Department of Social Protection
FOI Requests — 507 requests
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• Copies of any briefings, submissions, memos, speaking notes, or other such review/overview/discussion documents prepared for the Minister or the Department's Secretary General regarding the proliferation of mobile phone scam calls. This request to cover the period 1 Jan 2021 to date of receipt of the request.
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• A breakdown of BTEA data (in electronic format/via email) per year, per course and if possible - per region/local office (e.g. Master's in Education: 3 BTEA approved applications in 2020, 4 in 2019 etc. - Cork Street). • Would this data be available for the past 7 years or longer. • Provide data on employment status stats of candidates post-BTEA completion (and if employment is specifically related to the BTEA qualification gained). E.g. a candidate with a craft trade (plumber, carpenter etc.) who completes a degree (e.g. in IT programming/software development or other), what is the proportion of candidates who gain employment in the new qualification (versus return to trade/previously acquired skills). • You could also provide me with a gender breakdown on approved BTEA application breakdown of *highest (prior) qualifications obtained* of BTEA candidates/students (per year, per local office approved, gender and most importantly in relation to the BTEA approved qualifications.
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Details of all expenditure incurred by the Department of Social Protection (DSP) on cloud computing services in 2020. Cloud computing services should be taken to mean any cloud-related service provided to DSP, either directly by cloud computing firms (such as, but not limited to, the following: Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Oracle and IBM) or by third party-consultancies. In either case, this would incorporate all varieties of cloud computing, including software-as-a- service, infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service.
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A report summary and breakdown of all funding provided to named organisation between 1 Jan 2017 to date. In addition, any email correspondence in relation to funding for this period.
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All records held by the Department as they relate to the provision of contracts for ‘public relations’ or ‘crisis management’ or ‘press work’ in 2020. These records should include the nature and scope of contract provided, the values of the contracts, named parties to the contract and the tender references and documentation associated with the aforementioned contracts, all correspondence between Departmental officials and the applicants for the contracts to include emails, text messages and WhatsApp messages.
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Access to the correspondence listed in the following lobbying return: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/71967/ryanair Please include any further correspondence with Ryanair in 2021, including letter of 18 March to Heather Humphreys. Please also include any internal correspondence / briefings regarding the correspondence listed in the lobbying return.
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With regard to the Special Investigation Unit within the Department of Social Protection to which Gardai are seconded to help investigate Pandemic Unemployment Payment claims: • What is the exact current number of Gardai investigating Pandemic Unemployment Payment claims in the unit. • How many Gardai have been brought in to work at the Special Investigation Unit since 2014? Specifically, how many new Gardai have joined the unit each year since 2014, with the breakdown provided annually to date. • How much does it cost to employ Gardai in the unit per year? I would like the following information broken down by year from 2014 to 2020, as well as for the period January 2021 to date: The overall cost of wages for Gardai seconded to the unit. • Can you provide a breakdown of the ranks of Gardai currently seconded to the Special Investigation Unit? • How much overtime has been paid to Gardai seconded to the Special Investigation Unit for the year 2019, for the year 2020, from the period March 2020 to date, and for the period January 2021 to date.