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2021 freedom of information disclosure logs

FOI disclosure logs for this year

See details of the department's disclosure logs this year.

2021 FOI disclosure logs

October to December

Reference number Decision date Category of person requesting Request details Decision made
DES-FOI-2021-0548 22 December 2021 Journalist A copy of any briefings, submissions, memos, or other such review/overview documents prepared for the minister or secretary general with regard to the proposed closure of the Science Gallery Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0516 23 December 2021 Journalist Correspondence received by the Department of Further and Higher Education in relation to adding further education and training options to the 2022 CAO dashboard Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0500 29 November 2021 Journalist Records relating to Trinity College Dublin’s involvement in negotiations relating to the Higher Education Authority Bill in the past 12 months. Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0495 3 November 2021 Private citizen Letter by the minister to the heads of third-level institutions which is referred-to in the attached article - https://m.independent.ie/irish-news/news/colleges-told-to-stop-use-ofndas-in-cases-of-sexual-harassment-40979043.html Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0485 15 November 2021 Journalist Copies of all records held referring or relating to the decision to reduce distance levels to qualify for higher grant from 45km to 30km. Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0456 28 October 2021 Private citizen Records related to the Clarion Report Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0453 29 October 2021 Journalist Copies of all records held referring or relating to the issuing of a particular tweet by the department Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0454 16 December 2021 Journalist Copies of any correspondence/representations received by the Dept regarding ‘Cabinet leaks’ Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0447 26 October 2021 Oireachtas/Public Representatives Correspondence from the Department to the Student Grant Appeals Board requesting an annual review Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0449 17 November 2021 Journalist Copies of any correspondence from the Minister regarding student accommodation, between 1 August to present Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0445 14 October 2021 Business/Interest Group Copy of the 1997 Fas Agreement Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0433 17 November 2021 Private citizen Records between officials within the department and the Department of Business and Enterprise and innovation regarding SOLAS Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0428 29 November 2021 Journalist Billing information for Minister Simon Harris’ mobile phone and iCloud account including all metadata and including the times of all outgoing and incoming text messages and iMessages Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0429 29 November 2021 Journalist Electronic communications from Minister Simon Harris’ mobile phone either by text message; iMessage, Whatsapp or Signal Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0424 1 October 2021 Journalist Copies of e-mails and other electronic communication from Minister Simon Harris containing the phrase “build back better” Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0425/426/427 29 November 2021 Journalist Text messages, Whatsapps, iMessages, emails both public and personal, or any other information communicated electronically sent from a device (mobile phone, computer, iPad or any other electronic device) used by Minister Simon Harris Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0419 8 October 2021 Private citizen Records in relation to the report into Quality and Qualifications Ireland(QQI) Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0410 7 October 2021 Oireachtas/Public Representatives Documentation and records relating to the visit of Minister Simon Harris to the Cavan Monaghan constituency on Tuesday 7th September 2021 Part-Granted
DFHERIS FOI logs - October to December 2021
Log of all Freedom of Information decisions by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, from October to December 2021.
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July to September

Reference number Decision date Category of person requesting Request details Decision made
DES-FOI-2021-040 14 September 2021 Oireachtas/Public Representatives Information regarding an event hosted by former Minister Katherine Zappone held in the Merrion Hotel on July 21st 2021. Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0387 16 September 2021 Journalist Correspondence between the CEO/Head of Susi and the Minister’s office since January 2021. Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0382 14 September 2021 Journalist Correspondence between the department and UCC in relation to the development of the Irish Studies Centre at Shanghai University, between January 2019 to date. Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0364 7 September 2021 Journalist Copies of all records held referring or relating to the provision of extra third-level places on medicine and pharmacy courses for the 2021-22 academic year Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0356 13 August 2021 Journalist Correspondence between the Board of Management of St. Angela’s College Loughill County Sligo and the Department for Further and Higher Education relating to the ethos and mission of St. Angela’s College following its proposed merger with Sligo IT Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0344 11 September 2021 Journalist The results of the European Commission’s economic analysis of the Cassells report Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0325 20 July 2021 Journalist Records related to the appointment of Mr Jimmy Deenihan as Chairperson Munster Technological University (MTU) Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0316 20 August 2021 Journalist Records of submissions to the Minister’s office relating to the departure of Dr Des Fitzgerald from the role of president at the University of Limerick, dated between May 26, 2020 and the date of request. Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0308 2 July 2021 Private citizen All submissions made to the Public Consultation on Review of Student Grant Scheme - SUSI Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0291 20 July 2021 Journalist Records of meetings between an Ulster University representative and Minister Simon Harris since June 2020. Part-Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0289 7 July 2021 Private citizen Correspondence between the Department and the Higher Education Authority and Maynooth University that resulted from the Parliamentary Question 23603/20 Granted
DFHERIS FOI logs - July to September 2021
Log of all Freedom of Information decisions by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, from July to September 2021.
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April to June

Reference number Decision date Category of person requesting Request details Decision made
DES-FOI-2021-0125 21 April 2021 Journalist Records related to €250 bonus for all students. 1. A full breakdown of how many students have availed of the €250 payments in total from 16 December to 21 March 2021. 2. I would also like to see any memos or internal department updates regarding the €250 payments from 1 January to 21 March 2021. Part-granted
DES-FOI-2021-0144 29 April 2021 Other Regarding the Investing in Global Relationships: Ireland's International Education Strategy 2010-15. Documentation in relation to the identified categories of prospective international student for courses in Ireland. Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0167 07 May 2021 Journalist Copies of all communications sent to the Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris, in 2020 in relation to sexual harassment experienced by Third Level staff and students, both current and former. Part-granted
DES-FOI-2021-0189 20 May 2021 Other Copies of accounts about how much EU funding the HEA receives each year since 2010 to run Springboard initiative. Part-granted
DES-FOI-2021-0196 21 May 2021 Oireachtas/Public representatives All proposals forwarded from Science Foundation Ireland on the development of all-island research centres. All proposals from any other organisation on the development of all-island research centres. Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0205 28 May 2021 Oireachtas/Public representatives The application for designation of the technological university in the south east — TUSEI All accompanying documents submitted as at the same time. Refused
DES-FOI-2021-0233 16 June 2021 Journalist The text of a letter which was sent by Dr Des Cox, of the RCPI, to Minister Simon Harris, and which dealt with the topic of academics with links to the tobacco industry. Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0276 21 June 2021 Journalist Copies of any representations or correspondence from the public received by the Department or the Department of Further & Higher Education relating to payment of PUP to third-level students. Part-granted
DES-FOI-2021-0269 23 June 2021 Journalist Records regarding the lobbying activity of the Association of Irish Local Government Lobbying Organisation - Date published 06 May. Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0275 24 June 2021 Journalist Documents received by the Department from the Government in September 2020 with reference to an increase in restrictions that affected on site provision of education in HEIs. Part-granted
DES-FOI-2021-0304 25 June 2021 Journalist Correspondence between the Board of Management of St Angela's College Loughgill, County Sligo, the Ursiline Union, and the Minister for Further and Higher Education. Refused
DFHERIS FOI logs - April to June 2021
Log of all Freedom of Information decisions by the Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, from April to June 2021.
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January to March

Reference number Decision date Category of person requesting Type of request Request details Decision made
DES-FOI-2020-0471 15 January 2021 Oireachtas/ public representative Non-personal Records concerning appointment of vice-president, GMIT Granted
DES-FOI-2020-0481 5 February 2021 Business /interest group Non personal Copy of the brief for Minister for Further and Higher Education Refused
DES-FOI-2020-0556 5 February 2021 Other Non-personal Records concerning an issue with research grants Granted
DES-FOI-2021-0022 16 February 2021 Journalist Non-personal Records concerning UCD's governing authority Part-granted
DES-FOI-2021-0049 19 February 2021 Client Non-personal Copy of direction at this link Granted
DFHERIS FOI logs - January to March 2021
Log of all Freedom of Information decisions by the department, from January to March 2021
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