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Foi Request Log April 2021 - June 2021 FOI REQUEST LOG APRIL 2021 - JUNE 2021 FOI Reference FOI Request Date Request Description Requestor Category Decision Decision Date Number Received FOI-0049-2021 15/02/2021 Records relating to the amount of money spent on commercial advertising by the Department of Housing, Local Journalist Refused 26/05/2021 Government and Heritage, between 01/01/2020 and 15/02/2021. FOI-0057-2021 22/02/2021 Copies of all records held by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage relating to the Government Oireachtas/Public Part-Granted 18/05/2021 Shared Equity Loan Scheme between 27/07/2020 and 19/02/2021. Representatives FOI-0059-2021 23/02/2021 All submissions received by the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage from third parties between Oireachtas/Public Part-Granted 04/06/2021 01/06/2020 and 23/02 2021 regarding the Shared Equity Loan Scheme. Representatives FOI-0061-2021 25/02/2021 All documentation relating to the rewetting of Ardagullion Bog, Co Longford from 01/01/2014 to 25/02/2021. Business/Interest Refused 19/05/2021 Group FOI-0064-2021 05/03/2021 Records relating to correspondence with Offaly County Council regarding works carried on the war memorial in Client Granted 12/04/2021 Tullamore. FOI-0066-2021 09/03/2021 Records relating to the application by Louth County Council for funding for the Drogheda Urban Regeneration Oireachtas/Public Part-Granted 22/05/2021 Project "PANCR" under the Urban Regeneration Development Fund. Representatives FOI-0068-2021 08/03/2021 Records detailing the marks awarded to each project applied for by South Dublin City Council, Fingal County Council, Client Refused 17/05/2021 Dublin City Council, and DLR County Council, to include a copy of the rankings and how the marks were allocated to each project. FOI-0070-2021 10/03/2021 A copy of the most up to date Land Development Agency cost rental paper, and records relating to the proposal for a Oireachtas/Public Refused 12/04/2021 commercial off take mechanism for cost rental; as discussed at the LDA Board meeting of June 2019. Representatives FOI-0075-2021 11/03/2021 Records of the number of Deer hunting licenses issued between 01/01/2010 and 11/03/2021 and the criteria Business/Interest Granted 13/04/2021 required to receive a hunting licence for national parks. Group FOI-0080-2021 15/03/2021 A copy of the agendas and minutes of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage's, High Level Journalist Granted 15/04/2021 Housing Delivery group meetings between 01/06/2020 and 15/03/2021. FOI-0082-2021 16/03/2021 Records relating to the review of the Tenant(Incremental) Purchase Scheme carried out in 2017, to include Journalist Refused 06/04/2021 submissions received. FOI-0083-2021 18/03/2021 Records relating to the unsuccessful application by Leitrim County Council to secure funding for the "Destination Oireachtas/Public Part-Granted 28/05/2021 Centre" in Carrick-on-Shannon under the Urban Regeneration Development Fund. Representatives FOI-0084-2021 22/03/2021 Records relating to the application from Dublin City Council for URDF funding for a White Water Rafting facility Journalist Part-Granted 20/05/2021 proposed for George's Dock, to include judging and scoring documentation. FOI-0085-2021 25/03/2021 A list of all submissions made to the Minister or Ministers of State at the Department of Housing, Local Government Journalist Part-Granted 26/04/2021 and Heritage, using the e-submissions application during the period 01/01/2021 to 25/03/2021. FOI-0090-2021 26/03/2021 Updates and progress reports provided to the European Commission relating to aquaculture licensing roadmap from Journalist Granted 27/04/2021 01/01/2019 to 26/03/2021. Records from meetings held with DAFM on the aquaculture licensing roadmap from 01/01/2020 to 26/03/2021. FOI-0092-2021 01/04/2021 Internal correspondence relating to the vacant site levy from 01/01/2021 to 01/04/2021. Journalist Refused 23/04/2021 FOI-0093-2021 30/03/2021 Records relating to the following press release:https://www.gov.ie/en/press-release/0029d-revitalising-cork- Journalist Part-Granted 11/05/2021 taoiseach-and-obrien-announce-405-million-for-regeneration-projects-in-city-and-county/. FOI-0095-2021 06/04/2021 Records held by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage relating to the formulation of the Oireachtas/Public Part-Granted 04/05/2021 legislation on Rent Pressure Zones from 01/09/2016 to 31/12/2021. Representatives FOI Reference FOI Request Date Request Description Requestor Category Decision Decision Date Number Received FOI-0096-2021 01/04/2021 Records relating to guidance made available to forecasters on reporting climate change between 01/07/2020 to Journalist Granted 04/05/2021 01/04/2021. FOI-0101-2021 13/04/2021 The amount of money spent by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on taxi services Client Granted 22/04/2021 between 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020. FOI-0103-2021 14/04/2021 Correspondence relating to the terms and conditions to be offered to the next chairperson and board members of Journalist Part-Granted 27/04/2021 the Land Development Agency. FOI-0106-2021 20/04/2021 Reports on the collection of the Vacant Site Levy supplied by Local Authorities and correspondence between the Journalist Granted 13/05/2021 Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage and Local Authorities in relation to Vacant Site Levy between 01/01/2021 to 20/04/2021. FOI-0109-2021 20/04/2021 Details of expenditure incurred by the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage on cloud computing Business/Interest Granted 19/05/2021 services between 01/01/2020 to 31/12/2020. Group FOI-0111-2021 14/05/2021 Correspondence between the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Secretary General, the Oireachtas/Public Granted 10/06/2021 Assistant Secretaries of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, and the Department of Representatives Revenue, the Department of Finance, representatives of the construction, quarries and life insurance industries between 01/03/2013 and 31/08/2013 relating to the development of the pyrite remediation scheme and in particular to the remediation company registered under the name of Pyremco. FOI-0112-2021 21/04/2021 Correspondence between the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Tuath Housing and Respond Journalist Granted 17/05/2021 relating to the cost rental scheme on the Enniskerry Road between 01/01/2018 to 21/04/2021, to include correspondence relating to the Site Services Fund. FOI-0113-2021 23/04/2021 Briefing for Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources for meeting of February 2003 with IWEA. Client Granted 29/04/2021 Records relating to meetings of the review committee on the review of the wind energy development guidelines during 2003 and 2004. FOI-0115-2021 29/04/2021 Records in relation to contacts between Property Industry Ireland, the Construction Industry Federation, Irish Client Refused 28/06/2021 Institutional Property and the then Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, making representations in relation to the Planning and Development (Amendment) Act 2015, from 01/01/2015 to the date of commencement of the legislation. FOI-0116-2021 29/04/2021 Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016 - Records relating to contacts between the Client Refused 28/06/2021 then Minister or Department officials at ASG and P.O. level, and Property Industry Ireland, Construction Industry Federation and Irish Institutional Property making representations in relation to proposals for a new planning consent process to deal with applications for large scale housing developments, from 01/01/2016 to the date of commencement of the legislation. FOI-0120-2021 23/04/2021 Communications received in the Ministers Office or the Secretary Generals office, from each of Mm Capital, Hines Oireachtas/Public Granted 21/05/2021 Real Estate Ireland and Western Way Developments between 01/11/2020 and 31/12/2020. Representatives FOI-0123-2021 26/04/2021 Correspondence between Minister Darragh O'Brien and the company Period Door Properties, between 27/06/2020 Client Refused 21/05/2021 and 29/04/2021. FOI-0124-2021 28/04/2021 Correspondence between NPWS and the body representing Glacier National Park, Montana in the twinning Business/Interest Part-Granted 18/06/2021 partnership of Killarney National Park and Glacier National Park, Montana, USA, between 01/01/2020 and Group 31/12/2020. FOI-0125-2021 28/04/2021 Copies of submissions made by Kildare County Council relating to the URDF funding announcement in March 2021. Client Part-Granted 27/05/2021 FOI-0128-2021 30/04/2021 Correspondence between Minister Darragh O'Brien and outside parties in relation to the move to allow private Journalist Granted 31/05/2021 investors to build cost-rental homes for profit between 27/07/2020 to 30/04/2021. FOI Reference FOI Request Date Request Description Requestor Category Decision Decision Date Number Received FOI-0129-2021 04/05/2021 Copies of reports filed by the 31 Local Authorities with updated figures on vacant site levy collection rates. Client Granted 28/05/2021 FOI-0130-2021 05/05/2021 Records in relation to the fire in Killarney National Park between 24/04/2021 and 26/04/2021. Journalist Part-Granted 01/06/2021 FOI-0132-2021 04/05/2021 Copies of the CDM Smith Report on Shannon Ardnacrusha Advice Report on Fish Passage and connectivity in the Business/Interest Refused 27/05/2021 lower Shannon SAC. Information relating to any amendments to the environmental regulations and guidelines Group governing the operation of the Shannon Electric Hydro Scheme since 2010 .
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