SAHA FOIP - Request Tracker

Legal expenses paid by DAC for litigation for a request made under PAIA

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Copies of any and all records, or parts of records, relating to legal expenses paid by the Department between 9 March 2001 and 9 March 2014 for any litigation (including proposed litigation) brought in any Court regarding a decision of the Department or Minister of Arts and Culture about a request for information made under the Promotion of Access to Information Act, 2000 setting out the following:

1. the total amount paid (or parts of amounts paid, where only that information is available) whether made to lawyers, Counsel or any witness or other adviser, to defend or conduct that litigation,

2. the total amount paid (or parts of amounts paid, where only that information is available) as a result of:
• a costs order made by a Court, and/or
• an out of court settlement,
for the legal costs of any party or potential party (including amicus curiae) to that litigation,

3. any internal costs and/or time spent by in-house lawyers or officers responsible for PAIA requests in the Department, to defend or conduct that litigation.

Information relating to recruitment process in the Department of Arts and Culture

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Any and all records relating to:

(i) Total number of vacant positions in your department (including level of positions) within the past 5years

(ii) Total number of positions advertised within the past 5years

(iii) Total numbers of positions that were vacant but not advertised and reasons thereof within the past 5years

(iv) Total number of position filled after being advertised within the past 5years

(v) Budget allocated to each position within the past 5years

(vi) Human resource policy indicating procedure on filling vacant positions

(vii) Human resource policy indicating time frames to filling positions

(viii) Human resource policy indicating criteria and selection process

Tender documents, plans, budget and tender documents for the development and maintenance of websites and information portals, from 2008 to 2012.

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Any and all records related to but not limited the following;

• Budget allocated for the departments’ website (2008 to 2012)
• Budget spent for the departments’ website (2008 to 2012)
• Total cost of website development (2008 to 2012)
• Total cost of website maintenance (2008 to 2012)
• Tender documents of the winning service provider tasked with website development and website maintenance (2008 to 2012)

Records detailing departmental and ministerial spending on items including catering, air travel, accommodation, meeting venues, vehicles, office space, and security for 2010/11 and 2011/12.

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1. Records detailing the funds spent by the department for the financial years 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 on each of the following:
a) Catering;
b) Air travel;
c) Accommodation;
d) Meeting venues;
e) Security;
f) Purchasing vehicles;
g) Maintaining vehicles;
h) Leasing vehicles;
i) Leasing office space;
j) Maintaining office space;
k) Companies contracted to provide drivers for departmental staff;
l) Team building exercises;

2. Records detailing the expenses of the Minister for the financial years 2010/2011 and 2011/2012, including, but not limited to:
a) Ministerial air travel;
b) Ministerial security;
c) Ministerial accommodation;
d) Purchase of vehicles for the Minister;
e) Maintenance of Ministerial vehicles;
f) Leasing vehicles for the Minister;
g) Petrol costs of the Minister;
h) Payment to any company contracted to provide drivers for the Minister.

3. The policy detailing the procedure and evidence (receipt) requirements in respect of expense claims by employees of the department.