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Summary of Request Decision Date Decision Made Received Requestor 2018 28/06/2018 242 Ministerial diaries and expenses from January 2000 to September 2004 Public 15/08/2018 Part Granted 28/06/2018 241 Correspondences between Minister for Health Simon Harris and the IMO, the Journalist 26/07/2018 Refused NAGP, or the ICGP on the issue of the GMS contract between January 2018 - 15 June 2018. 28/06/2018 240 All correspondence from and to the Minister for Health in relation to mental Journalist 24/08/2018 Part Granted health services in Wexford, Waterford and all the south east this year. 27/06/2018 239 All correspondence between the Minister for Health and anyone working in the Journalist 03/08/2018 Part Granted Department of Health with Michael Lowry TD, timespan June 2017 to date. 27/06/2018 238 All correspondence in relation to the “BeNeLuxA group” to improve Business 25/07/2018 Part Granted cooperation between countries in relation to drug reimbursement since 1st January 2017. 21/06/2018 237 Records regarding the National Cervical Screening Programme from 2000 to Business 05/07/2018 Refused date. 22/06/2018 235 All correspondence relating to the contents of a clinical study comparing the Public 06/07/2018 Refused effects of electronic cigarettes and nicotine inhalators on tobacco withdrawal symptoms over 24 hours of abstinence. 22/06/2018 234 All correspondence between the Department of Health and HPRA which Public 06/07/2018 Refused discusses vaping/e-cigarettes between 1 January 2016 and 1 May 2018, 22/06/2018 233 All records of meetings held by the Special Action Group on Obesity from Journalist 27/06/2018 Admin Access October 1st 2017 to present. 22/06/2018 232 Correspondence sent by the Pro Life Campaign in the time period January 1 to Journalist 20/07/2018 Part Granted May 30, 2018. Correspondence sent to the Minister on the subject of the referendum on the Eighth Amendment from May 1st to May 30th 2018. 22/06/2018 231 The amount spent ensuring that all systems and procedures were GDPR Journalist 17/07/2018 Granted compliant. Also, amount spent on GDPR training to date 20/06/2018 230 A list of the titles of reports, commissioned by the Minister from external Journalist 17/07/2018 Granted consultants, which were received by him from 1 January 2017 to 15 June 2018. 19/06/2018 229 A list and breakdown of taxi expenses used by the Department of Health from Journalist 17/07/2018 Granted the years 2015,2016, 2017 and 1 January 2018- 31 May 2018, including times and dates where used to courier documents. 19/06/2018 228 Information regarding the Department of Health’s proposed plan to provide Journalist 20/07/2018 Granted HPV vaccination for Boys. 19/06/2018 227 Mileage and daily expenses claimed by the Minister for Health, Minister of Journalist 17/07/2018 Granted State for Mental Health and Older People, Minister of State for Health Promotion and Minister of State for Disability Issues, during 2017 and 1 January 2018 - present. 19/06/2018 226 Correspondence sent to and sent by the Minister of Health for Health regarding Journalist 21/06/2018 Refused the Action Plan for Portlaoise Hospital 19/06/2018 225 Purchase orders in relation to plastic cups, cutlery and straws dated 1 January Journalist 05/10/2018 Granted 2016 to date 19/06/2018 224 A breakdown of costs of private investigators to monitor the working Journalist 17/07/2018 Refused arrangements of consultants and their compliance with the consultant contract in 2017 and 2018. Any reports by the investigators on the working arrangements of consultants and their compliance with the consultant contract in 2017 and 2018 19/06/2018 223 All correspondence between the Office of the Minister for Health Simon Harris Journalist 19/07/2018 Refused and the HSE, in relation to recently revealed failings in audiology services in Roscommon and Mayo, since January 2018. 19/06/2018 222 All correspondence from Nursing Homes Ireland on a request to amend the Journalist 17/07/2018 Part Granted Employer Permit Regulations to allow increased recruitment of healthcare staff from outside the EU. 15/06/2018 220 The minutes of the meetings between the Department of Finance and the Oireachtas 13/07/2018 Part Granted Department of Health where the surveillance strategy to send private investigators to follow hospital consultants was discussed and agreed to. 14/06/2018 219 Correspondence with the Catholic counselling agency, and the Department / Journalist 09/07/2018 Refused Minister regarding the regulation of psychotherapists and counsellors since the start of 2017. 14/06/2018 218 Minutes of the last four meetings of the The Consultative Forum on Health Journalist 12/07/2018 Granted Insurance/Health Insurance Consultative Forum. 13/06/2018 217 1. All correspondence from 01/01/2016 - present between Fine Gael Journalist 17/07/2018 Part Granted Councillor, David Maxwell and Minister for Health. 2. between Minister for Health and the Department of Health, regarding Councillor David Maxwell 3. that includes Simon Harris and invitations to visit Monaghan General Hospital 4. All invitations to the Department of Health regarding visiting Monaghan General Hospital 12/06/2018 214 Costs of establishing the Scally inquiry from 8 May to 12 June when the Journalist 26/07/2018 Granted interim report of the inquiry was published. Estimates of how much the inquiry will cost when completed. Details of remuneration of Dr Gabriel Scally for leading the scoping inquiry. 11/06/2018 212 Records in relation to any travel that was undertaken by members of the Journalist 12/06/2018 Refused department to the Web Summit in Lisbon last November. 07/06/2018 211 A copy of all internal audits completed within the department between 1st May Public 03/07/2018 Granted 2017 and 7th June 2018 06/06/2018 209 All correspondence sent/received by officials from this department or the Journalist 05/07/2018 Part Granted Minister(s) in relation to the Pope's visit since 2016. 06/06/2018 208 Correspondence from 2016 to date to and from Minister Harris, Ministers of Journalist 23/07/2018 Part Granted State Daly, Byrne, McGrath, and the Secretary General in relation to smartphones or internet access for minors. 06/06/2018 207 All correspondence issued and received by the Department of Health and Journalist 19/06/2018 Refused Minister for Health in April and May 2018 specifically concerning funding and resources for abortion services. 05/06/2018 206 I am seeking the following submissions: Journalist 17/07/2018 Part Granted - 07.02: sanction of fees for hospital board groups. - 08.02: Dublin ambulance call and dispatch services. - 20.02: Brief on missed diagnosis of breast cancer ... - 05.03: Proposal to proceed with the implementation of HPV testing as the primary screening mechanism ... - 20.03: Commission of Investigation (SE disability service) - letter of 2 Feb. - 29.03: Priority 1 transfers. - 19.04: Commission of Investigation (SE disability service) - Phase 1 final report. Phase 2 investigation. 05/06/2018 205 For 2016, 2017 and 2018 Journalist 04/07/2018 Granted the number of employees of the department sacked/suspended and reason for same the number of complaints of bullying received by the department the number of complaints of sexual harassment received by the Department 05/06/2018 204 Copies of all representations received by the Department in relation to the Journalist 10/07/2018 Part Granted repeal referendum in the thirty days prior to polling. 05/06/2018 203 All correspondence sent to the Department of Health relating to the following Journalist 04/07/2018 Refused areas: Cervical Check; Breast Check and Bowel Screen programmes. Also, correspondence sent to the Department of An Taoiseach from April 1st 2017 until May 31st, 2017 05/06/2018 202 Correspondence sent to the Department of Health from the following: BPAS Journalist 17/07/2018 Refused (British Pregnancy Advisory Services); Marie Stopes; NUPAS (National Unplanned Pregnancy Advisory Service) and any UK female healthcare provider from January 1st 2017 until May 31st, 2017. 31/05/2018 201 Correspondence to/from the Minister and Secretary General relating to the Journalist 31/07/2018 Granted CEO position at Beaumont Hospital. 31/05/2018 200 All records relating to UK Birth Centres, Private Midwives Ireland Public 11/07/2018 Refused They operated in Ireland initially as (1) UKBC and laterally as PM Ireland 30/05/2018 199 All correspondence between JTI Ireland Limited, and/or any representative of Journalist 25/06/2018 Granted JTI Ireland Limited, and Minister of State Catherine Byrne dating from January 1st 2018 to April 30th 2018. 29/05/2018 198 Spending on public notices for print, digital and broadcast media with the Business 14/06/2018 Administrative amount for each provider in 2017. Access 29/05/2018 196 Records relating to the shortage and supply issues of BCG (Tuberculosis) for Journalist 25/10/2018 Refused 2015 and 2016. 28/05/2018 195 All correspondence relating to Orwell Healthcare and in particular Orwell Journalist 25/06/2018 Refused House, to include all internal correspondence relating to it from January 1, 2018 to May 28, 2018. 28/05/2018 193 Any documents, discussing or assessing the estimated cost and/or impact on Journalist 13/06/2018 Refused resources for the health service of abortion provision following the repeal of the 8th Amendment. 22/05/2018 192 Any briefings relating to the meeting between Minister Jim Daly, Darren Journalist 22/06/2018 Part Granted Hourihane and Bartra Capital 22/05/2018 191 All correspondence arising out of meetings between Minister Harris and Journalist 18/06/2018 Granted Wicklow Hospice Foundation during 2018.
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