Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
FOI Requests — 2434 requests
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Emails sent to Minister Smyth by Hume Brophy on behalf of Visa Ireland relating to the "value of digital payments including to government", as detailed on the lobbying register https://www.lobbying.ie/return/77188/hume-brophy
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am requesting the release of correspondence from Premier Lotteries Ireland to the minister regarding proposed legislation to ban betting on the National L0ttery. The correspondence is referred to in this entry on the Lobbying Register.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Correspondence with the AG's office regarding its communications with the Association of Judges of Ireland regarding tax treatment of their pensions and issues relating to the standard fund threshold during 2021
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any economic assessment or review of the Government’s Housing for All plan. Minutes of meetings involving the Secretary General or Assistant Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform in relation to the Government’s Housing for All plan. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/5/2021 – 29/9/2021.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
A list of e-submissions submitted to the minister through the e- submissions system. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/8/2021 – 29/9/2021
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Access to all correspondence between the American Chamber of Commerce and David O'Sullivan in 2021. Please also include minutes of any meetings between them.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to all correspondence and / or minutes of any meetings between Minister Smyth and / or Barry Lowry with Microsoft Ireland / Ciaran Conlon during 2021
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to any correspondence or minutes / notes of any meetings between Stripe and Minister McGrath during 2021.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to any correspondence or minutes of any meetings between Apple / Sam Sharps and Minister Smyth during 2021.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I request copies of any and all correspondence, electronic and hard copy, from/to the Department of Defence and from/to the Departments of Finance, and Public Expenditure and Reform between the 1st January, 2011, and the 31st December, 2012 on the subject matter of the allowed Establishment Strength, Structure and number of Operational Formations (Brigades) of the Army element of the Defence Forces, particularly pertaining to the downsizing of Army Brigades from Three to Two.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I request copies of any and all correspondence, electronic and hard copy, from/to the Department of Defence and from/to the Chief of Staff of the Defence Forces between the 1st January, 2011, and the 31st December, 2012 on the subject matter of the allowed Establishment Strength, Structure and number of Operational Formations (Brigades) of the Army element of the Defence Forces, particularly pertaining to the downsizing of Army Brigades from Three to Two.
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All written requests to the Department for salaries (in respect of persons with salaries above €80,000) in excess of agreed rates, relocation expenses, car allowances, bonus payments or performance-related pay. The response which was issued in each case. Any submission prepared for the minister with regard to the above. This request to cover the period 1 July 2021 to date of receipt of the request.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence, meeting minutes, documentation related to the following returns on lobbying register by Instinctif Partners Public Affairs Ireland: • To introduce Zoom and update on its presence in Ireland in the context of the official's role within their Department – https://www.lobbying.ie/return/76732/instinctif-partners- public-affairs-ireland
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence, meeting minutes, documentation related to the following returns on lobbying register by Hume Brophy on behalf of Visa Ireland: • Government Procurement – https://www.lobbying.ie/return/77201/hume-brophy
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
My request relates to the Oireachtas scrutiny of the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015. • All correspondence, or records of conversations, with the Select Committee On Finance, Public Expenditure And Reform, And Taoiseach this should include members, secretariat, or chair. This can be refined to any correspondence related to the passage, scrutiny, and potential lapse of the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015. • All internal correspondence dealing with efforts to move the Public Sector Standards Bill 2015 through the various stages of legislative scrutiny. I am happy to confine this to the period after the Order for Second Stage. This should include any briefing material for Departmental use on issues, difficulties, or progress of the Bill.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence between Minister Michael McGrath (including his officials, offices, advisors and staff) and Minister Darragh O’Brien (including his officials, offices, advisors and staff) regarding the redress scheme for mica homes and the defective block scheme between January 1 2021 and the date of this request. All correspondence between Minister Paschal Donohoe (including his officials, offices, advisors and staff) and Minister Michael McGrath (including his officials, offices, advisors and staff) regarding the redress scheme for mica homes and the
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
defective block scheme between January 1 2021 and the date of this request. Correspondence to include, but not limited to, emails, letters, memos text messages, WhatsApp messages etc
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Minutes of Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) meetings since Jan 2020 to present. Briefing documents relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payments prepared for LEEF. Briefing documents relating to an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic prepared for LEEF. Any correspondence from LEEF – or its members – to the Department of Finance and its Ministers relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payment and/or an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic. Any correspondence from LEEF – or its members – to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and its Minister relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payment and/or an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Draft copies of the revised National Development Plan. Correspondence – to include but not limited to text messages, e- mails, WhatsApp (and other –messaging platforms) between Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Michael McGrath and Minister for Transport Eamon Ryan in relation to the revised National Development Plan. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/6/2021 – 3/10/2021.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
MHR would like information relating to the HR & Payroll systems used by each organisation or department within the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform. The name, address, telephone number and employee count for each organisation and department. The HR and Payroll system. The contact person with their telephone number and email address. The person
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
responsible for that system, the HR Director, or Finance Director or equivalent. The expiry date. When that system’s contract term expires. The Framework. If a particular purchase Framework is used.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am seeking any submissions made by the Department of Transport and the Department of Defence to the review of the National Development Plan.
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am seeking the following information for the period from the start of 2020 to date: • The number of investigations initiated by your HR Department under the CS Code of Discipline and the nature of the allegations that gave rise to these investigations; • The number of cases in which the Personnel Officer of your Department has taken on the role of Relevant Manager under the CS Code of Discipline and the nature of the allegations in each case; • Details of any policy you might have in place that determines which cases will result in the Personnel Officer taking on the role of Relevant Manager under the CS Code of Discipline.
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any formal document, agreement, circular or similar type document that is held by your organisation in relation to the sanctioning of a payable allowance for Executive Officers assigned to the role of Labour Inspectors operating in the Workplace Relations Commission, in the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment. The information should set out the purpose of the allowance.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• Minutes of Labour Employer Economic Forum (LEEF) meetings from Jan 2021 to present. • Briefing documents relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payments prepared for LEEF from Jan 2021 to present. • Briefing documents relating to an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic prepared for LEEF from Jan 2021 to present. • Any correspondence from LEEF – or its members – to the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and its Minister relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payment and/or an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic from Jan 2021 to present. • Any correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Finance and its Ministers relating to the pandemic frontline bonus payment and/or an additional bank holiday in recognition of the covid-19 pandemic from Jan 2021 to present.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• Briefing material or records generated for bi-lateral meetings between the Minister for Education and/or senior officials and Minister for Public Expenditure and/or senior officials in the context of Budget 2022 • Briefing material or records generated for bi-lateral meetings between the Minister for Education and the Minister for Public Expenditure in relation to the National Development Plan announced in October 2021.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
All correspondence between the Minister for Health and the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform between the dates 1 August and 11 October on the issue of the Budget 2022.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• A list of all special advisors to ministers and ministers of state, along with their annual salaries. • A list of the government press secretaries and deputy government press secretaries, along with their annual salaries. I would like to request the information by email.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Advertising spend of the Department and its agencies from March 2020 to October 20th 2021. Can you also outline what proportion of this spend comprised of advertising related to Covid-19?
- Transferred OutReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am seeking the record - Data Protection Impact Assessment (DPIA) - for the Digital Covid Pass. As DPER Responsible for the creation and distribution of the Digital Covid Pass, DPER are required by Article 35, GDPR to conduct a data protection impact assessment. Further, pursuant to Section 29, Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 a DPIA is required to be completed by DPER and publication is required under Section 55.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am seeking the record - "Data Sharing Agreement related to Digital Covid Pass”. As per Section 9(1), Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019 (commenced by SIs 189/2019 and 334/2021): “data-sharing” means the disclosure of information, including personal data, by a public body to another public body. As per Section 13 and 16, Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019, a data sharing agreement is required where personal data is disclosed from one public body to another public body.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Briefing material or records generated for bi-lateral meetings between the Minister for Education and/or senior officials and Minister for Public Expenditure and/or senior officials in the context of Budget 2022
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Briefing material or records generated for bi-lateral meetings between the Minister for Education and the Minister for Public Expenditure in relation to the National Development Plan announced in October 2021.
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I refer to the TLAC inputs earlier this year leading to the appointment of Secretaries General at the Department of Health (Mr Watt) and the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (Mr Moloney). I hereby request the following specific information or copies of the records that contain the information. In respect of each of the two TLAC competitions: - The names and titles of each participant on the initial interview panel and the final interview panel, indicating in each case the name of the chairperson. - The names and titles of observers at an interview. - The number of applicants. - The number of applicants shortlisted for an initial interview. - The number of applicants shortlisted for a final interview. - The number of candidates recommended to the government, indicating the number from outside the civil/public service.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all correspondence - over the specific period of 1 September 2021 to 4 October 2021 - between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER) and the Department of Taoiseach regarding the renewed National Development Plan 2021-2030. For the avoidance of doubt, this includes email
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
correspondence, whether sent by officials, Ministers, or political advisors.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all internal DPER correspondence - over the specific period of 1 July 2021 to 29 October 2021 - to and from the office of the Secretary General, including the Secretary General himself, relating to the new Public Sector ICT Strategy (i.e. the Strategy that will replace the current document that was published in January 2015). This request includes a copy of the new Strategy itself.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
This is a request being made under the FOI Act 2014 for an electronic copy of any or all information in relation to the extension of Mr Peter Tyndall in his role of Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, and the resulting press release issued from your Department on 21 September 2021 (a link to which is below).
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
A list/record of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at your Department (if applicable) using the e- submissions system (or whatever relevant/similar system is in place at your Department) in the period 1 July 2021 to the date of receipt of this request. For avoidance of doubt, I am only seeking a list and am not seeking copies of any of the actual submissions.
- WithdrawnReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all records held in the Government Reform Unit or Central Policy Unit referring or relating to the 'cost of FOI' project. This request to cover the period 1 May 2021 to date of receipt of the request.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copy of the recent cost-benefit analysis/preliminary business case report on the Dublin MetroLink completed by Transport Infrastructure Ireland and the National Transport Authority (with input from Oxford Global Projects) that was submitted to your department.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copy of the letter from Mr Jim Duffy, Assistant Secretary to Mr Michael Scanlan, Secretary General of the Department of Health dated 13 September 2005 concerning the Financial Information Systems Project in the HSE
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to request a copy of any cost-benefit analysis of the case of the Digital Postbox project.
- GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I wish to request records/information pertaining to the following: (a) Department of Finance Circulars 35/2007 and 35/2001 and similar circulars before and after each of these. (b) Department of Finance Circulars 5/2008 and 13/75 and similar circulars before and after each of these.
- RefusedReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I make a request under the Freedom of Information Acts for copies of all correspondence between DPER and the HSE, from 1 January 2020 to 12 November 2021, relating to the Integrated Financial Management System (IFMS) project in the HSE. Records provided should be in electronic form only.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Any correspondence and attachments in 2020 between the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform and the Department of Housing that relates to the budget given to cost rental in budget 2021.
- Part GrantReceived —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Data on the ten highest pensions being paid to former politicians, with details of the increases paid under Building
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Momentum/restoration agreements since January 2020. This should include name/role if possible and value of payment, plus the annual payments made to all former politicians in bands eg under €25K, over €25k…to over €250k, over €300k etc (with the numbers receiving payment in each band).