Housing
3638 requests
- Received —Decided —Handled outside of FOIDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2014. In order to assist you with this request, I am outlining my query as specifically as possible. I would like a copy, in Word or PDF format, of the Collection of Debt by Public Service Bodies – Best Practice Guide, published by the Department for Public Expenditure in January 2017. This document is mentioned in the Debt Management of Collections in Local Authorities document published by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage in October 2024. I have been unable to find any other mention of this document and been unable to gain access to it online. As well as a Word Document or PDF of the requested document, I would like any information related to the publication of this document, online or otherwise, and any information related to its removal from the DPER website.
- Received —Decided —TransferredDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am requesting access to the following records held by the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform from January 1st, 2019 to the present date: (1) All financial records, contracts, breakdowns, and payment schedules relating to: Any accommodation funded through public spending for International Protection applicants (asylum seekers), including: •D irect Provision centers •H otels • Emergency accommodaon •R efuge-style or temporary housing • Accommodaon provided via private landlords or intermediary companies • The cost per head for housing and supporng such individuals during this period. (2) All EU, UN, or third-party financial contributions or reimbursements related to Ireland’s provision of International Protection accommodation since 2019, including: •A mounts received annually • Condions ed to the funding (3) A full breakdown of annual public expenditure totals allocated to International Protection accommodation from 2019 to 2025, with associated cost centers and internal reporting documentation. 1. All public contracts or procurement records issued or approved by PER or overseen via the Office of Government Procurement (OGP) relevant to this matter. 2. Any and all correspondence (including emails, memos, meeng minutes or briefings) that reference or involve: oC lare Mungovan (Special Advisor to Taoiseach Simon Harris) oK evin Dillon (Special Advisor to the Minister for Housing) oM organ McSweeney (Chief of Staff to the UK Prime Minister) oT im McSweeney and the companies: Tógáil Veilbhit Glas Teoranta Velvet Quality Systems Ltd Green Velvet Holding Company Ltd Cerapon Ltd Servextend Directors Ltd This includes any correspondence where public expenditure, accommodation contracts, procurement, or funding is discussed.
- Received —Decided —WithdrawnDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I kindly request the following non-personal records. I seek records summarising capital funding allocated to projects in Dundalk and County Louth (including flood defences, transport, social housing and urban regeneration) under the National Development Plan, together with any internal analysis of the region for the North East, for the years 2024 and 2025.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Finance
Access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the Department of Finance, dated January 24, 2025 to the date of this request: • Correspondence between the Department Housing and Department of Finance related to salaries and terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Activation Office staff (staff should include the head of the Housing Activation Office).
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
• Correspondence between the Department Finance and Department of Public Expenditure related to salaries and terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Activation Office staff (staff should include the head of the Housing Activation Office). • Correspondence between the Department Finance and Nama related to salaries and terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Activation Office staff (staff should include the head of the Housing Activation Office). • Correspondence between the Department Finance and Mr Brendan McDonagh related to salaries and terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Activation Office staff (staff should include the head of the Housing Activation Office).
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Finance
• Correspondence between the Department Housing and Department of Finance related to resources and funding for the Housing Activation Office. • Correspondence between the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure related to resources and funding for the Housing Activation Office. • Correspondence between the Department Finance and Department of Taoiseach related to resources and funding for the Housing Activation Office. • Correspondence between the Department of Finance and NAMA related to resources and funding for the Housing Activation Office. • Correspondence between the Department of Finance and Mr Brendan McDonagh regarding resources and funding for the Housing Activation Office.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
Correspondence between the Secretary General of D/Fin and their counterpart in the Department of Housing Since October 2024
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
- All correspondence (from period 01 April 2025 to current date) between Department of Finance (only the Minister for Finance & Secretary General) and Land Development Agency about transfer of public land to the LDA, expanding the remit of the LDA into private housing delivery and changes to laws to allow LDA to operate in towns with a population of under 30,000 - A copy of any documents provided to Department of Finance staff at principal officer level and above and the Minister for Finance (from period 01 April 2025 to current date) related to funding options for the Land Development Agency
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Finance
Any correspondence, and attachments, from 1 April 2025 to present between officials in the Department of Housing and officials in the Department of Finance that relates to the need for more funding for social housing.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Finance
Copies of the following records: Correspondence, and any attachments, between the department of finance and the department of public expenditure and reform that relates to the funding of social housing schemes using the PPP model.
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Finance
The following esubmissions to the Minister for Finance and any ancillary documents: - Monthly housing update - Monthly Unemployment I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-06-2025 - 30-06-2025
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
Access to the following information/records: - the email referenced in this entry in the lobbying register from the BPFI on Basel III and lending to public housing entities. - any notes/briefing documents related to the email or to engagement with the BPFI on Basel III rules on lending to public housing entities. - any response issued by the Department of Finance to the BPFI, by way of either letter or text message, on the referenced email.
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Finance
The following esubmissions to the Minister for Finance and any ancillary documents: - Monthly housing update - Monthly Unemployment from 01-07-2025 - 31-07-2025.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
The following esubs (based on a list released under FOI 25-0219, which is attached for ease of reference) - Entry, exit and evolution of productivity across firms in Ireland - RZLT Update - External risks to the Irish economy - ESB and Housing Targets to 2030 - 2025 Letter to Chief Executive NTMA re Banking Unit costs
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Finance
The following esubmissions to the Minister for Finance and any ancillary documents: - Monthly Housing Update - Monthly Unemployment from 01-08-2025 - 31-08-2025.
- Received —Decided —Department of Finance
This request is submitted in the public interest, pursuant to the State’s constitutional obligations to prioritise the well-being of Irish citizens, and in response to the Department’s statutory responsibility to safeguard fiscal sustainability and public resource integrity. 1. Economic and Fiscal Modelling – Non-European Migration Please provide all records, from 1 January 2015 to the date of this request, including but not limited to briefing notes, economic forecasts, fiscal modelling, cost–benefit analyses, working papers, interdepartmental correspondence, and external consultant reports which: a) Evaluate or estimate the economic cost or fiscal impact of non-European (i.e. non-EEA) migration to the State, including the effect on: • Public expenditure (welfare, housing, health, education, childcare, policing); • Direct and indirect taxation returns from non-European migrants; • Net fiscal balance over time (short-term vs. long-term); • Labour market participation, displacement, or wage effects on Irish workers; • The sustainability of the Irish social contract. b) Identify any negative or adverse economic outcomes arising from non-European migration, including budgetary pressure, service saturation, or dependency costs; c) Consider whether high rates of inward non-European migration are compatible with Ireland’s long-term fiscal capacity, public service funding model, or demographic stability. 2. Comparison with Dutch and Danish Economic Migration Studies Please provide any records that reference, assess, or respond to the following: a) "The Borderless Welfare State" (2021), by van de Beek et al., Amsterdam School of Economics (Dutch Ministry–aligned report); b) "The Fiscal Impact of Immigration in Denmark" (2018), and c) "Immigration and Public Finances in Denmark" (2021 update), published by the Danish Ministry of Finance. This includes: a) Any internal documents evaluating whether the Department of Finance should replicate these models in Ireland; b) Any minutes, briefing notes, or correspondence that raise concern about the absence of equivalent studies in Ireland; c) Any correspondence with the European Commission, OECD, ESRI, or other entities in which the methodologies or findings of these studies are referenced or discussed.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
“1. Internal records relating to the treatment of the €1 billion allocation for Uisce Eireann announced in Budget 2025 from Budget Day, 1 October 2024 to the date of this request. 2. Correspondence with Uisce Eireann and the Departments of Public Expenditure and Housing regarding same. All of the above at the level of Principal Officer and above.”
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
All communication between August and November 2024 between the Minister and Officials (Principal Officer grade and above) within the Department of Finance in relation to the housing targets for 2024. All communication between August and November 2024 between the Minister or officials (Principal Officer grade and above) of the Department of Finance and any other department in relation to the housing targets for 2024. And documents prepared in 2024 by the housing unit in the department of Finance that refer to the housing targets in 2024.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking copies of the following esubmissions and associated documents: - Restrictive Measures concerning cyber-attacks 2025 - RZLT Update - External risks to the Irish economy - ESB and Housing Targets to 2030 - Mortgage Arrears Statistics for Quarter 3 of 2024 I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/12/2024 - 4/3/2025
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking the following esubmissions to the Minister for Finance and any ancillary documents: - Monthly Housing Update - Monthly Unemployment
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act, I am seeking access to the following records, dated between January 1st 2025 and April 30 2025- All correspondence between the Department (principal officer grade or higher) and the Department of Housing relating to the secondment of Nama chief executive to the new housing activation unit. All correspondence between the Department (principal officer grade or higher) and the NTMA relating to the secondment of Nama chief executive to the new housing activation unit. All correspondence between the Department (principal officer grade or higher) and NAMA relating to the secondment of Nama chief executive to the new housing activation unit.
- Received —Decided —WithdrawnDepartment of Finance
Under the FOI Act, I wish to apply for the following: 1. Minutes of meetings of the Housing for All Investment Working Group during 2024 and 2025 to date. Please note I am not seeking the "note of key actions" documents available at this link: https://www.gov.ie/en/department-of-housing-local-government-and-heritage/collections/housing-for-all- investment-working-group-meetings/#2024* 2. Any further "notes of key actions" arising from meetings after the November 2024 meeting which are at this time unpublished online* A paper on LDA funding referenced in the November 25th 'AOB' section, being prepared by the Department of Finance
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking the following esubmissions to the Minister for Finance and any ancillary documents: - Monthly housing update - Monthly Unemployment I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-05-2025 - 31-05-2025.
- Received —Decided —WithdrawnDepartment of Finance
I would like to request the following records under the FOI Act 2014, please. Any correspondence, and attachments, between officials in the Shareholding and Financial Advisory Division, and officials in the Department of Housing, that relate to funding of residential development in Ireland. I would like any records that date from 1 April 2024 to present, please.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Finance
The dataset mentioned in this report on "of the ownership of housing units in Ireland by large residential landlords" and comprising of roughly 50 landlords and about 34,000 completed rental units and more under construction: www.gov.ie/pdf/?file=https://assets.gov.ie/309057/feaa9af3-5838-4a57-b756- e31f5c5ee57d.pdf#page=null
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking the following esubmissions to the Minister for Finance and any ancillary documents: - Monthly Estimates of Payroll Employees - Monthly housing update - Monthly Unemployment I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-12-2024 - 31-12-2024.
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Finance
A copy of internal e-submission created for Minister Chambers (Budget & Economics Division) following December 2024's housing update.
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Finance
All correspondence and documentation shared between the Housing Unit in the Department of Finance and the Minister, Secretary General and other senior officials that relates to the 2024 housing target between the date of 1st of August and the 1st of December
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Finance
Copy of correspondence between the Department of Finance and the Department of Housing since 01 July 2024 regarding actual and/projected housing completions for 2024. Copy of correspondence between the Department of Finance and the Department of An Taoiseach since 01 July 2024 regarding actual and/projected housing completions for 2024.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Finance
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 I am seeking the following esubmissions to the Minister for Finance and any ancillary documents: - Monthly Estimates of Payroll Employees - Monthly housing update - Monthly Unemployment I wish for my request to cover the period from 01-02-2025 - 28-02-2025
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Finance
Any briefing papers or reports to Jack Chambers, then minister for finance, on the housing output projections of the Central Bank of Ireland in its quarterly bulletin of September 18th, 2024; and minutes of any meetings on that topic. This request covers the period around the publication of the Central Bank report and subsequent periods until the end of his mandate as minister on January 23rd, 2025 Any other briefing papers, reports or analyses of housing output projections for Mr Chambers in the period between September 18th, 2024, and January 23rd, 2025
- Received —Decided —WithdrawnDepartment of Finance
In accordance with section 12 of the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I wish to request access to the following records/details: – the monthly housing update for February sent to the Minister for Finance by the Department of Finance's Budget & Economics Division
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, I request access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the Department of Public Expenditure, dated between December 10, 2024 and the date of this request: • Records of correspondence between the office of the Public Expenditure Minister and KPMG regarding potenal supports for business, employment and the housing sector.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copies of all communications between the Minister for Public Expenditure and the Minister for Housing surrounding the tenant in situ scheme, between 01/01/2024 and 06/02/2025. These communications should include emails, formal letters, texts, Whatsapps' ect. Copies of all communications between the Secretary General of the Department of Public Expenditure and the Secretarty General of the Department of Housing surrounding the tenant in situ scheme, between 01/01/2024 and 06/02/2025. These communications should include emails, formal letters, texts, Whatsapps' ect. Any internal memos or briefing documents on the tenant in situ scheme possessed by the Dept of Public Expenditure.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am seeking Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: - PER 00195-24: ESB: dividend - PER 00221-24: Memo on deferral of approval of draft revised National Planning Framework - PER 00206-24: MfG Review of the School Transport Scheme - PER 00172-24: MfG the Review of the School Transport Scheme - PER 00176-24: Progress update on the Accelerated Social Housing project using Modern Methods of Construction - PER 00150-24: Spending Reviews - PER 00149-24: Draft Memo Expenditure Update & Reporting Requirements - PER 00120-24: Recruitment to Chief Medical Officer post I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/1/2024 - 3/4/24.
- Received —Decided —GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I write to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, all correspondence regarding the report of the Housing Commission from Thursday 16th May 2024 to date.Subsequently clarified 27/05: We are seeking internal correspondence from Assistant Principal grade and above.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: - PER D0449-24: MFG: Memo for Government Digital Services (Levy) 24/D4/2024 Bill - PER D0418-24: Stability Programme Update 2024 - PER 00416-24: MfG Primary Schoolbooks Scheme 2024/25 - PER D0448-24GNI 2024 Capital Commitments - MfG on Housing For All Q1 2024 Progress Update - PER 00259-24: Update on Health Expenditure at end Q1 - PER 00379-24: Senior Posts Remuneration Committee - PER 00438-24: Memo for Info – Accelerated Processing of International Protection Applications - PER 00428-24 DETE Memo on Ireland’s Industrial Emmissions I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/1/2024 - 27/5/24.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I am seeking Copies of the following esubmissions and attached documents: - PER 00426-24: MfG on Progress Update on Vacancy Action Plan and Publication of a Revised ‘Bring Back Homes’ Manual - PER 00405-24: Memorandum to the Government seeking approval to subscribe to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) Capital Increase - PER D0396-24: DFA: EFF Creation of Ukraine Assistance Fund - PER 00392-24 Draft Memorandum for the Government Assignment of Garda Members to Overseas Duties - PER 00384-24 Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 Report Stage Amendments - PER 00440-24: Increase of the Housing Finance Agency’s Guaranteed Notes Programme. I wish for my request to cover the period from 1/1/2024 - 27/5/24.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Copy of a presentation made by Jenny Connors to the DPERNDR management board on Key Considerations for Future Housing Delivery Landscape on May 20.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
1) Records created on or after 1 December 2022, until 10 September 2024, relating to the appointment of an adviser to Minister of State for Local Government and Planning at the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Mr Kieran O'Donnell TD, between December 2022 and April 2024, pursuant to s11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997. (2) Records created on or after 1 December 2022, until 10 September 2024, relating to the appointment of an adviser to Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works, Mr Kieran O'Donnell TD from April 2024, pursuant to s11 of the Public Service Management Act 1997.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
1. Any correspondence since January 1st 2024 and any associated reports or notes exchanged between the Minister for Expenditure or officials in his Department (at PO level or above) and the Minister for Housing or officials in his Department (at PO level or above) on the finances and governance of the Peter McVerry Trust and the provision of special Government funding to the Trust. 2. Any correspondence since January 1st 2024 and any associated reports or notes exchanged between the Minister for Expenditure or officials in his Department (at PO level or above) and the Minister for Housing or officials in his Department (at PO level or above) on the finances and governance of Approved Housing Bodies generally. 3. Any correspondence since January 1st 2024 and any associated reports or notes exchanged between the Minister for Expenditure or officials in his Department (at PO level or above) and the Approved Housing Bodies Regulatory Authority.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Please find below a requested under the Freedom of Information Act for: 1. Internal records relating to the treatment of the €1 billion allocation for Uisce Eireann announced in Budget 2025 2. Correspondence with Uisce Eireann and the Departments of Housing and Finance regarding same
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking the following: • All communicaon between August and November 2024 between the Minister and Officials (Principal Officer grade and above) within the Department of Public Expenditure in relation to the housing targets for 2024. • All communicaon between August and November 2024 between the Minister or officials (Principal Officer grade and above) of the Department of Public Expenditure and any other department in relation to the housing targets for 2024.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
1. Any briefing papers or reports to Paschal Donohoe, then minister for public expenditure, on the housing output projecons of the Central Bank of Ireland in its quarterly bulletin of September 18th, 2024; and minutes of any meetings on that topic. This request covers the period around the publication of the Central Bank report and subsequent periods until the end of his mandate as minister on January 23rd, 2025 2. Any other briefing papers, reports or analyses of housing output projecons for Mr Donohoe in the period between September 18th, 2024, and January 23rd, 2025.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
I am seeking access to the following records relating to the tax treatment of the annual expense allowance: Briefing notes, internal or external correspondence (including with the Revenue Commissioners and/or the Department of Heritage, Local Government & Housing), memos, or reports that discuss or refer to the tax treatment of the annual allowance paid to councillors, specifically in relation to: o The purpose of the allowance as compensaon for travel expenses; o The tax implicaons of councillors receiving this allowance while aending meengs remotely; o Whether remote aendance impacts the allowance’s eligibility as a non-taxable expense. The timeframe I am referring to is from 2021 to the present.
- Received —Decided —RefusedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
1. All leers and other communicaons between the Secretaries General of the Department of Housing, Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform on the issues of social and affordable housing funding and delivery during the period of October 1st 2024 and February 28th 2025.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, I request access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the Department of Public Expenditure, dated January 24, 2025 to the date of this request: •C orrespondence between the Department Housing and Department of Public Expenditure related to resources and funding for the Housing Activation Office. •C orrespondence between the Department of Finance and the Department of Public Expenditure related to resources and funding for the Housing Activation Office.
- Received —Decided —Part-GrantedDepartment of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
• Correspondence between the Department Public Expenditure and Department of Taoiseach related to resources and funding for In accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, I request access to the following records which are non-personal and which I believe are held by the Department of Public Expenditure, dated January 24, 2025 to the date of this request: • Correspondence between the Department Housing and Department of Public Expenditure related to salaries and terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Activation Office staff (staff should include the head of the Housing Activation Office). • Correspondence between the Department Finance and Department of Public Expenditure related to salaries and terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Activation Office staff (staff should include the head of the Housing Activation Office). • Correspondence between the Department Public Expenditure and Nama related to salaries and terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Activation Office staff (staff should include the head of the Housing Activation Office). • Correspondence between the Department Public Expenditure and Mr Brendan McDonagh related to salaries and terms and conditions of employment for the Housing Activation Office staff (staff should include the head of the Housing Activation Office). Please note, this correspondence should include, but is not limited to, emails, letters, memos, reports, draft memos, draft reports, calls, text messages, social media app messages, and other forms of correspondence/documents. The correspondence relates to that at the level of assistant secretary general and above.
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Please find below a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for: 1. Internal records relating to the planned appointment of a Chief Executive to the Housing Activation Office (to include but not limited to correspondence, meeting minutes, memos, etc) 2. Records relating to dealings with other bodies, individuals or Departments on the same matter, again to include but not limited to the above categories. This should include messages sent on mobile devices (eg WhatsApp, signal, text messages, etc) 3. For correspondence this can be confined to officials at PO level and above. It should include Ministers and their advisers. 4. During the period January 2025 to date
- Received —Decided —Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation
Please find below a request under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 for: 1. Correspondence between the Secretary General of the D/PER and their counterpart in the Department of Housing 2. Since October 2024