Institute of Technology Tallaght FOI Disclosure Log 2016 Q1non Personal Requests

Institute of Technology Tallaght FOI Disclosure Log 2016_Q1Non Personal Requests

Disclosures are listed in order of the date the request was received by IT Tallaght. Please note that, for privacy reasons, identifying information such as the name of the requester is not included in the disclosure log. Also FOI requests for personal information are not listed.

In quarter 1 of 2016, a total number of 6 non-personal FOI requests were received. There were no requests for personal information during this quarter.

Ref / Requester Category / Request Date / Description of Request / Decision Date / Decision
FOI/101 / Journalist / 16/2/16 / “- A full breakdown of all unpaid overdue fines owed to Institute of Technology Tallaght library between September 2010 to January 2016.
-A breakdown of the numbers involved, including both students and staff.
-A full breakdown of items not returned to Institute of Technology Tallaght library, including but not limited to books between September 2010 and January 2016.
-All records of library overdue fines that were paid to Institute of Technology Tallaght, between September 2010 to January 2016.
-All records of the number of students that were not permitted to graduate between the years 2010 and 2015 due to unpaid library fines.” / 9/5/16 / deemed withdrawn under Section 8.7 - Failure to pay a deposit or fee
FOI/102 / Journalist / 17/2/16 / “Number of students disciplined for plagiarism in ITT from 2010 – 2016 (so far)” / 15/3/16 / Granted in full
FOI/103 / Journalist / 25/2/16 /

1. “All spending data sent to the Dept. of Public Expenditure and Reform in 2014 and 2015. This may have been to the Office of Government Procurement (OGP), within the Department.
2. All Board minutes for 2015.”

/ 16/3/16 / Granted in full
FOI/104 / Journalist / 8/3/16 / Relates to Financial Statements for 2014. 14 Suppliers have been paid €1.2m for goods and services that were not the subject of competitive public procurement.

1. “Details of each of the 14 contracts including the supplier, contract, amount, date, invoice and authorisation details.
2. A copy of all internal audit reports completed in 2015.”

/ 6/4/16 / Granted in full
FOI/105 / Journalist / 14/3/16 /

1. “All correspondences, emails, letters etc received/sent between the university president’s office and the chaplaincy/chaplains since September 2015 to March 13th 2016.
2. Please state the name of the chaplain/priest in the university.
3. Please state the total salary/payment provided to the chaplain in 2015/2016 and the 2014/2015 academic year. Please state the source of the income/how the salary is funded.
4. Please state the total cost of the chaplaincy service / the cost allocated to the provision of chaplaincy services for 2014/2015 and 2015/2016 academic year.
5. Please state any arrangements / working hours of the chaplain. “

/ 12/4/16 / Granted in full
FOI/106 / Business/Interest
Group -
Trade Union / 21/3/16 /

1. “Any and all records that reflect any and all lobbying, writings or communications from 1st January 2013 to present by and between Institute of Technology Tallaght (ITT) or other body such as TU4Dublin Alliance representing ITT, political parties, TDs, Senators and Government regarding Technological Universities Bill (2015).
2. For each calendar year since 2012 state the total amount of money spent regarding the merger/alliance/consortium with IT Blanchardstown and DIT.
3. For each calendar year since 2012 list all consultants/advisers engaged on merger/alliance/consortium activities together with the nature of the work and the total amount paid.
4. For each calendar year since 2012 list all persons or firms paid for activities/purchases/rentals, the nature of each activity/purchase/rental and the total amount paid.
5. For each calendar year since 2012 list all posts created for the merger/alliance/consortium, the date post was created and the total costs.
6. For each calendar year since 2012 list the total number of staff seconded or assigned work on the merger/alliance/consortium, the nature of the work and the grades at time of secondment.
7. For each calendar year since 2012 list all hospitality and meeting costs incurred including the date of each cost and its nature.
8. For each calendar year since 2012 list all other costs or fees (other

than those listed above) that were incurred in pursuance of merger/alliance/consortium activities, the nature of the costs or fees incurred, the date of each cost or fee and name of the person, Institute or organisation receiving the payment.” / 16/6/16 & 19/4/16 / Part Grant

The CATEGORY OF REQUESTER TABLE is divided into six categories -

1. Journalists,

2. Business/Interest Groups1,

3. Oireachtas/Public Representatives2,

4. Staff,

5. Clients3,

6. Others.

1 Requests shown in the Business/Interest Groups category would include requests for non-personal records from: business people, interest groups, solicitors, accountants, trade unions, etc.

2 Requests shown in the Oireachtas/Public Representative category would include requests from Members of the Oireachtas and from elected members of Local Authorities.

3 Requests shown in the Client category would include a request for records which related primarily to services that the requester had received from a public body e.g. Request from a Patient to a Health Authority, Request from a Student to a body in the education sector etc.

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