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APRIL – JUNE 2020 Date Received Our Ref. 2020 Summary of Request APRIL – JUNE 2020 Date Our Summary of Request Category Decision Decision Received Ref. of Date Made 2020 Requester 30/06/2020 222 Records which document spend on mental health care via private services outside Business 30/09/2020 Part Granted the HSE i) within Ireland & ii) outside Ireland from 1 Jan 2018 to 31 May 2020. Interest Group 24/06/2020 221 Correspondence between the Department and DPER/DEASP on any review of Journalist 21/07/2020 Refused enhanced illness benefit in relation to covid-19 and possible consequences for the private healthcare worker workforce 24/06/2020 220 Letters and emails (including attachments) between CMO Tony Holohan and HSE Journalist 22/07/2020 Granted Chief Clinical Officer Colm Henry from April 1 to April 25, 2020. 24/06/2020 219 Representations to the Minister for Health, and the Minister's replies, in relation to Journalist 21/07/2020 Part Granted the Children & Family Relationships Act (2015), during the period Feb 1, 2014 to April 6, 2015 and the period Feb 1, 2019 to Feb 29, 2020 24/06/2020 218 Submissions made to the Department of Health in relation to the Assisted Human Journalist 31/07/2020 Part Granted Reproduction legislation during the period January 1, 2017 to January 31, 2020, 24/06/2020 217 Costs of production and distribution of both the Irish & English language Covid-19 Journalist 10/07/2020 Part Granted public information booklet + correspondences re; the initial Covid-19 public information booklet not being bilingual. 24/06/2020 216 Breakdown of details and costs on radio/television advertisements, social media Business 10/07/2020 Refused posts and adverts produced in English and Irish re; Covid-19 information. Interest Group 15/06/2020 215 Correspondence between the Department of Health, employees, the Minister for Oireachtas 09/07/2020 Refused Health and/or advisers and other civil servants and/or the Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and/or the Green Party or their representatives regarding Government negotiations. 22/06/2020 214 Copies of the minutes of each National Oversight Committee (NOC) for the Business 30/06/2020 Part-Granted implementation of ‘Reducing Harm, Supporting Recovery - a health-led response Interest to drug and alcohol use in Ireland 2017 – 2025’ Group 11/06/2020 213 Consideration/investigations into the use of hormone blockers ( gonadoroin- Public 22/07/2020 Refused releasin hormone analogues) and the impact on those children administered these drugs, by any State agency or hospital in Ireland 18/06/2020 212 Correspondence from Nursing Homes Ireland to the Minister and/or secretary Journalist 19/06/2020 Refused general regarding nursing home providers and Covid-19. 18/06/2020 211 Records between the Minister and/or officials, and any member or representative Business 16/07/2020 Part Granted of the Licensed Vintners Association/ Vintners' Federation of Ireland Interest Group Records between the Minister and/or officials, and members of the Oireachtas/representatives from 1st February re; Covid 19 & actual or potential closure of public houses. Any record considering, analysing, assessing, or recommending the closure of public houses related to the Covid 19 Pandemic. 18/06/2020 210 The Minister for Health can provide licences to people under Section 14 of the Public 16/07/2020 Refused Misuse of Drugs Act 1977 –I request the dates the first 3 licenses were granted 15/06/2020 209 Records held by DOH relating to the potential closure or break up of the Public 23/06/2020 Refused Department of Children and Youth Affairs between Jan 1st 2020 and June 14th 16/06/2020 208 Letter of HSE Director General, Paul Reid to the Department of Health asking for Business 13/07/2020 Granted €20 Million in funding for new medicines and the subsequent response Interest Group 16/06/2020 207 Minutes from the Department of Health extraordinary meetings on March 29 & 30, Journalist 14/07/2020 Part-Granted 2020 in relation to nursing homes, and any briefing documents/reports that attendees were provided with before or during the meetings. I would prefer to receive this information electronically, preferably in its original formatting. 15/06/2020 206 Copies of papers referenced in Covid-19 NPHET meeting notes of 28 May 2020 Journalist 24/07/2020 Granted re; testing of close contacts & phase 2 reduction of measures in preparation for advising Government in advance of 8 June 2020 08/06/2020 204 Cost of sending the Covid-19 public information leaflet to every household in Journalist 06/07/2020 Granted Ireland recently, along with as comprehensive a breakdown as possible. Total number of copies of this leaflet that were (i) printed and (ii) posted. 10/06/2020 203 Copies of the NPHET document entitled "Risk Register" for the following months Public 10/07/2020 Refused March 2020, April 2020, May 2020, June 2020 10/06/2020 202 Under the Freedom of Information Act I hereby request any correspondence Business 07/07/2020 Granted between the Minister for Health and the mental health charity Pieta House in 2020 Interest Group 08/06/2020 201 Correspondence received from businesses/business lobby groups/other lobby Journalist 28/07/2020 Refused groups regarding the lockdown and potential easing of restrictions. 10/06/2020 200 HSE paper on plans for returning to non-Covid 19 care Journalist 03/07/2020 Granted 09/06/2020 199 Correspondence sent from the HSE to the Minister for Health or Chief Medical Journalist 07/07/2020 Refused Officer which relate to the development and roll-out of the Covid-19 Contact Tracing App. 09/06/2020 198 Correspondence and reports re specific nursing home & Covid-19 cases Public 09/07/2020 Part-Granted 09/06/2020 196 Emails held by the office of the Chief Medical Officer on the risk of Covid19 in Journalist 14/10/2020 Part-Granted nursing homes from: NPHET members incl. sub-groups, health care professionals and public health professionals 05/06/2020 194 A draft paper on the need for long-term critical care capacity in hospitals, referred Journalist 16/10/2020 Refused to on page 3 of the meeting minutes of the NPHET subgroup on acute hospital preparedness on 9th April, 05/06/2020 193 Re; 5 of NPHET’s sub-groups. Public 24/07/2020 Part Granted Corr. on the selection criteria of NPHET subgroups Dates/agendas for Subgroup meetings from April to June 2020 Corr. between Subgroups and NPHET itself from April to June 2020 & any submissions by 3rd parties 04/06/2020 191 Correspondence to the Minister for Health from Independent Chairperson, Business 12/10/2020 Granted Responsible Retailing of Alcohol Ireland issued 02 April 2020, RE: Extension to Interest the implementation period relating to section 22 of the public health alcohol act Group 2018 and any response either by letter or email 29/05/2020 190 Statistical data such as, how many data breaches happened on each year, 2018- Public 19/06/2020 Granted 2020, number reported to the Data Protection Commission, the most and least recurrent breaches. 04/06/2020 189 The Reformulation sub-group of the Obesity Policy Implementation Oversight Business 02/07/2020 Refused Group (OPIOG) has been working on a roadmap for reformulation. A draft Interest roadmap has been considered by the OPIOG and a consultation with stakeholders subsequently took place - I request access to the submissions made. 28/05/2020 188 All records held by the Department of Health containing or referring to the Public 10/07/2020 Granted scientific or medical basis and/or the recommendations based upon such information that justifies the decision of Government to treat the offshore islands differently from the rest of the country for the purposes of re-opening Ireland under Government's plan following the Covid 19 pandemic. 02/06/2020 186 Any briefings/submissions prepared for either Minister Harris or the Department Journalist 11/09/2020 Part-Granted Secretary General with regard to the introduction of a 14-day quarantine period for people arriving in Ireland. 02/06/2020 185 On March 16th Twitter made the following announcement: Public 10/07/2020 Refused Broadening our definition of harm to address content that goes directly against guidance from authoritative sources of global and local public health information. Rather than reports, we will enforce this in close coordination with trusted partners, including public health authorities and governments, and continue to use and consult with information from those sources when reviewing content. I am seeking a record of all measures taken by the Department of Health and/or agents pursuant to this announcement. 02/06/2020 184 Correspondence between Minister Simon Harris’ office and private individuals, Journalist 03/07/2020 Part Granted businesses, state agencies, government figures and any other stakeholders the re; the cancellation/postponement of horse racing events due to Covid-19 + the resumption of horse racing as part of the roadmap to lift Covid-19 restrictions. 29/05/2020 183 Papers submitted by HSE to the Department of Health and/or National Public Journalist 30/06/2020 Refused Health Emergency Team on the prevalence of Covid-19 infection in healthcare workers and measures implemented/necessary to mitigate risk. 28/05/2020 182 Any correspondence or minutes of any phone calls / meetings between Apple and / Journalist 17/11/2020 Part-Granted or Google and Muiris O'Connor in relation to the Covid-19 contact tracing app. 28/05/2020 181 Correspondence between the Department of Health and the Department of Justice Journalist 26/06/2020 Part-Granted and Equality during the months of March and April 2020 in relation to potential, rumoured or confirmed cases of COVID19 in Munster-based direct provision centres and advice, instructions or guidelines on how to manage the cases (if any).
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