FOI Disclosure Log 2020

Date received Requester Request details Decision date Decision
28/01/2020 Member of the Public 1.     All information and correspondence which you hold to include investigative documents together with reports and/or findingswhich you have had with Opel Ireland and/or any of its affiliated companies or agents in respect of Opel Zafira B models catching fire;
2.    Details of Opel Zafira B model history in Ireland;
3.     Details of recalls of the Opel Zafira B model in Ireland together with details of the circumstances that the CCPC would issue a formal recall of vehicles in Ireland;
4.     Details of any discussions that the CCPC have had with Opel Ireland and/or its affiliated companies or agents about the incidents of car fires in Opel Zafiras B models;
5.      Any correspondence that the CCPC have had with Opel Ireland and/or its affiliated companies or agents regarding the information conveyed to vehicle owners in respect of various recalls of Opel Zafira B models in Ireland;
6.     Records maintained by you detailing specific fires reported in Opel Zafira B models;
7.    Documents evidencing the number of Opel Zafira B models which responded to the various recall notices and underwent remediation works.
27/03/2020 Part-granted
03/02/2020 Journalist All correspondence between Chairperson Isolde Goggin with the Department of Business, Enterprise and Innovation, including Minister Heather Humphreys, in relation to the CCPC’s ongoing study into the public liability insurance market in Ireland. The timeframe should cover the period of November 1, 2019 to January 31, 2020. 27/02/2020 Refused
03/02/2020 Journalist All minutes of board meetings held during 2019
– If you do not have a board, the board-equivalent body will suffice, ie, governing authority, management committee, etc.
12/03/2020 Part-granted
19/02/2020 Member of the Public A copy of the legal advice mentioned in your 2010 report on the GMS that determined that I was an undertaking and that it was unlawful for the IMO to negotiate for me. 27/02/2020 Refused
31/03/2020 Member of the Public All complaints and inquiries from the start of 2020 to the end of March that year involving the company Sky. I am particularly interested in complaints involving the Sky Sports services. 30/04/2020 Ongoing
05/06/2020 Journalist I am seeking copies of all communication between myself and the Authority as well as copies of any correspondence the Authority may have had with third parties in relation to this matter. 29/06/2020 Part-Granted
05/06/2020 Journalist to all records held by the CCPC in relation to the Examination of Beef Industry Complaints, for which the CCPC announced a final outcome on June 5, 2020 on its website at the following address: 31/07/2020  
08/06/2020 Member of the Public All information on Lindy Childcare Products regarding action taken by the ODCA. 20/06/2020 Transferred
22/06/2020 Member of the Public •  The notice issued by the Commission (or its predecessors the National Consumer Agency and the Competition Authority) that announced the tendering process for the supply of recruitment services.
•  The agreement between the Commission (or its predecessors) and Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Limited (or its parent company Groupe Adéquat) for the provision of recruitment services.
•  The engagement letter or other document that was provided by the Commission to Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Limit Mem…, (or its parent company) when it was decided in 2020 to recruit three officers to fulfil roles
06/07/2020 Part-granted
    entitled Analyst – Investigator (Competition Enforcement & Mergers). The ‘engagement letter or other document’ to include any annexes or other documents which describe the manner in which Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Limited should conduct the recruitment process. A copy of the vacancy notice is attached for reference.    
30/06/2020 Member of the Public Can you supply all CCPC records to and from the PSI (apart from individual complaints) related to transparency of pricing and itemised receipts for prescribed medicine. In particular but not limited to the development of itemised pricing guidelines by the PSI in 2014. 28/07/2020  
01/07/2020 Journalist Records in respect of the CCPC’s examination of reported issues within the beef sector:
·  The research documents
·  Minutes of meetings by date
·  Records of meetings with individual beef farmers and their representatives.
·  Records of meetings with a number of public bodies and industry experts including Teagasc, Bord Bia and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
·  Records of engagement with politicians and participants in Joint Oireachtas Committee meetings that involved discussion of issues in the beef industry.
·  Records of consultation with the European Commission to discuss market conditions across the European Union.
·  Records of all “specialist operators” including (a) company name (b) address (c) ownership structure.
26/08/2020 Part-Granted
12/08/2020 Oireachtas The number of complaints received by the CCPC in relation to disputes arising between mobile/static home owners and the operators of mobile home/holiday parks. Any actions taken by the CCPC against the operators of mobile home/holiday parks in relation to breaches of contract. 19/08/2020 Withdrawn (records given outside of FOI)
14/08/2020 Journalist A copy of all records held by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) concerning its case file on a suspected breach of competition law by the Irish beef industry. This includes a copy of all records relating to Irish beef prices, correspondence and records of meetingswith Meat Industry Ireland (MII) or any meat factory representatives, all state agencies such as the Department of Agriculture and Marine, Bord Bia, Teagasc and all Irish farming organisations from July 2019 to August 14, 2020. This would also include submissions from any farmer, farming organisation or any third party in relation to CCPC’’s inquiry into whether it felt there was grounds to open an investigation into issues raised in the Beef Complaints.” 11/09/2020 Part-granted
01/10/2020 Journalist “All correspondence with Insurance Ireland, Brokers Ireland, AA Ireland in relation to the preliminary findings of the CCPC’s investigation of the private motor insurance market”; and “All correspondence with AIG Europe S.A., Allianz PLC, AXA Insurance DAC, Aviva Insurance Limited, FBD Insurance PLC on the same investigation.” “The timeframe should cover the period of August 1, 2020 to September 17, 2020.” 27/10/2020 Refused
01/10/2020 Journalist “Records of all external advice provided to the CCPC in relation to its investigation of the private motor insurance market, including any written or oral submissions provided by David Bailey QC and Richard Whish QC”. 27/10/2020 Refused
16/10/2020 Member of the Public All records relating to claims of anticompetitive practices in beef processing.
Please include any investigations carried out by your office into factory beef prices resulting from the purchase of Slaney Meats which was the only independent rendering plant.
14/12/2020 Refused
30/12/2020 Member of the Public 1.    The logs of contacts regarding Apple iPhone faults. Just the number.
2.    Further request any memos, circulars or emails between staff and government agencies or departments or politicians regarding the legal case brought by 5 European Consumer Agencies against Apple.
3.    Any minutes of meetings where this case was discussed.
4.    A record of a decision being made not to pursue this, if applicable.
N/A Pending

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