Loga nochta um Shaoráil Faisnéise

I am seeking records relating to the preparation of Dail transcript for the debates on March 25th. I would like to limit the search to the debates around leaders' questions, the order of business, the business of the Dail, and the Motion on the Amendment to the standing orders, and the chaos in the Dail. In other words, i'm not interested in the questions after that. The records may include correspondence relating to the preparation of the transcript, early drafts of the transcript, suggested edits, and so on. In the search, you may wish to consult with the debates office, the clerk's office and the ceann comhairle's office.

All costs relating to Oireachtas Committees. The records should include but not be limited to: salaries for civil servants allocated to Oireachtas committee work ie. clerks and secretariat; salaries for politicians who are members of Oireachtas committees; the cost of audiovisual services for recording/broadcasting Oireachtas committees; The time period can be limited to 8/11/2024 to 19/3/2025. The records should include copies of any documents attached or enclosed with the correspondence.

- all records relating to pest control services provided at Leinster House, including inspection reports and invoices, from January 1, 2024 to the present date, excluding emails regarding parking and access, etc.

The full briefing notes presented to the Ceann Comhairle Verona Murphy prior to her St Patrick's Day trip to Switzerland. The full briefing notes presented to Cathaoirleach Seanad Mark Daly prior to his St Patrick's Day trip to Edinburgh.

I wish to request access to the following records that I believe to be held by your organisation: 1. The cost of Perspectives TV programme. 2. Invoices provided to the Oireachtas for the TV programme Perspectives.

Under the Freedom of Information Act 2014, I request access to all material previously granted under the following FOIs: OIR-FOI-2024-0108, OIR-FOI-2024-0103, OIR-FOI-2024-0099, OIR-FOI-2024-0095, OIR-FOI-2024-0079, OIR-FOI-2024-0074, OIR-FOI-2024-0073, OIR-FOI-2024-0043, OIR-FOI-2024-0013, OIR-FOI-2023-0089, R1492, R1504.

Under the FOI Act 2014, I am seeking access to any existing records held by the Oireachtas Commission that provide a structured breakdown of payments made to TDs and Senators. Specifically, I request the following: Any existing collated reports, datasets, or summary documents held by the Oireachtas Commission detailing payments to individual TDs and Senators, including salaries, secretarial allowances, and expenses, for the 32-34th Dail and 25-27th Seanad. If no fully collated dataset exists, any financial reports prepared for internal or external reporting purposes that summarize these payments at an individual or aggregate level.

1. Records of redundancy payments given to 150 staff of former TDs, following the general election in November 2024, or, in the alternative, a table of payments in EU10,000 bands, showing the number of staff paid within each band. 2. Records of redundancy payments given to 150 staff of former TDs, following the general election in November 2024, or, in the alternative, a split of the EU5.5m redundancy payment total by (a) statutory redundancy payments subtotal and (b) voluntary (sic) early retirement payments subtotal. I understand that you are unable to provide details of individual payments, or to identify payees, and I am therefore seeking an anonymised table of the number of payments by EU10,000 bands, that is, the number of the 150 recipients paid EU0-10,000, EU10,001-20,000 etc. Separately, I am seeking a breakdown of the EU5.5m by statutory redundancy and "voluntary (sic) early retirement" payment, that is, two total figures which together add up to EU5.5m.

Records of the top ten earners last year by salary, overtime and total - confined to Ushers. Records of the total Usher remuneration for 2024 and records of any comparison between 2024 and the years 2023, 2022, 2021 and 2020.

- a record/spreadsheet/database of all costs incurred or planned by the Houses of the Oireachtas Service and by the Seanad Returning Officer arising from the 2025 Seanad general election. - a copy of any records that list expenditure incurred or planned for the above, where they are held in the Seanad Office or any other section of the Oireachtas service. - a record of staff costs, including for those working directly on the election count, and those who provided indirect or peripheral support e.g. catering, security, cleaning, printing, social media, webcasting etc. - a copy of the request for sanction to incur expenditure and the approval that was granted by the minister regarding the election. - any records that indicate whether costs were incurred in other public bodies e.g. An Garda, or OPW, or through external contractors engaged by the Oireachtas in holding the election.

- a copy of any briefing, procedural manuals, guidance documents or other onboarding materials prepared for the new Ceann Comhairle on her appointment as chairperson of Dail & Eireann. - a copy of any briefing, procedural manuals, guidance documents or other onboarding materials prepared for the new Cathaoirleach on their appointment as chairperson of Seanad Eireann.

copies of any representations received by your organisation recommending /asking that you close your account on X (formerly Twitter), and copies of any internal notes, memoranda, position papers, submissions, recommendations, or any other record dealing with the issue of continued use, or discontinuation of use, of X.

I wish to request access to the most recent notification(s) issued to users of mobile phones supplied by your organisation advising them of policy guidelines and tarrif or subscription details (e.g. policy requiring users not to use handsets while driving, or advising users of any limitations or restrictions on amounts of data or talking time, while on a home network or while roaming)

I wish to request access to any record which shows the total number of mobile phones used in Ireland (excluding phones used by staff routinely based in Northern Ireland) by your organisation at the end of 2024.

- a datadump of line by line expenditure in the following categories for the calendar year 2024 (as per Ref FOI R1395): 10000, 20000, 21008, 21013, 21025, 21026, 21054, 21514, 21517, 24009, 24010, 24011, 24013, 24014, 25007, 26006, 26008, 26016, 26018, 26020, 26021, 26022, 26024.

I wish to request a copy of the report on the recent internal audit by the Houses of the Oireachtas on staff salaries.

I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to copies of all requests by TDs or Senators to change their TAA bands during 2023, 2024 and to date in 2025.

I wish to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, access to a list of all reconciliations granted to TDs / Senators in 2024 in relation to their attendance for TAA purposes. *(Number per member and reason if there is one)*As clarified 20/02

The cost of the remediation and reinstatement of the grass immediately outside the Leinster Lawn side of Leinster House following the removal of the RTE studio. To specifically include the cost of the new seed/lawn. Also and to include the cost of the removal of same; and to ask whether RTE contributed to the cost thereof .

Any and all invoices from media monitoring organisations and media contacts database organisations for the period *2020 to date *As clarified 04/03

Any correspondence received by the then Ceann Comhairle, either personally sent to him, or via official correspondence on the dates between June 7 and June 15 (2019) on the issue of the apology he issued to Angela Kerins. Please can I also get any responses sent by him in response to any of these correspondences.

I request access to records concerning the preparation and scheduling of Dail business for its return on 21st, 22nd, and 23rd January 2025. Specifically, I seek: All copies of the Order of Business or any other scheduling documents prepared by the Clerk of the Dail and Secretary General, including any revisions or working drafts for these dates. All briefing notes or reports prepared for the Ceann Comhairle and the Clerk of the Dail regarding the scheduling of government and opposition business for these sittings. This request covers records created between 1st December 2024 and 23rd January 2025.

I wish to request access to each FOI Internal review decision letter issued by your organisation in 2024 and any records released therewith, but excluding any decision letter which related exclusively to personal information as defined in Section 2 of the act.

I wish to request access to any record which shows total expenditure in your organisation in 2024 and to date in 2025 on ID cards, lanyards, card holders, card printers or any software used for producing ID cards I am seeking any single record, or the smallest number of records possible to provide the information sought - I am not seeking "any and all" such records. I am not seeking any information about the technical specifications of cards or card printers / card readers, rather information about expenditure on these items.

Copies of correspondence sent to the Ceann Comhairle from Deputies Barry Heneghan, Michael Lowry, Gillian Toole and Danny Healy-Rae between December 1 2024 and the date of this request. Legal advice provided to the Ceann Comhairle regarding speaking rights for technical groups betweenJanuary 1 2025 and the date of this request. Minutes of all meetings held by the Dail Business Committee between January 1 2025 and the date of this request. Minutes of all meetings held by the Dail Reform Committee between January 1 2025 and the date of this request.

Emails from members of the Oireachtas (TDs and Senators) to the Houses of the OIreachtas services regarding the removal of paper cups from Leinster House between January 1 2025 and the date of this request. *as clarified Invoices and receipts for the purchase of reusable cups which are being sold on the Leinster House campus between May 1 2024 and the date of this request. Details of how many cups reusable cups have been sold in Leinster House between September 1 2024 and the date of this request.

I wish to request access to the following records under the Freedom of Information Act: *as clarified i) A record containing details of statutory redundancy and VER payments made to each member of staff employed by deputies, and ministers who lost their positions or did not stand at the last election; to include details of their salary at the end of their employment. While I acknowledge that the identity of former staff members will not be released, I would be grateful if a list of the individual payments could be provided without naming the recipients. Further, I would also appreciate if it could be indicated whether their employer was a deputy, senator, minister, or minister of state.

- final print PDF files for all printing orders from all TDs and Senators between December 18th 2024 and Janurary 31st 2025.