Letter to Irish finance minister
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
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]
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: Friday 09 December 2011 03:02
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: access to information request - Letter to Irish finance minister
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
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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
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]
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: Friday 09 December 2011 13:17
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: Re: FW: access to information request - Letter to Irish finance minister
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
-----Original Message-----
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]
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #34 email]
This message and all replies from European Central Bank will be
published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more information see our
dedicated page for EU public officials at
http://www.asktheeu.org/en/help/officers
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Any e-mail message from the European Central Bank (ECB) is sent in good faith but shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting a commitment by the ECB except where provided for in a written agreement. This e-mail is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either in whole or in part, is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately via e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system.
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
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [[2]mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: Friday 09 December 2011 13:41
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: RE: FW: access to information request - Letter to Irish finance
minister
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [[3]mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: Friday 09 December 2011 13:17
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: Re: FW: access to information request - Letter to Irish finance
minister
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
Any e-mail message from the European Central Bank (ECB) is sent in good
faith but shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting a
commitment by the ECB except where provided for in a written agreement.
This e-mail is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above.
Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either in whole or in
part, is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please
notify the sender immediately via e-mail and delete this e-mail from your
system.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/0...
2. mailto:[FOI #34 email]
3. mailto:[FOI #34 email]
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.
Â
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
ecb.secretariat@ecb.europa.eu Â
<<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>>
-----Original Message-----
From: Secretariat
Sent: 09 December 2011 17:30
To: '[FOI #34 email]'
Subject: Your request of 9 December 2011 for access to ECB
documents
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [[2]mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: Friday 09 December 2011 13:41
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: RE: FW: access to information request - Letter to Irish
finance minister
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [[3]mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: Friday 09 December 2011 13:17
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: Re: FW: access to information request - Letter to Irish finance
minister
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
Any e-mail message from the European Central Bank (ECB) is sent in good
faith but shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting a
commitment by the ECB except where provided for in a written agreement.
This e-mail is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above.
Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either in whole or in
part, is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please
notify the sender immediately via e-mail and delete this e-mail from your
system.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/0...
2. mailto:[FOI #34 email]
3. mailto:[FOI #34 email]
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
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: 12 January 2012 14:47
To: Secretariat
Subject: Internal review of access to information request - Letter to Irish finance minister
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
-----Original Message-----
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.
Â
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
ecb.secretariat@ecb.europa.eu Â
<<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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Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #34 email]
This message and all replies from European Central Bank will be
published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more information see our
dedicated page for EU public officials at
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Any e-mail message from the European Central Bank (ECB) is sent in good faith but shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting a commitment by the ECB except where provided for in a written agreement. This e-mail is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above. Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either in whole or in part, is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately via e-mail and delete this e-mail from your system.
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>>
-----Original Message-----
From: Secretariat
Sent: 13 January 2012 09:07
To: 'Gavin'
Subject: Your confirmatory application of 12 January 2012 for access to
ECB documents
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [[1]mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: 12 January 2012 14:47
To: Secretariat
Subject: Internal review of access to information request - Letter to
Irish finance minister
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:
[2]http://www.asktheeu.org/request/letter_t...
Yours faithfully,
Gavin Sheridan
-----Original Message-----
Dear Sir,
Further to your request of 9 December 2011 for access to ECB
documents,
please find attachedÃ*Â the replyÃ*Â from the ECB's Directorate
General
Secretariat and Language Services.
Ã*Â
Yours faithfully,
Secretariat Division
European Central Bank
Kaiserstrasse 29
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
ecb.secretariat@ecb.europa.euÃ*Â Ã*Â
<<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>>
Â
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #34 email]
This message and all replies from European Central Bank will be
published on the AsktheEU.org website. For more information see our
dedicated page for EU public officials at
[3]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/help/officers
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Any e-mail message from the European Central Bank (ECB) is sent in good
faith but shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting a
commitment by the ECB except where provided for in a written agreement.
This e-mail is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above.
Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either in whole or in
part, is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please
notify the sender immediately via e-mail and delete this e-mail from your
system.
References
Visible links
1. mailto:[FOI #34 email]
2. http://www.asktheeu.org/request/letter_t...
3. http://www.asktheeu.org/en/help/officers
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 >>
-----Original Message-----
From: Secretariat
Sent: 09 December 2011 17:30
To: '[FOI #34 email]'
Subject: Your request of 9 December 2011 for access to ECB
documents
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [[2]mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: Friday 09 December 2011 13:41
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: RE: FW: access to information request - Letter to Irish
finance minister
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
-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [[3]mailto:[FOI #34 email]]
Sent: Friday 09 December 2011 13:17
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: Re: FW: access to information request - Letter to Irish finance
minister
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
Any e-mail message from the European Central Bank (ECB) is sent in good
faith but shall neither be binding nor construed as constituting a
commitment by the ECB except where provided for in a written agreement.
This e-mail is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above.
Any unauthorised disclosure, use or dissemination, either in whole or in
part, is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please
notify the sender immediately via e-mail and delete this e-mail from your
system.
References
Visible links
1. http://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/legal/pdf/0...
2. mailto:[FOI #34 email]
3. mailto:[FOI #34 email]