FOI Disclosure Log 2017

Date received Requester Request details Decision date Decision
05-Apr-17 Legal (1) All information held by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission concerning exchanges between the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and Volkswagen AG and/or Volkswagen Group Ireland Limited concerning the emissions scandal and the installation of defeat devices in Volkswagen cars from a period of the 28 September 2016 to the present day.
(2). All information held by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission concerning exchanges between the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and all other Government Departments or statutory bodies.
03-May-15 Refused
16-May-17 Member of the Public (1) Copies of any records relating to the level of mortgage rates in Ireland and the reasons for any decisions about not making public comments on the issue. (2) Copies of any extracts from minutes of Commission meetings where the level of mortgage rates in Ireland was discussed. (3) Copies of any records or correspondence with the Department of Finance or other government departments or agencies about the mortgage rate issue. (4) Copies of any records or correspondence with the Central Bank about the mortgage rate issue. 12-Jun-17 Granted
15-Jun-17 Member of the Public (1) Any records relating to the Industrial Research and Standards (Fire Safety) (Domestic Furniture) Order and the flammability tests (“match test” and “cigarette/smoulder test”) carried out under it.
(2) Any records relating to the review of the UK Furniture and Furnishings (Fire Safety) Regulations and relating to the use of flame retardants under the UK and Irish regulations. (3) Any records dealing substantively with the enforcement of this regulation between 2014 and the present e.g. correspondence with test houses, manufacturers, retailers customs authorities (4) records of any market surveillance or non-compliance cases found since 2014.
14-Jul-17 Granted
28-Aug-17 Journalist All Internal Audits Conducted in 2016 26-Sep-17 Granted
28-Aug-17 Member of the Public A copy of all compliance notices issues in relation to businesses or individuals in counties Longford, Leitrim, Roscommon and Westmeath this year. 22-Sep-17 Granted
27-Sep-17 Member of the Oireachtas All correspondence between NAMA and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), regarding NAMA’s use of post-acquisition powers, between 2010 -2016 24-Oct-17 Part Grant
05-Oct-17 Journalist (1) Any brief, memo or report that was prepared for senior management of the Authority following completion of the Mayo Waste Disposal Case. (2) A copy of the investigative report on which the case was founded, and which became public during the course of the trial. 02-Nov-17 Part Grant
19-Oct-17 Journalist Copies of the four reports made by Grant Thornton for the CCPC on the binding divestment commitments attached to the acquisition by PandaGreen of Greenstar in 2016. 29-Nov-17 Refused
20-Oct-17 Member of the Public (1)  All documents from the CCPC records in relation to the market for religious instruction text books.
(2)  All communications between the CCPC and representatives of the Roman Catholic Church, including the shareholders and other representatives of the Veritas publishing company, since September 2015.
(3)  All minutes of meetings or briefing documents within which the Veritas publishing company, or the market for religious
20-Nov-17 Part Grant
13-Nov-17 Member of the Oireachtas A list of all staff employed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and their jobs titles 04-Dec-17 Granted
10-Nov-17 Journalist Any correspondence between 1 January 2015 and the current date between any person employed by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission and anyone employed by, or a representative of, Heineken. 05-Dec-17 Part Grant

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