The Ending Direct Provision Files provide some insights into discussions that have occurred on implementation of the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision from February 2021 to October 2022. For contextual analysis of the progress, or lack thereof, in implementing the White Paper, see Liam Thornton & Dr Abayomi Ogunsanya, ENDING DIRECT PROVISION? February 2021-September 2022: A review of the implementation of the White Paper on Ending Direct Provision (2023). This report was supported by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Grant Scheme.
| FOI Records: Department of Children
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Records Released | Notes |
| Membership, Terms of Reference of the External Advisory Group and Programme Board Documentation (November 2021 FOI Request)
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Records available here (68 pages). | Request made on 15 November 2021.
Records released 11 January 2022. |
| Membership, Terms of Reference of the External Advisory Group and Documentation (July 2022 FOI Request)
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Records available here (89 pages) | Request made on 27 July 2022.
Records released on 25 August 2022. |
| DCEDIY discussions etc with the Housing Agency and/or local housing authorities regarding the housing of protection applicants from February 2021 to November 2021. | Records available here (19 pages) | Request made on 15 November 2021.
Records released on 21 December 2021.
[Note CCMA Allocation files were corrupted and could not be opened, but these are included in the Department of Housing release records]. |
| Daily Expenses Allowance and Budget 2022
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No records available (context to this FOI request here).
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Request made on 05 November 2021.
FOI decision indicating no records on 08 February 2022.
Internal Review requested on 24 February 2022.
Response to internal review, indicating no records, on 08 September 2022.
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| Applicants who are vulnerable and White Paper Implementation (December 2021 request) | Records available here (549 pages) | Information mainly relates to the discussions on accommodation (generally) for persons seeking protection. The documentation mainly pertains to drafts of the White Paper.
Request made on 07 December 2021.
Continuous follow up on non-response up to April 2022.
Application to the Information Commission accepted on 08 August 2022.
Records released 19 August 2022.
Application to Information Commissioner discontinued.
Questions related to scope of FOI request remained unanswered at date of writing (01 November 2022). |
| Applicants who are vulnerable and White Paper Implementation December 2021 to September 2022 (September 2022 request) | Records available here (10 pages) |
Request made 08 September 2022.
Records released 30 September 2022.
Confirmation of this being extent of records 18 October 2022.
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| Programme Board records November 2021 to July 2022 | Records available here (92 pages) | Request made on 28 July 2022.
Records released on 25 August 2022.
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| FOI Records: Department of Justice
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| Labour market access permission and the White Paper | Records available here (86 pages). | Request made on 16 November 2021, refined on 26 November 2021.
Notification of time extension.
Records released on 02 February 2022.
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| FOI Records: Department of Social Protection
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Records Released | Notes |
| Budget 2021 and Daily Expenses Allowance
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No records identified (5 pages). | Request made on 05 November 2021 and withdrawn on 10 November 2021. |
| International Protection Payments Policy I | Records available here (682 pages). | Request made on 15 November 2021.
Records released on 03 December 2021. |
| International Protection Payments Policy II | Records available here (60 pages). | Request made on 20 July 2022.
Records released 16 August 2022. |
| FOI Records: Housing Agency
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| Records relating to the DCEDIY, Dept. of Housing and Housing Agency (White Paper Implementation Working Group) 11 May 2021 to 23 February 2022
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Records available here (63 pages). | Request made 23 February 2022.
Records released 29 March 2022. |
| Records Relating to Housing Agency Policy Papers | Records available here (141 pages). | Request made 01 August 2022.
Records released 31 August 2022. |
| FOI Records: Department of Housing, Planning and the Environment
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Records Released | Notes |
| Records relating to the White Paper Implementation Working Group 01 March 2021 to 23 February 2022. | Records available here (144 pages). | Request made on 23 February 2022.
Notification of time extension.
Records released on 28 April 2022. |
| Records relating to the White Paper Implementation Working Group up to 04 August 2022. | Records available here (81 pages) | Request made on 04 August 2022.
Notification of time extension.
Records released 27 September 2022.
Note the limitations of these particular FOI records here. |
