The Policing Authority has a policy of publishing a summary of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests received on the Authority’s website for reference purposes. FOI requests received since January 2016, (other than requests for personal information), are available in the FOI Disclosure Log which is a list of all non-personal FOI requests received since the establishment of the Authority. The publication of this FOI log is one of a number of measures aimed at promoting transparency though the routine publication of information.
| Reference number | Date of Receipt of Request | Category of Applicant |
Summary of Information/Records Requested *Please be advised that the summary provided may not be the exact wording of the original request* |
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Summary of Decision |
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| PA/2020/222 | 05-Aug-20 | Member of the Public | Detailed clarification sought on the development and meaning of an excerpt of a letter from Garda HRM to Garda representative bodies outlining the terms agreed upon by the Department of Justice for the proposed integrated promotion competition for supervisors at appropriate Garda rank / Garda staff grade in ICT. Excerpt referred to the assessment condition under which the Policing Authority provided its support for the proposal. | 08-Sep-20 | Granted | |
| PA/2020/178 | 05-Jun-20 | Journalist | Any representations received by the Policing Authority between 1 January 2018 and 30 May 2020 which alleges that the Garda Síochána is pursuing, or has pursued, a prosecution against an employee of the Garda Síochána in an improper manner. | 09-Jul-20 | Refused under section 30(1) | |
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18-Mar-20 | Member of the Public | Request for personal data. | 14-Apr-20 |
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| PA/2020/78 | 02-Mar-20 | Journalist | A copy of the statistical review of the National Juvenile Liaison Office of the Garda Síochána examining juvenile offender’s investigations not being brought to a conclusion. | 27-Mar-20 | Refused under section 35(1) | |
| PA/2020/70 | 24-Feb-20 | Member of the Public | Information concerning the competitions for Chief Superintendent in 2018 and 2019. | 08-Apr-20 | Part-granted | |
| PA/2020/44 | 07-Feb-20 | Member of the Public | Request for personal data. | 06-Mar-20 | Part-granted | |
| PA/2020/22 | 14-Jan-20 | Journalist | Request for minutes of meetings held in 2019. | 07-Feb-20 | Refused under section 15 | |
| PA/2019/284 | 09-Oct-19 | Member of the Public. | Request for personal data. | 07-Nov-19 | Refused under section 42 | |
| PA/2019/279 | 19-Aug-19 | Other | The number of successful final reviews relating to Garda competitions for the years 2017-2019, the number of years of service and years at the rank of Inspector of all successful candidates in the Policing Authority Superintendent competition 2019, and an outline of the available options to the External Review on conclusion of the Final Review where the review is deemed successful. | 16-Sept-19 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2019/218 | 18-Jun-19 | Member of the Public | Information as to which members of the Garda Síochána senior management team (both sworn and civilian members, from rank of Assistant Commissioner/Executive Director up), have not yet signed the Code of Ethics. | 16-Jul-19 | Granted | |
| PA/2019/100 | 07-Mar-19 | Member of the Public | Name of the act(s) that set up the Policing Authority, as well as the names of subsequent relevant statutory instruments, their numbers and years when introduced. | 12-Mar-19 | Withdrawn and answered outside FOI | |
| PA/2018/380 | 01-Oct-18 | Journalist | Correspondence between the OPW and the Policing Authority surrounding the residence for the Garda Commissioner from 1 January 2018 to September 2018 and receipts relating to works carried out on this residence. | 30-Oct-18 | Refused under section 15(1)(a) | |
| PA/2018/252 | 19-Jun-18 | Public | In relation to the mandatory disclosure directive under section 11 of the Mental Health Act 2001, does section 11 apply to every instance of involuntary admission for all gardaí and attending GPs? What is the precise nature of the legal sanction incurred for failure to comply with this directive and has this legal sanction ever been applied? | 16-Jul-18 | Refused under section 15 (1)(a) | |
| PA/2018/229 | 05-Jun-18 | Journalist | Details of all expenses and fees claimed by members of the Policing Authority from 1 January 2016 until 31 May 2018, including the name and position of the member, the breakdown of expense, credit card payments, and the overall amount of expenses per annum. | 02-Jul-18 | Granted | |
| PA/2018/226 | 31-May-18 | Oireachtas, Public Representative | All correspondence, documents and recommendations held by the Policing Authority in relation to guidelines in relation to CCTV schemes from January 2017 and the present. | 29-Jun-18 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2018/80 | 21-Feb-18 | Other | All correspondence, documents, recommendations, and minutes of meetings held by the Policing Authority relating to the implementation of liquor licensing laws and monitoring of special exemption orders, from January 2010 to present. | 20-Mar-18 | Granted | |
| PA/2018/71 | 15-Feb-18 | Public | All drug cases and outcomes in South Donegal area relating to the time period January 2010 to January 2018. | 20-Feb-18 | Rejected | |
| PA/2018/60 | 07-Feb-18 | Journalist | Any records, including but not limited to memos, reports, and communications regarding 'misclassification' of data on the Garda PULSE system between 2010 and 2018. | 07-Mar-18 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2018/59 | 30-Jan-18 | Other | A copy of the report supplied by the CAO of the Garda Síochána, to the Policing Authority, in relation to the use by the former Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan, of her personal Gmail account, when conducting official Garda business. | 27-Feb-18 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2018/47 | 26-Jan-18 | Journalist | All documents and correspondence relating to homicide figures between 2015-2018. | 23-Feb-18 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2018/25 | 18-Jan-18 | Journalist | Details of the full amount claimed in expenses by each member of the Policing Authority including copies of any vouching documents used in claiming these expenses. | 13-Feb-18 | Granted | |
| PA/2018/9 | 10-Jan-18 | Journalist | A copy of the report on the use of a private Gmail address by the former Garda Commissioner Noirín O'Sullivan. | 07-Feb-18 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2017/660 | 09-Dec-17 | Journalist | Correspondence between the Authority and the Garda Síochána relating to the preparation of a report on the use of a private Gmail address by the former Garda Commissioner Nóirín O'Sullivan. | 10/01/2018 | Part-granted | |
| PA/2017/548 | 06-Oct-17 | Journalist | All representations made to the Policing Authority in relation to amending the ranks order within the Garda Síochána and replies in relation to the same | 03/11/2017 | Refused under Section 15 (1)(a) |
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| PA/2017/497 | 15-Sep-17 | Member of the Public | All records relating to use of CCTV by the Garda Síochána whether under section 38 of the Garda Síochána Act 2005 or otherwise. | 18-Oct-17 | Granted | |
| PA/2017/392 | 25-Jul-17 | Journalist | Information in relation to the Crowe Horwath report including information in relation to the tendering process and dates of the contract commencement and conclusion. | 23-Aug-17 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2017/386 | 17-Jul-17 | Member of the Public | Information and figures regarding money spent of flights and accommodation for work- related business by Policing Authority staff in 2016 and to date of request in 2017. | 03-Aug-17 | Granted | |
| PA/2017/284 | 05-May-17 | Member of the Public | Correspondence between the Authority and the Garda Síochána relating to the discussion mentioned in the recent progress report regarding redeployment. | 31-May-17 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2017/153 | 24-Mar-17 | Journalist | All correspondence,both internal and external and with the Garda Síochána, regarding the timing of the release of the Policing Authority statement with the subject line: "issues discovered with administration of fixed charge notices and road side breath tests. | 20-Apr-17 | Granted | |
| PA/2016/432 | 10-Oct-16 | Journalist | Correspondence to/from the Policing Authority in relation to the review of Garda deployment / resources and the reopening of six Garda stations. | 17-Oct-16 | Refused under section 15 (1)(a) | |
| PA/2016/406 | 30-Sep-16 | Journalist | Correspondence, emails, notes between the Authority and the Garda Síochána, and the Department and Minister for Justice dated from 1 January 2016 to 30 September 2016 relating to senior Garda appointments made in 2016. | 28-Oct-16 | Part-Granted | |
| PA/2016/441 | 01-Sep-16 | Member of the Public | Documents, projects, reports and memos in relation to the use/potential use of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) (also known as drones) by the Garda Síochána. | 17-Oct-16 | Refused under section 15 (1)(a) |
