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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0402

Requester Type • Correspondence between the Department and the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church (sent and received, including attachments), between 1 February and 7 June 2019. • Internal memos or briefings prepared for the Minister in relation to discussions or correspondence between the Department and the National Board for safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church, between 1 February and 7 June 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/06/2019

FOI Request Files
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0324

Requester Type • Documents relating to shift pattern for Border Management Unit. • Documents relating to a how shift pattern decision (i.e. health and safety checks) was reached for Border Management Unit (BMU) staff. • Any documents relating to Shift Pattern for Border Management Unit (BMU) staff.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
26/06/2019

FOI Request Files
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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0405

Requester Type All documentation, such as explanatory leaflets, application forms, guidance notes or Office Notices issued to managers or applicants to staff of the Department of Justice and Equality (or its previous names) in relation to the awarding of higher pay scales to staff (e.g. HEO to HEO Higher) for Clerical Officer, Executive Officer, Higher Executive Officer, Assistant Principal Officer and Principal Officer in the years 2012 to 2018 inclusive.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
26/06/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0267

Requester Type All information relating to the use of named software and other digital forensic softwares.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
01/07/2019

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Request Reference All information relating to the use of named software and other digital forensic

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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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01/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0325

Requester Type • Documents relating to annual leave allowance for Border Management Unit • All calculations to how annual leave was determined for Border Management Unit. • Any documents relating to annual leave for Border Management Unit (BMU) staff.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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01/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0371

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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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01/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0411

Requester Type All payments (or fees charged) made directly to the National Shared Services Office for financial years ending 31 December 2015, 31 December 2016, 31 December 2017 and 31 December 2018 in respect of services provided to your Department for the processing of Annual Leave / Pensions / Worksharing arrangements for staff employed by your Department.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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02/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0292

Requester Type • Copies of all correspondence between the Department of Justice and An Garda Síochána following the fire at the Caiseal Mara Hotel in Moville, Donegal in November 2018. • Copies of all correspondence between the Department of Justice and management of the Caiseal Mara Hotel in Moville, Donegal following the fire in November 2018. • Copies of all correspondence between the Department of Justice and local community groups and public representatives in Donegal following the fire at the Caiseal Mara Hotel in November 2018. • Copies of all correspondence between the Department of Justice and refugee support groups following the fire at the Caiseal Mara Hotel in November 2018. • Briefing material for the Minister for Justice following the November/January/February fires in Moville and Rooskey and alternative proposals on where to house asylum seekers around the country.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Requester Type • I am also requesting copies of all internal correspondence within your Department relating to the above topics. The request is for the period November 2018 to April 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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02/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0304

Requester Type • All correspondence, including any attachments with Revenue regarding slot machines/gaming machines for the period 1 January 2018 to 30 April 2019; • All correspondence, including any attachments, with other Government Departments regarding slot machines/gaming machines for the period 1 January 2018 to 30 April 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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03/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0309

Requester Type Any reports, briefings, memos, or other such review/explanatory documents discussing slot machines/gaming machines from the period from 1 January 2018 to 1 May 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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03/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0332

Requester Type Documents relating to the use of the mortuary at Waterford University Hospital, specifically correspondence between the Department and the Office of the State Pathologist regarding the use of the mortuary since 1 April.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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03/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0340

Requester Type All correspondence between the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport regarding the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill between the period 1 January 2019 and the present day.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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03/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0357

Requester Type All correspondence between the Department and named organisation (electronic or paper) in relation to the gender pay reporting legislation since 1 January 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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03/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0395

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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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03/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0399

Requester Type All correspondence, or minutes / memos of any meetings, between the Council of the Bar of Ireland and Conan McKenna during 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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04/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0005

Requester Type The Department’s Records Management Policy. Any guidelines, procedures or manuals compiled as part of the Department’s Records Management programme, including File Plans and Records Retention/Disposal Schedules. The minutes of meetings held during 2018 by any records management committee, steering group or similar body operating within the Department.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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04/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0364

Requester Type • All records/correspondence etc. between the Valuation Office and the Department of Justice and Equality relating to petrol stations, forecourts, fuel retailers and/or service stations; • All records/correspondence etc. between the Department of Planning, Housing and Local Government and the Department for Justice and Equality relating to the handover of the remit of the Valuation Office (dating from the commencement date of the FOI Act onwards) in relation to petrol stations, forecourts, fuel retailers and/or service stations; • All internal records/correspondence etc. relating to petrol stations, forecourts, fuel retailers and/or service stations (dating from the commencement date of the FOI Act onwards); • All records/correspondence etc. with the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission relating to petrol stations petrol stations, forecourts, fuel retailers and/or service stations (dating from the commencement date of the FOI Act onwards); • All records/correspondence between the Valuation Office and the Department of Justice relating to the methodology / formula / calculations to be used by the Valuation Office under the revaluation

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Requester Type programme in relation to petrol stations, forecourts, fuel retailers and/or service stations.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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04/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0369

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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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08/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0445

Requester Type • All yearly reports prepared for the Oireachtas on the operation of the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Act 1998 (as required by the Act). • All yearly reports prepared for the Oireachtas on the operation of the Criminal Justice (Amendment) Act 2009 (as required by the Act).

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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09/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0372

Requester Type All correspondence, including any attachments, from interest groups or businesses addressed to the Department or Ministerial offices regarding the Gambling Control Bill or otherwise dealing with the issue of gambling regulation for the period 6 March 2019 to 24 May 2019 inclusive.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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10/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0179

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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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10/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0351

Requester Type All lobbying / correspondence by all gambling companies, bookmakers, private members' clubs or their representative bodies, relating to the Gaming & Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019 since the start of 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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10/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0421

Requester Type • A list of all reports, studies or consultations commissioned by the Department from external consultants or other professionals from the start of 2018 until the present.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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Requester Type • Title and description of each report, name of consultant/consultancy, dates they were started and completed and whether they were published/made public or not. • Costs of each.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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22/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0460

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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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24/07/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0485

Requester Type Details of payments made by the Financial Shared Services to the following Departments for the years ending 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018: Department of Justice and Equality, Department of the Taoiseach and the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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01/08/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0420

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Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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01/08/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0440

Requester Type I am requesting the release of information relating to the Community CCTV Grant Aid Scheme, specifically the names and locations of any organisations or groups who have been awarded a grant to participate in the scheme, the amount awarded to those organisations/groups, and any correspondence to or from those groups regarding applications for funding.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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01/08/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0471

Requester Type An electronic copy of the DPIA referred to in this PQ response https://www.kildarestreet.com/wrans/?id=2019-07-11a.1036#g1041.r

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08/08/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0391

Requester Type All correspondence, meeting minutes, memos, and other records between INIS and the DAA regarding immigration queuing and backlogs at Dublin Airport during 2018 and to 5 June 2019.

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

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0412

Requester Type Correspondence / communications between the DAA and Department of Justice over the last 18 months relating to the operation of immigration at Dublin Airport, particularly the staffing level at e-gates and booths.

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

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0486

Requester Type All submissions to: • The Department of Justice and Equality, • The Minister of Justice and Equality, and • The Minister of State for Justice and Equality Re: Gambling and Lotteries (Amendment) Bill 2019

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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09/08/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0339

Requester Type All correspondence between the Minister for Justice and his two special advisers regarding the Judicial Appointments Commission Bill between the period 1 January 2019 and 14 May 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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13/08/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0463

Requester Type The number of applications received for the Student Scheme announce on 15 October 2018 and for which applications closed on 20 January 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
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14/08/2019

Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0227

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0375

Requester Type Copies of all notes, memos, correspondence, messages (internal and external) in relation to the levy to be applied by the Legal Services Regulatory Authority on the legal profession from 1 January 2019 to 27 May 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0419

Requester Type All correspondence to and from the Minister for Justice in relation to the family court complexes at Dolphin House, Phoenix House and the proposed complex at Hammond Lane from December 2018 to 17 June 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0442

Requester Type The names of barristers who attended a function on 21 June 2019 at which the Minister for Justice and Equality was present.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
14/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0289

Requester Type Information pertaining to Irish Citizenship (Naturalisation) applications: The percentage of applications which have (a) received an approval from the Minister*, (b) been refused after consideration by the Minister ** and (c) are still being processed and have not yet been submitted to the Minister for a decision***, for applications submitted during each of the following months: September 2017 to August 2018 * For the purposes of clarity, here it is meant that the Minister has reviewed and approved the application subject to the submission of Euros 950, 2x passport photos, citizenship ceremony, etc. ** For the purposes of clarity, here it is meant that the Minister has reviewed the application and decided not to grant citizenship, with no further processing of the application expected. *** For the purposes of clarity, these are applications still on hand which have not yet been submitted to the Minister for a decision.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
15/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0335

Requester Type Copy of any and all circulars and training materials that have issued on the topic of record keeping.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
15/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0495

Requester Type The total number of compliance inspections carried out by the Department of Justice and/or the Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Unit (AMLCU) of unregulated accountants/tax advisers.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
15/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0511

Requester Type Memos, briefings and documents relating to all applications for Stamp 1G visa since 2017.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
15/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0285

Requester Type Copies of all documents (correspondence, minutes, WhatsApp messages, briefing notes etc.) relating to interactions between the Department, the Minister and the DPP in respect of criminal legal aid scheme fees and the processing of bail payments, and enhanced payments from 1 July 2018 to 15 April 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0468

Requester Type All correspondence between Minister Charlie Flanagan and the Law Society of Ireland in relation to fraudulent insurance claims. The timeframe should cover the period of 1 October 2018 to 12 July 2019.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0469

Requester Type Copies of any records held relating or referring to the following security alert issued by the U.S. government relating to the Longitude music festival: https://ie.usembassy.gov/security-alert-longitude-festival-on-july-5-7-2019/

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
16/08/2019

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Request Reference DOJ-FOI-2019-0394

Requester Type All of the documents or correspondence held by the Department relating to accommodation of transgender people in direct provision centres.

Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
20/08/2019

FOI Request Files