FOI Disclosure Log
Log of Freedom of Information Requests
Request Reference |
Requester Category |
Description of Record |
Granted / Refused |
FOI 1 (2015) |
Journalist |
Laois and Offaly ETB schools and their teacher allocation for the academic year 2013/14 |
Granted in full |
FOI 2 (2015) |
Member of the Public |
Rates of pay of tutors in Further Education and Training |
Granted in full |
FOI 3 (2015) |
Journalist |
All purchase orders over €20k from March 2012 to 30th June, 2015 |
Granted in full |
FOI 1 (2016) |
Oireachtas Member |
Chief Executive’s Travel Expenses for 2015 |
Granted in full |
FOI 2 (2016) |
Member of the Public |
Records relating to a named company |
No records held |
FOI 3 (2016) |
Journalist |
All purchase orders over €20k from 1st July, 2015 to 31st March, 2016 |
Granted in full |
FOI 4 (2016) |
Journalist |
Laois and Offaly ETB schools and their teacher allocation for the academic year 2014/15 |
Granted in full |
FOI 1 (2017) |
Journalist |
Employees/Contractors eanring €100,000 or more |
Granted in full |
FOI 2 (2017) |
Journalist |
List of external legal practitioners paid in 2015 & 2016 for services carried out on behalf of LOETB |
Granted in full |
FOI 3 (2017) |
Journalist |
Number of complaints received relating to resource teaching/ learning support in 2015 & 2016 |
Granted in full (No complaints had been received) |
FOI 4 (2017) |
Member of the Public |
Total number of teachers employed in LOETB on the various salary scales in the 2016/2017 school year |
Granted in full |
FOI 5 (2017) |
Member of the Public |
Correspondence and records regarding teaching of religion in LOETB schools |
Granted in full |
FOI 1 (2018) |
Member of the Public |
Total number of teachers employed in LOETB on the various salary scales in the 2017/2018 school year |
Granted in full |
FOI 2 (2018) |
Member of the Public |
Amount that LOETB paid for flights/hotel accomodation for students and teachers in 2015, 2016 and 2017 |
Granted in full |
FOI 3 (2018) |
Member of the Public |
Documentation in relation to Child Protection |
Granted in full |
FOI 4 (2018) |
Journalist |
Total allocation for the academic year 2016/2017 |
Granted in full |
FOI 5 (2018) |
Journalist |
Request for all payments, salaries, expenses, milage, subsistence and allowances paid to members of LOETB from May 2016 to May 2018 |
Granted in full |
FOI 6 (2018) |
Oireachtas Member |
Tender scoreboards relating to each course provided by LOETB for SOLAS for 2016, 2017 and 2018 |
Granted in full |
FOI 7 (2018) | Member of the Public | Request for information regarding the numbers of teachers employed to teach religion and other subjects | Granted in full |
FOI 8 (2018) | Journalist | Request for a copy of all internal audits carried out in relation to the ETB in 2016, 2017 and 2018 | Granted in full |
FOI 9 (2018) | Member of the Public | Request for a copy of the minutes of a school's Board of Management meeting | Granted in full |
FOI 10 (2018) | Member of the Public | Request for information regarding a particular vaccination in LOETB schools | Granted in full |
FOI 1 (2019) | Journalist | Request for all payments, salaries, expenses, milage, subsistence and allowances paid to members of LOETB from January 1st 2018 to December 31st 2018 | Granted in full |
FOI 2 (2019) | Member of the Public | Request for all correspondence between LOETB schools and representatives of the Catholic Church during the calandar year 2017 |
Granted in full |
FOI 3 (2019) | Member of the Public | Request for correspondence between LOETB and Church Bodies during 2018 | Granted in full |
FOI 4 (2019) | Journalist | Total allocation for the academic year 2017/2018 | Granted in full |
FOI 5 (2019) | Member of the Public | Request for all email communications between Chief Executive and Director of Schools with Roman Catholic clerics, Roman Catholic Diocesan Advisers and Roman Catholic Diocesan Bodies | Granted in full |
FOI 6 (2019) | Journalist | Request in relation to the Apple Distinguished Educators (ADE) and Apple Professional Learning Specialist programmes | No records held |
FOI 1 |
Member of staff |
Request for personal information held by LOETB |
Partially Granted |
FOI 2 (2020) |
Member of Public |
Request for correspondence or complaints/comments pertaining to mixed sex/gender neutral toilets in schools. |
Granted in full |
FOI 3 (2020) |
Member of Public |
Minutes of Board meetings held during 2019 |
Granted in full |
FOI 4 (2020) |
Journalist |
List of all secondary schools in LOETB, their roll numbers and the whole time equivalent teaching staff for academic year 2018/2019 |
Granted in full |
FOI 5 (2020) |
Journalist |
Action 50 & 51 Climate Action Plan re NZEB fundamentals, retrofitting and/or solar PV installations and any memos and/or research documents re skills or employment needs in the retrofitting, solar PV, microgeneration installation and/or associated industries |
Partially Granted |
FOI 6 (2020) |
Jounalist |
List of all secondary schools in LOETB, their roll numbers and the whole time equivalent teaching staff for academic year 2019/2020 |
Granted in full |
FOI 7 (2020) |
Member of the Public |
Search the email accounts and electronic file systems of the CE and DOS for the terms catholic, catholicism, christianity, christian, religion or religious |
Granted in full |
FOI 8 (2020) |
Journalist |
Outcomes of the initial Identification phase of the Schools Reconfiguration for Diversity process involving LOETB. Correspondence between LOETB and the Department of Education or ETBI regarding the outcomes of this process to date. |
Partially Granted |
FOI 9 (2020) |
Oireachtas Member |
The Names of each member serving of the Board of LOETB between 2014 – 2019 & the current board. The names of each member who has served on an interview board and the number of interview boards they have served on since 2014 – 2019 & the current board. The names of Members who have never served on an interview board. |
Withdrawn
|
FOI 01 (2021) | Journalist |
Request in relation to travel and subsistence forms submitted by/on behalf of certain Councillors, and supporting documentation for same. |
Granted in Full
|
FOI 02 (2021) | Staff |
Request for personal information held by LOETB. |
Granted in Full
|
FOI 03 (2021) | Journalist |
Request in relation to demand for non-denominational schools, correspondence with parents regarding the teaching of religion, minutes of meetings regarding the divestment of Catholic and other religious schools to community national schools. |
Request Refused
|
FOI 04 (2021) | Public Representative |
Request in relation to LOETBs membership of IBEC and associated costs. |
Granted in Full
|
FOI 05 (2021) | Business |
Request in relation to tender submissions received for Portlaoise College and Dunamase College. |
Request Refused
|
FOI 06 (2021) | Member of the Public |
Request in relation to invitations to teachers to attend Religious Education in-service days during the calendar year 2016. |
Request Refused
|
FOI 01 (2022) | Member of the Public |
Number of teachers employed by LOETB. |
Granted in full
|
FOI 02 (2022) | Member of the Public |
Information pertaining to teacher codes of conduct, policies and teaching council registrations. |
Partially Granted |
FOI 03 (2022) | Member of the Public |
Information pertaining to communications with an individual and two businesses. |
Request Refused
|
FOI 04 (2022) | Member of the Public |
Information pertaining to potential future spends on ICT equipment. |
Request Refused
|
FOI 05 (2022) | Member of the Public |
Request for copy of LOETB’s |
Request Refused
|
FOI 06 (2022) | Member of the Public | Information pertaining to Copies of Data Sharing Agreements between LOETB and other public service bodies as required under the Data Sharing and Governance Act 2019, inclusive of finalized and proposed agreements which have gone for public consultation. |
Request Refused
|
FOI 01 (2023) | Member of the Public |
Information pertaining to LOETB's Climate Action Plan. |
Request Refused
|
FOI 02 (2023) | Member of the Public |
Information pertaining to HGV Courses in LOETB |
Partially Granted
|
FOI 03 (2023) | Business |
Request in relation to LOETBS IT Support Maintenance and Management System. |
Partially Granted
|
FOI 04 (2023) | Journalist | Request for the number of school principals at LOETB who are currently on administrative leave |
Request Refused
|
FOI 05 (2023) | Journalist |
Information pertining to comprehensive report on the position in relation to the pilot area for submission to the Department of Education and Skills" compiled by your ETB under the 2018 School Reconfiguration Process |
Request Refused
|
FOI 06 (2023) | Member of the Public |
Information pertaining to potential future spends on ICT equipment. |
Request Refused
|
FOI 07 (2023) | Member of the Public | Information pertianing to audit reports, reports into waste or losses, reports into wrongdoing or bullying, and any reports following an external consultative process. |
Partially Granted
|
FOI 1 (2024) |
Member of Public | Iarratas ar fhaisnéis maidir le déileálacha BOOLU le gnólachtaí ar leith'. |
Granted |
FOI 3 (2024) |
Member of Public |
Information relating to Credit Card & Bank Statements for LOETB Head office. |
Granted |
FOI 4 (2024) |
Member of Public |
Information pertaining to potential future spends on ICT equipment. |
Refused |