Letter to Irish finance minister

The request was partially successful.

Dear European Central Bank,

Under the right of access to documents in the EU treaties, as developed in Regulation 1049/2001, I am requesting documents which contain the following information:

1) Any and all communications from the ECB addressed to the Irish Finance Minister (or his direct office) in the month of November 2010.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan

European Central Bank

Dear Mr Sheridan,

Thank you very much for your e-mail and your interest in the European Central Bank.

You might wish to consult the following link which provides you with the relevant information
about the access to ECB documents:

http://www.ecb.int/ecb/history/archive/i...

With kind regards,
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
Directorate Communications
Press and Information Division
Kaiserstraße 29
D-60311 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: +49 69 13 44 74 55
Fax: +49 69 13 44 74 04
E-mail: [ECB request email]

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Dear European Central Bank,

Thank you for your reply.

I still wish access to the following records/information:

1) Any and all communications from the ECB addressed to the Irish Finance Minister (or his direct office) in the month of November 2010.

I understand you have 15 working days in which to reply to my request under Regulation 1049/2001.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan

European Central Bank

Dear Mr Sheridan,

Thank you for your reply.

May we draw your attention to the procedures since requests should
be submitted by using this public acess request form:

http://www.ecb.int/ecb/history/archive/i...
http://www.ecb.int/ecb/pdf/archive/archi...

Thank you for your understanding.

With kind regards,
EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK
Directorate Communications
Press and Information Division
Kaiserstraße 29
D-60311 Frankfurt am Main
Tel: +49 69 13 44 74 55
Fax: +49 69 13 44 74 04
E-mail: [ECB request email]

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Dear European Central Bank,

While I appreciate the availability of the form on your website, I do not wish to submit my request using that method, nor is there is an obligation for me to do so under Regulation 1049/2001. I submit that my request is "any written form" as per:

Article 6:

Applications for access to a document shall be made in
any written form, including electronic form, in one of the languages referred to in Article 314 of the EC Treaty and in a sufficiently precise manner to enable the institution to identify the document.

I look forward to hearing from you in the time period prescribed by the Regulation.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan

European Central Bank

Dear Sir,

The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 9 December 2011, of your application
for access to "Any and all communications from the ECB addressed to the
Irish Finance Minister (or his direct office) in the month of November
2010".

Please note that access to ECB documents is governed by Decision
ECB/2004/3 (the unofficial consolidated version of this ECB Decision is
available at
[1]http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/0...).

Your request has been registered and a reply will be provided to you
within the deadline foreseen by this ECB Decision.

Best wishes,

Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main.
[email address]
Phone+49 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 69 1344 6170

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Dear Sir,

Further to your request of 9 December 2011 for access to ECB documents,
please find attached the reply from the ECB's Directorate General
Secretariat and Language Services.

 
Yours faithfully,

Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
ecb.secretariat@ecb.europa.eu  

<<PA_2011_15_03 - Secretary Reply to original application-.pdf>>
<<PA_2011_15_03 - annex - JCT_10_1439 Consultation on Directive
2009_44_EC.pdf>>

 

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Dear European Central Bank,

Please pass this on to the person who conducts Freedom of Information reviews.

Under article 7.2 of the ECB Decision on Public Access (ECB/2004/03) I wish to appeal to the Executive Board to review this decision.

It is unacceptable that not only was the letter in question not released, but not even any portion of it.

How the public interest is served by not telling the public (who are ultimately the ones affected by decisions made after the letter was sent), particularly the Irish public, about the content of the letter is puzzling to say the least.

A full history of my FOI request and all correspondence is available on the Internet at this address:
http://www.asktheeu.org/request/letter_t...

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan

European Central Bank

Dear Sir,

The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 12 January 2012, of your confirmatory application for access to ECB documents.
Your request has been registered and a reply will be provided to you within the deadline foreseen by Decision ECB/2004/03.

Best wishes,

Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main.
[email address]
Phone+49 69 1344 0
Fax: +49 69 1344 6170

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European Central Bank

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    LS MD 12 84 Reply confirmatory application for access to ECB documents.pdf

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Dear Sir

Further to your confirmatory application for access to ECB documents,
please find attached the reply from the ECB's Executive Board.

 
Yours faithfully,

Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt
[email address]

<< LS_MD_12_84 Reply confirmatory application for access to ECB
documents.pdf>>

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European Central Bank

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    2010 11 02 Notification letter CON 2010 75.pdf

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    CON 2010 75 ECB Opinion on the extension of the Irish State guarantee of certain liabilities of credit institutions.doc.pdf

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Dear Sir,

In your request from December 2011, you requested access to “any and all
communications from the ECB addressed to the Irish Finance Minister (or
his direct office) in the month of November 2010”. It has come to our
attention that an additional letter was sent to the Irish Finance Minister
at the time, which conveyed the ECB’s opinion on a piece of draft Irish
legislation. For the sake of completeness, we attach said letter, dated 2
November 2010.

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main

Germany
ecb.secretariat@ecb.europa.eu  

<<2010-11-02 Notification letter CON_2010_75.pdf>> <<CON_2010_75 ECB
Opinion on the extension of the Irish State guarantee of certain
liabilities of credit institutions.doc.pdf>>

_____________________________________________
From: Secretariat
Sent: 09 January 2012 13:58
To: '[FOI #34 email]'
Subject: Your request of 9 December 2011 for access to ECB documents

Dear Sir,

Further to your request of 9 December 2011 for access to ECB documents,
please find attached the reply from the ECB's Directorate General
Secretariat and Language Services.

 

Yours faithfully,

Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main

Germany
ecb.secretariat@ecb.europa.eu  

 << File: PA_2011_15_03 -  Secretary  Reply to original application-.pdf
>>  << File: PA_2011_15_03 - annex -  JCT_10_1439 Consultation on
Directive 2009_44_EC.pdf >>

 

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