11 March 2019, where 'data protection breach log' is construed to mean a record maintained by the DJE Data Protection Officer or other relevant person of notifications received by staff of suspected data protection breaches in accordance with the Department's data protection policy, outlining the nature of the suspected breach, the section or department responsible, and the outcome of the incident.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
08/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0258

Requester Type All details regarding the application for funding under the Community Based CCTV grants scheme that was allocated to Roscommon Town. Specifically the application form and any documentation submitted as appendices to the application or any other documentation that was provided in support of the application.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
08/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0260

Requester Type Data from Citizenship applications submitted on Form 8 i.e. adult naturalisation applications under section 15/16 of the Irish Nationality and Citizenship Act 1956, as amended. • The number of applications that the Minister has reviewed (i.e. considered, in order to make a final decision) in each of the following months: April 2018 ; May 2018 ; June 2018 ; July 2018 ; August 2018 ; September 2018 ; October 2018 ; November 2018 ; December 2018 ; January 2019 ; February 2019 ; March 2019. • The number of applications entering and leaving the advanced stage of processing in each of the following months: April 2018 ; May 2018 ; June 2018 ; July 2018 ; August 2018 ; September 2018 ; October 2018 ; November 2018 ; December 2018 ; January 2019 ; February 2019 ; March 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
08/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0314

Requester Type • The total number of Bangladeshi asylum seekers in Ireland. • The total number of Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani immigrants in Ireland.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
08/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0203

Requester Type • The number of complaints sent into the INIS in 2018 about visa applications/renewals, and 20 pieces of those complaints. Could the corresponding figures for 2016 and 2017 be included for comparative reasons. • The number of complaints sent into the INIS in 2018 about privacy issues, and 20 pieces of those complaints. Could the corresponding figures for 2016 and 2017 be included for comparative reasons. • The number of complaints sent into the INIS in 2018 about queues at the INIS office on Burgh Quay, and 20 pieces of those complaints. Could the corresponding figures for 2016 and 2017 be included for comparative reasons. • The number of complaints sent into the INIS in 2018 about waiting times for all applications.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
10/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2018-0102

Requester Type All records, to include emails and correspondence, relating to the European Commission's proposed abolition of bi-annual clock changes (summer time/winter time) and its potential impact.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0214

Requester Type • A list of all people who have served on prison visiting committees in the years 2018 and 2019 to include their name and the institution to which they are assigned. • Details of any moneys/expenses/fees paid to each of these individuals during 2018 and 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0268

Requester Type All departmental correspondence - including emails, letters, briefings, reports, memos dated between February 2019 and April 2019 - in relation to the provision of emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in Ireland.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0275

Requester Type A copy of all existing review reports or documents regarding the running of Divisional Protective Services Units in Garda stations, covering the area of sexual crime investigation. This request does not relate to individual cases but to the management and operations of the Units themselves since their establishment.

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14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0276

Requester Type All departmental correspondence - including emails, letters, briefings, reports, memos as well as email received by the Department dated between February 2019 and April 2019 - in relation to named local election candidate and media reports surrounding their candidacy.

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14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0298

Requester Type Copies of any records referring or relating to the low uptake of the right of work by residents in the direct provision system. This request to cover the period 1 September 2018 to 26 April 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0317

Requester Type The amount spent on training/workshops for Department staff on Freedom of Information requests/legislation, broken down per year for 2016, 2017 and 2018.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0321

Requester Type Copies of any submissions, reports, memoranda, or other such review or explanatory documents referring to or relating to an increase in the rate of allowance paid to residents of direct provision centres. For avoidance of doubt, this is the new rate that came into effect last month.

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14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0134

Requester Type All records, held in whatever form by the Department of Justice & Equality, relating to the amendment of the “Minister of Religion Permission” policy operated by the Irish Naturalisation & Immigration Service of the Department of Justice & Equality, which amended policy is applicable from 30 April 2018.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0218

Requester Type Copies of all submissions made by the Gardaí, judges and the Courts Service on the operation of the Fines Act from 2017 to 15 March 2019. Please also include memos of any meetings to discuss problems with the implementation of the Act.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
15/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0169

Requester Type • Any planning, human resources, finance and procurement records for preparations for the departure of the United Kingdom from the European Union (Brexit) or lack thereof, from 1 January 2018 to 1 March 2019. • Similar records with regard to policing on crimes motivated by sexuality or gender in the State, 1 January 2016 to 1 March 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0086

Requester Type Any records the Department has in relation to named persons.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
17/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0157

Requester Type Internal memos within GNIB dated between January 2015 and January 2019 regarding the issue of third parties block booking immigration appointments via the online appointment booking system.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
17/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2018-0162

Requester Type All documentation, including memos of meetings, internal reports and correspondence and correspondence with third parties relating to the decision to appoint six new judges to the Court of Appeal. Please include any correspondence outlining the expected extra costs this will incur on the State.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2018-0168

Requester Type A record of the response that was made by the Department of Justice to a letter that was sent by the Director of Equality in the European Commission (Directorate General for Justice, Consumers, and Gender Equality) on 6 July 2016. The Director General at the time cited a 2000 directive no. 2000/43 and requested a reply within 10 weeks.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0238

Requester Type • A copy of all correspondence (including emails) to and from the office of Minister of State David Stanton in relation to plans for an accommodation centre for asylum-seekers in the Shannon Key West Hotel at Rooskey, Co Leitrim, since 1 June 2018. • A copy of all correspondence (including emails) to and from the office of Minister Charlie Flanagan in relation to plans for an accommodation centre for asylum-seekers in the Shannon Key West Hotel at Rooskey, Co Leitrim, since 1 June 2018. • Information on the current fee structure the Department pays for accommodation centres or Erocs - e.g., €33 or €34 per asylum-seeker per day.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0277

Requester Type Minutes of any meetings, internal memos or internal correspondence sent or received by the Minister for Justice regarding the potential repatriation of named person.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0282

Requester Type Copies of all records from 1 January 2017 until 15 April 2019 that relate to contamination risks or concerns over contamination risks at Forensic Science Ireland laboratories.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0295

Requester Type Copies of all correspondence, documents and minutes of meetings related to named person between the period 1 March 2019 and 25 April 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/05/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0301

Requester Type Copies of any Risk Registers held by the Department which reference the Tax Appeals Commission. In order to assist you in your retrieval of records, the information provided for the Risk Register may have come from the Criminal Assets Bureau. The timeframe for this request is February 2017 to 29 April 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/05/2019

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