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This is an FOI of an FOI in relation to funding provided by the Department of the Environment to local authorities for provision of housing, in 2012, 2013 and 2014. The request was sent at the end of 2014 and sought:

“Exact details of requests for extra funding made by local authorities supplemental to any original budget allocation provided to them by the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government for the years 2013 and 2014, encompassing the build and acquisition by them of additional Social Housing Units.”

This is an email from businessman Denis O’Brien to Des Carville at the Department of Finance.

I recently sought from the Department of Finance:

All correspondence sent to the Department of Finance / Michael Noonan in relation to the sale of 20 Grosvenor Square in London by NAMA. This should include, but not be limited to, direct correspondence and correspondence that the Minister was cc’d on. It should also include correspondence received from all bidders for this building including any correspondence from Jane Tripipatkul or her representatives in relation to how this building was sold by NAMA. It should also include any follow up correspondence between the Department and NAMA on this matter or correspondence between the Department and any bidder for this building

The following documents were released, and a story was published in the Sunday Business Post on September 27 in relation to it.