Department of the Taoiseach
FOI Requests — 2103 requests
- DecisionReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
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- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
A breakdown of the spend on gifts by the Department of an Taoiseach in 2018 to include: a description, cost and reason for purchase for each gift.
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Letter sent by Etsy Ireland to the Department of the Taoiseach, sent between Sep 1st and Oct 1st 2023, as outlined on the lobbying register https://www.lobbying.ie/return/100798/etsy-ireland-uc
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I am seeking the release of all records of correspondence, both internal and external, relating to Etsy Ireland, as indicated here: Etsy Ireland UC (1 Sep, 2023 to 31 Dec, 2023 - Lobbying.ie. This should include, but is not limited to, any letters, emails, text messages, WhatsApp messages, memos, notes, reports, draft reports and any other relevant records that were created, sent or received by the Department related to this correspondence.
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Any emails, notes, memos, briefings and/or records in between Etsy Ireland UC and the Taoiseach's office in September 2023.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
I am requesting the following: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/100798/etsy-ireland-uc A copy of all correspondence between the Taoiseach and Etsy and also any notes created by Matthew Lynch on said call and any correspondence he created and received on foot of this call. Timeline is from June to present.
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All correspondence received in relation to the visit to Ireland of Pope Francis in 2018.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
All documentation in relation to the National Internship Scheme (which would become known as JobBridge), prepared for or considered by the Taoiseach, Senior Officials Group, Cabinet Committee, or Cabinet meetings held between 01 January 2010 and 01 July 2011 including any briefings/memos/reports/correspondence or other documentation prepared for each meeting or arising out of the meeting. Also any correspondence between the department and IBEC / ISME and ICTU relating to the National Internship Scheme (known as JobBridge) between 01 January 2010 and 01 July 2011.
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Copies of records showing the financial cost of establishing the Taoiseach's new Communications Unit/PR Unit, which has been recently established, and the financial projections for the cost of operating the unit for the first twelve months of operation.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
All correspondence between Minister Darragh O’Brien and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar dated between 01/01/2023 and 25/07/2023.
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• All correspondence relating to Sabina Higgins' letter to the Irish Times sent to the Department of the Taoiseach, including emails, calls, text messages, and records of any meetings. Timeline: 27 July - 3 August. • All correspondence relating to Sabina Higgins' letter to the Irish Times sent from the Taoiseach and/or his officials. Timeline: 27 July - 3 August.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
The total number of staff working at the department, broken down by building. The total number car parking spaces and their type (over ground carpark, under ground car park, street parking etc) . Any costs in terms of upkeep of parking spaces (cleaning, staffing etc).
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Records detailing the categories of workers in the Civil Service, within the remit of this Department, to whom an on-call allowance is awarded, particularly, professional grades, to include the nature and amount of the on-call allowance, the number of employees in receipt of said allowance, the grade of these employees, and the justification for the award of the allowance.
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All correspondence to the Taoiseach's Office relating to complaints from members of the public about the ongoing refugee crisis in Ireland. Complaints relating to public mood, housing, concerns.
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All correspondence between the Department of Public Expenditure secretary general Robert Watt and the secretaries general of the Departments of the Taoiseach, Health, Social Protection and Business regarding Covid-19 and the government response between the period 01 March 2020 and 11 June 2020.
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A copy of all correspondence/documents relating to ministerial appointments from June 26, 2020, to date.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of any correspondence between your department and the OPW with regard to the use of the Steward's Lodge in 2020. Copies of any invoices/receipts relating to payment for use of the Steward's Lodge in 2020. Copies of any claims for costs relating to payment for use of the Steward's Lodge in 2020.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Access to the following records/details: Correspondence (received and sent) between the Department of the Taoiseach and the company Genomics Medicine Ireland (or MKC Communications acting on behalf of the company) during 2018. Minutes from meetings between the Department of the Taoiseach and the company Genomics Medicine Ireland during 2019.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
To know whether any other persons (other than the three named people) have been appointed to the Commission under section 8 of the Commission of Investigation Act 2004. If so, I would like to know who was appointed under section 8. If there have not been any appointments under section 8 (save for the three named people) I would like confirmation of this.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of all requests for use of official transport by former Taoisigh/officeholders for the period 2017 and to date in 2018. Copies of all records relating to such requests and the responses that issued in each case.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
A copy of the speech, speaking notes or any briefing notes prepared for Taoiseach Leo Varadkar for a speech/talk he gave on 2nd July 2018, at a New York lunch hosted by the Irish Consul General Ciarán Madden for young Irish people working across a range of sectors in the city. Any emails sent or received (including the full thread) between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and any of his staff, press officers, advisers, or department staff, in relation to the above lunch. (This would include correspondence between any members of staff, and not just restricted to correspondence directly with the Taoiseach). Further information: The speech/talk in question is referred to in this article https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/varadkar-says-he-sympathises-with-trump-on-media-1.3552890
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A copy of any correspondence sent to the Irish Environmental Forum (IEF) in response to letters sent by this group to former Taoiseach Enda Kenny/Department of An Taoiseach on June 23, 2014 and December 11, 2014. A copy of any written correspondence between Deputy Kenny/Department of An Taoiseach and the Attorney General seeking legal advice on whether the alleged granting of an IPPC licence by the EPA to certain industries in a “reckless manner on behalf of the Irish State” may constitute criminal damage under the 1991 Criminal Damage Act following the publication of the 2011 European Environmental Agency report completed by Professor Jaculine McGlade. A copy of any legal advice sought by Deputy Kenny/Department of An Taoiseach in relation to whether the Government could take action to recoup the estimated €1 billion pollution costs caused by seven industries in Ireland as outlined in the 2011 European Environmental Agency report completed by Professor Jaculine McGlade. A copy of minutes of any meeting between Deputy Kenny/Department of An Taoiseach and the Department of the Environment or the EPA in relation to these issues during 2014.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
A copy of any requests for furnishings, office alterations, artwork, electronic equipment or any other such requests made for changes/alterations/or improvements to office accommodation by Taoiseach Simon Harris, or any of his advisers in the period since they took up their roles. Just to clarify, this request should include any follow-up correspondence related to those requests.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
All records held by the Department: A.) Further to our previous request on 19 January 2023 and your reply dated 24 February 2023 relating to any meeting with Aircraft Leasing Ireland attended by the Taoiseach and/or other senior officials of the Department to discuss the matters referred to in the email correspondence between Audrey Crummy of Aircraft Leasing Ireland and Micheál Martin dated 4 April 2022 (a copy of which is provided in the FOI Response); and B.) relating to communications and correspondence from 3 March 2022 concerning potential challenges and/or issues faced by the aviation and aviation finance industries as a result of the imposition of sanctions on Russia between and/or copying John Callinan and/or Helen Blake of the Department and: i. AerCap Holdings NV or parties on behalf of AerCap Holdings NV or on behalf of its affiliates; ii. Aircraft Leasing Ireland or parties on behalf of Aircraft Leasing Ireland or on behalf of its affiliates; iii. SMBC Aviation Capital Limited or parties on behalf of SMBC Aviation Capital Limited or on behalf of its affiliates; iv. any other department of Government; and/or v. any other diplomatic channels (including any administrative, legislative or other department(s) within the European Commission).
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
All records/minutes/briefing notes/correspondence related to a phone call between Intel Ireland Limited and Matthew Lynch, special advisor at the Department of the Taoiseach, relating to high energy costs in the manufacturing sector – as well as Intel's continued business operations in Ireland. The conversation is referenced in the lobbying register here.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of any correspondence from members of the public to this department on the topic of Irish neutrality and copies of any responses issued by the department dated February 25 – April 14 2022.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
A record of the number of representations received by the department with regard to proposals to restrict the sale or use of turf for fires. If there are fewer than twenty such reps, a copy of each of them. If there are a much larger number, a representative sample of around twenty such representations will suffice.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
1. Records referring to the tender submitted by BAM for the contract for the construction of the New Children's Hospital, St James's Hospital Campus, Dublin 8 (the Contract) 2 Records referring to other tenders for the Contract 3 Records referring to the conclusion of the Contract 4 Records referring to the process of ascertaining the guaranteed maximum price for the Contract 5 Records referring to instructing or deciding to instruct BAM to proceed with the Phase B Works (as defined by the Contract) 6 Records referring to the cost or projected cost of the New Children's Hospital project 7 Records referring to RAM's performance on the Contract 8 Records relating to RAM's performance on the Phase A Works (as defined by the Contract) 9 Records relating to BAM's safety performance on the Phase A Works 10 Records referring to RAM's performance on the contract for the New Children's Hospital, Satellite Centres at Tallaght Hospital Campus, Dublin 24 and Connolly Hospital Campus, Dublin 15 (the Satellite Contract) 11 Records comprising or referring to communications with the Department of Health, the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform, the Department of the Taoiseach, Children's Health Ireland or the National Paediatric Hospital Development Board which contain any reference to any of the following: (a) the tender submitted by BAM for the contract for the Contract (b) other tenders for the Contract (c) the conclusion of the Contract (d) the process of ascertaining the guaranteed maximum price for the Contract (e) instructing or deciding to instruct BAM to proceed with the Phase B Works (f) the cost or projected cost of the New Children's Hospital project (g) BAM's performance on the Contract (h) BAM's performance on the Phase A Works (i) BAM's safety performance on the Phase A Works (j) BAM's performance on the Satellite Contract.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of any aide memoires, submissions, briefings, or presentations that were brought before meetings of the IFSC Clearing House Group in the calendar year 2013.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
All correspondence received by An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar or Secretary General Martin Fraser from Robert Watt, Secretary General at the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), relating to the National Broadband Plan (NBP). The timeframe should cover the period January 1, 2019 to April 26, 2019.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Any records, including but not limited to emails, letters, email attachments, and other correspondence between and within the strategic communications unit and/or the Department of Taoiseach, and media organisations, that relates to the effort to promote the Ireland 2040 plan through advertisements, sponsored content, partnership content and equivalents in the media in 2018. Any records, including but not limited to emails, letters, email attachments, and other correspondence between and within the strategic communications unit and/or the Department of Taoiseach, and media organisations, that relates to the effort to promote any other initiatives through advertisements, sponsored content, partnership content and equivalents in the media in 2018. Any records, including but not limited to emails, letters, email attachments, and other correspondence between and within the strategic communications unit and/or the Department of Taoiseach, and media organisations, that show the total amount budgeted for efforts to promote initiatives through advertisements, sponsored content, partnership content and equivalents in the media in 2018. Any records, including but not limited to emails, letters, email attachments, and other correspondence to or from or involving or mentioning Taoiseach Leo Varadkar that relates to the effort to promote initiatives through advertisements, sponsored content, partnership content and equivalents in the media in 2018.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Access to John Concannon's diary since he was appointed Director of the SCU. I would also like to access details of any meetings between the SCU and INM, and the total amount paid to INM for media partnerships and promotions in the last year.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of all direct email/text correspondence between Martin Fraser and John Concannon in the period 1 July 2017 to the current date.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
A copy of John Concannon's official diary from the date of his appointment in 2017 to date.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Details of all gifts received and purchased by Taoiseach Enda Kenny since he assumed the office of Taoiseach to date. This information should be broken down by year and include the cost/estimated value, who the gift was received from or who the intended recipient was. It should also include where the gifts purchased by the office were from, or in the case of gifts received-where they currently are.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
All email, letter/any other correspondence between the Taoiseach Enda Kenny, and Micheal Martin TD, between January - June 2014.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
1. All letters received to the Department of An Taoiseach between the 13th and 20th February 2017 condemning/approving the Government’s behaviour, in particular Mr. Enda Kenny’s, Ms. Frances Fitzgerald’s and Ms. Katherine Zappone’s regarding false accusations made against Sgt. Maurice McCabe. 2. All letters received to the Department of An Taoiseach between the 13th and 20th February regarding the pressure for Mr. Enda Kenny to step down as Fine Gael leader and his reluctance to announce a date for when he will step down. 3. All letters received to the Department of An Taoiseach between the 13th and 20th February regarding the Dáil confidence debate, letters of both complaint and approval.
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1. Any correspondence since September 1st 2021 to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, his advisors or the Department of An Taoiseach from Meta Platforms or its subsidiaries Facebook, WhatsApp or Instagram on: a. EU-US data transfers b. Online safety issues c. Meta’s position on the Online Safety Bill d. Meta’s position on the Media Regulation Bill e. The EU’s proposed regulation on child sexual abuse material f. The Electoral Reform Bill, and any proposed amendments to the Bill g. Ireland’s approach to enforcement of the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation h. Ireland’s approach to corporate taxation and tax-related regulation 2. Records or minutes of any meetings or phone calls on the same topics (a–h above) between Taoiseach Micheál Martin, his advisors or the Department of An Taoiseach and representatives of Meta Platforms or any of its subsidiaries. Any submissions, notes, reports or draft reports on topics a–h submitted to Taoiseach Micheál Martin, his advisors or the Department of An Taoiseach and Meta Platforms or any of its subsidiaries
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of any representations/letters received by the department with regard to the breach of privacy where a video of Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was circulated on social media.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
All records relating to this entry in the lobbying database: https://www.lobbying.ie/return/53160/irish-self- catering-federation
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of all correspondence from Fine Gael TD Dara Murphy to the Taoiseach's Office since May 2017. Please include all responses to Mr Murphy from the Taoiseach's Office in the same period. Please include correspondence to and from the Taoiseach directly or any of his political advisers.
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All emails or letters sent from the Department of Taoiseach to the Office of Public Works regarding pest control issues in Government buildings in 2019. All emails or letters sent from the Department of Taoiseach to pest control companies regarding pest control issues in Government buildings in 2019.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
A breakdown of expenditure spent on publicity (i.e. PR, advertising, marketing, social media etc) for 2018 and 2017. This breakdown should include how much, to whom the money was given and for what purpose.
- GrantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
The names of all those who the Government has approved to accept a 'title of nobility or of honour' as per Article 40.2 of the Constitution, as well as details of the title and/or honour. I would also like to know of any instances in which approval was sought by an individual or corporate body (or their representatives), but was either withdrawn or not given by the Government. I would like to know of all such instances within the maximum time limit allowed under Freedom of Information legislation (since 1998?) until today, 2 January 2019. I would also like to request any documentation giving details on the general process for such approval, relevant policy documents, or any document giving guidance on how the process is to take place or how a decision is to be reached. Any available documentation which you feel would help me understand the general process would be greatly appreciated.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of all records referencing the Church of Scientology held by the Minister and the Department, from January 2016 to date. Copies of all records referencing Narconon; referencing Criminon; referencing Drug-Free World; referencing Citizens Commission on Human Rights; referencing The Way to Happiness.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
Copies of all representations made to the Taoiseach on the topic of Brexit. The representations can be limited to those sent by: Politicians, Businesses, Non-governmental organisations, Unions, Farming lobby groups, Tourism lobby groups, Business lobby groups. The correspondence can be limited to the period October 30 to December 1, 2020. The records should include copies of any documents attached or enclosed with the correspondence.
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• All correspondence between the National Cybersecurity Centre and the Department between March 1, 2023, and October 15, 2023. • All advice given to staff at the department related to cybersecurity and personal devices in 2023.
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• Email correspondence in 2023 relating to the citizens assembly on education. • Any documents which refer or discuss the CA on education.
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Copies of all correspondence between the department and the company 'Tech Skills Resources Ltd' with regard to the provision of secretarial services to former taoisigh. This request to cover the period 1 Jan 2021 to date of receipt of the request.
- Part grantedReceived —Decided —Department of the Taoiseach
The Departmental risk register.