Category: Irish Politics
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NAMA and risk reports
[Crossposted to thestory.ie] I will post the document first and tell the story below, it’s worth a look. The information contained in this FOI, is I believe, valuable. Cost-benefit analyses, impact reports or preparatory reports for NAMA Why is this information valuable? It contains a timeline of what companies were involved in consulting the Government…
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Ireland's note to the Commission
[Cross posted to thestory.ie] I was interested in some FOI work that Deputy Joan Burton had been doing lately on Anglo Irish Bank, so I contacted her and asked for any documents or refusals she had received. She was kind enough to copy everything and post them down to me. I have now scanned and…
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TD/Senator expenses 2005 – 2008
[cross posted to thestory.ie] For the record and as part of an ongoing FOI request, here are all expenses and salaries of all TDs and Senators, 2005 – 2008. I received them today via email from the Houses of the Oireachtas Commission. We hope to digitise this data shortly. I also received the following note:…
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Green Party programme wordle
Note the prominence of words like “review”, “ensure” “support” and “develop”.
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John O'Donoghue resigns
It took months of work by Ken Foxe at the Sunday Tribune. His efforts deserve every applause. For my own part, I started posting Ken’s FOI work online on August 18. I hope this helped in some way to get Ken’s work more exposure, and help force this resignation. For even half of the trips…
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John O'Donoghue expenses
For the record. Total expenses so far revealed (2006 – 2009): more than €700,000. Incurred as Minister for Arts Sport and Tourism: JOD Part 1 (India) JOD Part 2 (Birmingham) JOD Part 3 (Berlin) JOD Part 4 (London) JOD Part 5 (London) JOD Part 6 (Venice) JOD Part 7 (Manchester) JOD Part 8 (New York)…
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Those NTMA pay scales
Last week I blogged a response I had received from the Department of Finance concerning Government consultations over the establishment of NAMA. The response was prompted by an FOI request, seeking the titles, dates and authors of consultation reports for the Government (seeking the documents themselves would have been refused outright). What it brought to…
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Fas internal audit
Over at thestory.ie, myself and Mark have been working on the details contained in the Fas internal audit report into Greg Craig. It makes for interesting reading.
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John O'Donoghue files Part Deux
These documents became available because of an FOI request of Ken Foxe and the Sunday Tribune, which paid €600 for this information. Details were due to be published on Sunday October 4. John O’Donoghue pre-empted this by publishing the information today. All receipts (PDFs): Explanatory document on CC expenses Schedule 1 – Allowances and Expenses…
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Mary Hanafin's trip to India
[cross posted to thestory.ie] In 2006 the Government went on a trade mission to India. Mary Hanafin as Minister for Education went along. I put in the following FOI request: 1) The Minister’s schedule and appointments between January 1, 2006 and March 1, 2006. 2) A breakdown of flight costs, accommodation costs, hospitality costs, and…