Letters to Irish finance minister/DoF

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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) All communications between the ECB and the Irish Finance Ministry in October and November 2010. This should include communications from Mr Trichet and any communications from the Irish ministry, and also include any communication at any level to/from the ECB.

2) All letters communicated to the Irish finance minister or his Ministry by the ECB in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan

European Central Bank

Dear Sir,

The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 20 August 2012, of your application
for access to 1) “all communications between the ECB and the Irish
Finance  Ministry in October and November 2010,  including communications
from Mr Trichet,  any communications from the  Irish ministry and any
communication at any level  to/from the ECB” and 2)  “all letters
communicated to the Irish finance minister or his Ministry by the ECB in
the years 2009, 2010 and 2011".   

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.

   

Yours faithfully,

   

Secretariat Division

European Central Bank

Kaiserstrasse 29

60311 Frankfurt am Main.

Phone+49 69 1344 0

Fax: +49 69 1344 6170

-----Original Message-----

From: Gavin [2][mailto:[FOI #205 email]]

Sent: Monday 20 August 2012 16:07

To: Press Office (Email)

Subject: access to information request - Letters to Irish finance
minister/DoF

     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) All communications between the ECB and the Irish Finance

     Ministry in October and November 2010. This should include

     communications from Mr Trichet and any communications from the

     Irish ministry, and also include any communication at any level

     to/from the ECB.

    

     2) All letters communicated to the Irish finance minister or his

     Ministry by the ECB in the years 2009, 2010 and 2011.

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

     Gavin Sheridan

    

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     This is a request for access to information under Article 15 of the

     TFEU and, where applicable, Regulation 1049/2001 which has been

     sent via the AsktheEU.org website.

    

     Please kindly use this email address for all replies to this

     request: [3][FOI #205 email]

    

     If [4][ECB request email] is the wrong address for information
requests

     to European Central Bank, please tell the AsktheEU.org team on

     email [5][email address]

    

     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

     [6]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/help/officers

    

    

    

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Dear European Central Bank,

The request was due yesterday. I ask that reply be made as soon possible, by close of business of September 12, preferably.

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan

European Central Bank

Dear Sir,

Please note that access to ECB documents is governed by Decision
ECB/2004/3 according to which a reply to your request is due within 20
working days, i.e. by 17 September 2012. However, as your request is very
wide in scope, covers a long period of time and requires the consultation
of a third-party, we have to invoke Article 7.3 of Decision ECB/2004/3 and
extend the time limit provided to reply to your request by an additional
20 working days.

Sincerely,

Secretariat Division

European Central Bank

Kaiserstrasse 29

60311 Frankfurt am Main.

Phone+49 69 1344 0

Fax: +49 69 1344 6170

-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [[1]mailto:[FOI #205 email]]
Sent: 11 September 2012 13:25
To: Secretariat
Subject: Re: Your application of 20 August 2012 for access to ECB
documents

     Dear European Central Bank,

    

     The request was due yesterday. I ask that reply be made as soon

     possible, by close of business of September 12, preferably.

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

     Gavin Sheridan

    

     -----Original Message-----

    

     Dear Sir,

    

     The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 20 August 2012, of your

     application

     for access to 1) “all communications between the ECB and the Irish

     Finance  Ministry in October and November 2010, 

     including communications

     from Mr Trichet,  any communications from the  Irish ministry and

     any

     communication at any level  to/from the ECB” and 2)  “all letters

     communicated to the Irish finance minister or his Ministry by the

     ECB in

     the years 2009, 2010 and 2011".   

    

     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][2]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.

    

        

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

        

    

     Secretariat Division

    

     European Central Bank

    

     Kaiserstrasse 29

    

     60311 Frankfurt am Main.

    

     Phone+49 69 1344 0

    

     Fax: +49 69 1344 6170

    

     -------------------------------------------------------------------

     Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

     [3][FOI #205 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

     [4]http://www.asktheeu.org/en/help/officers

    

    

     -------------------------------------------------------------------

 

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This e-mail is intended only for the use of the recipient(s) named above.
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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
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References

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Dear Sir,

Further to your application for access to ECB documents, please find
attached the reply from the ECB's DG Secretariat and Language Services.

Yours faithfully,

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

<<PA_2012_19 Reply to request for access to ECB documents.pdf>> <<Annex
B.zip>> <<Annex A.zip>>

_____________________________________________
From: Secretariat
Sent: 11 September 2012 19:13
To: 'Gavin'
Subject: RE: Your application of 20 August 2012 for access to ECB
documents

Dear Sir,

Please note that access to ECB documents is governed by Decision
ECB/2004/3 according to which a reply to your request is due within 20
working days, i.e. by 17 September 2012. However, as your request is very
wide in scope, covers a long period of time and requires the consultation
of a third-party, we have to invoke Article 7.3 of Decision ECB/2004/3 and
extend the time limit provided to reply to your request by an additional
20 working days.

Sincerely,

Secretariat Division

European Central Bank

Kaiserstrasse 29

60311 Frankfurt am Main.

Phone+49 69 1344 0

Fax: +49 69 1344 6170

-----Original Message-----
From: Gavin [2][mailto:[FOI #205 email]]
Sent: 11 September 2012 13:25
To: Secretariat
Subject: Re: Your application of 20 August 2012 for access to ECB
documents

     Dear European Central Bank,

    

     The request was due yesterday. I ask that reply be made as soon

     possible, by close of business of September 12, preferably.

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

     Gavin Sheridan

    

     -----Original Message-----

    

     Dear Sir,

    

     The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 20 August 2012, of your

     application

     for access to 1) “all communications between the ECB and the Irish

     Finance  Ministry in October and November 2010, 

     including communications

     from Mr Trichet,  any communications from the  Irish ministry and

     any

     communication at any level  to/from the ECB” and 2)  “all letters

     communicated to the Irish finance minister or his Ministry by the

     ECB in

     the years 2009, 2010 and 2011".   

    

     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][3]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.

    

        

    

     Yours faithfully,

    

        

    

     Secretariat Division

    

     European Central Bank

    

     Kaiserstrasse 29

    

     60311 Frankfurt am Main.

    

     Phone+49 69 1344 0

    

     Fax: +49 69 1344 6170

    

     -------------------------------------------------------------------

     Please use this email address for all replies to this request:

     [4][FOI #205 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

     [5]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

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5. http://www.asktheeu.org/en/help/officers

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Dear European Central Bank,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of European Central Bank's handling of my FOI request 'Letters to Irish finance minister/DoF'.

1) The names of people who work for the ECB are not a secret. The redaction of names of people is incorrect in law.

2) The ECB has failed to release or refer to a letter dated November 21 from Brian Lenihan which is 3 pages in length. This letter was released separately to an Irish news organisation by the Irish authorities following the publication of the one page letter of the same date released in this request. (http://www.thejournal.ie/brian-lenihan-l...)

3) The ECB has failed to release or refer to communications dated October 15, November 4 and November 12 that an Irish journalist has had sight of, but the ECB has implicitly denied the existence of (http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/fron...)

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

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan

European Central Bank

Dear Sir,

The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 31 October 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/2004/3 on public access to European Central Bank Documents.

Yours faithfully,

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 #205 email]]
Sent: Wednesday 31 October 2012 14:52
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: Internal review of access to information request - Letters to Irish finance minister/DoF

Dear European Central Bank,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of European Central
Bank's handling of my FOI request 'Letters to Irish finance
minister/DoF'.

1) The names of people who work for the ECB are not a secret. The
redaction of names of people is incorrect in law.

2) The ECB has failed to release or refer to a letter dated
November 21 from Brian Lenihan which is 3 pages in length. This
letter was released separately to an Irish news organisation by the
Irish authorities following the publication of the one page letter
of the same date released in this request.
(http://www.thejournal.ie/brian-lenihan-l...)

3) The ECB has failed to release or refer to communications dated
October 15, November 4 and November 12 that an Irish journalist has
had sight of, but the ECB has implicitly denied the existence of
(http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/fron...)

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

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan



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1 Attachment

Dear Sir,

Please find attached the reply from the ECB President to your confirmatory application for access to ECB documents.

Yours faithfully,

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

-----Original Message-----
From: Secretariat
Sent: 31 October 2012 17:09
To: '[FOI #205 email]'
Subject: Your confirmatory application for access to ECB documents

Dear Sir,

The ECB hereby confirms receipt, on 31 October 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/2004/3 on public access to European Central Bank Documents.

Yours faithfully,

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 #205 email]]
Sent: Wednesday 31 October 2012 14:52
To: Press Office (Email)
Subject: Internal review of access to information request - Letters to Irish finance minister/DoF

Dear European Central Bank,

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

I am writing to request an internal review of European Central
Bank's handling of my FOI request 'Letters to Irish finance
minister/DoF'.

1) The names of people who work for the ECB are not a secret. The
redaction of names of people is incorrect in law.

2) The ECB has failed to release or refer to a letter dated
November 21 from Brian Lenihan which is 3 pages in length. This
letter was released separately to an Irish news organisation by the
Irish authorities following the publication of the one page letter
of the same date released in this request.
(http://www.thejournal.ie/brian-lenihan-l...)

3) The ECB has failed to release or refer to communications dated
October 15, November 4 and November 12 that an Irish journalist has
had sight of, but the ECB has implicitly denied the existence of
(http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/fron...)

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

Yours faithfully,

Gavin Sheridan



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[FOI #205 email]

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