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Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I raise an issue with the Minister that has gone unaddressed in this House for far too long. It is a blatant discrimination built on the taxation regime targeted squarely at citizens with no children in this country. I ask her plainly if it is acceptable for the Government to oversee, implement and defend a taxation system that discriminates against people purely based on the fact they do...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: This is not a hypothetical or abstract policy debate. This affects hundreds of thousands of people in this country. On 19 March in the Upper House, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe said he would address the fundamental points of discrimination. He also made the statement that it seemed to be constitutional, yet he has not provided any proof or legal argument and no documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (15 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a comprehensive breakdown of all Irish foreign aid spending for the past five years, including but not limited to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25004/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Mallow relief road project, including the expected timelines for completion of the planning phase currently being funded by the €700,000 allocation to Cork County Council; if he will outline the next steps in the process; when further funding will be made available through Transport...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I almost feel sorry for the Ceann Comhairle because she is hearing the same story over and over again from every Deputy who has spoken. The Minister of State, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, and I share a constituency in Cork. He will be aware that 39 weeks is the average waiting time. We seem to be a country of waiting lists. We are very good at creating waiting lists and long waits for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: It is related in the Irish Examiner that, at a meeting of Cork City Council last Monday evening, a number of councillors stated that Cork city is a no-go area and that there are parts of the city that you cannot go into. Another councillor, Seán Martin, stated that we have to take back our city. Does the Taoiseach agree with his Fianna Fáil colleagues on Cork City Council that the...

Trade Union Recognition Bill 2021: Second Stage [Private Members] (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I am impressed to hear the amount of credentials and the trade union members elected here, but unlike many of my colleagues I have never been a member of a trade union. I was employed while in college in the United Kingdom doing basic work behind bars and the rest of it. I never had an opportunity to join a trade union. I was self-employed. I ran bars and restaurants in Spain. I did not...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Hospital Services (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Thank you, Deputy.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Agriculture Schemes (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Discussion on this Topical Issue matter has concluded. The Minister might respond to the Deputy privately on that.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss wages of early childhood educators and staff shortages. Deputy Eoghan Kenny - To discuss multi-annual funding for residential placements for adults with disabilities. Deputy Brian Brennan - To discuss...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Development Companies (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 112. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the exact breakdown of the amount of finance that was allocated to each local development company for 2022 and 2023 regarding the community car initiative for Ukrainians; if information will be provided in relation to an FOI (details supplied); his views on the LDC’s response that they are not subject to FOI’s...

Housing and Critical Infrastructure: Motion [Private Members] (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I have to agree with my colleagues. The story Michael Collins tells about west Cork is exactly the same as the story we see in Cork North-Central. We cannot build a single home in Carrignavar because there is no water treatment plant. The infrastructure in Glanmire - which is in my constituency, which is the location of the parish I was born in and which is where I got my biggest vote in...

Power of Higher Education, Research and Skills as Economic Enablers in a Changing World: Statements (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I offer my congratulations to the Minister and Minister of State. I have not had the opportunity to do so in the Chamber previously. I note a statement here to the effect that many of the skills of today did not exist yesterday and that many of the skills of tomorrow do not exist today. That is very true. It is the reality of life. When it comes to research and development, perhaps we...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: The Taoiseach is not heckled from all sides of the House.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I am sure the Taoiseach will join me in welcoming the Meany family from the Lower Glanmire Road and Ballyvolane to the Public Gallery. As reported by RTÉ and the Irish Examiner, a HSE inquest issued an apology on Tuesday, 29 April for the death almost six years ago of Mr. Anthony Hennessy of Mallow, County Cork, in a room in St. Stephen's Hospital in Glanmire near Cork city. On 25...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: As the debate has concluded, I must put the amendment.

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: It is the Government amendment.

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: In accordance with Standing Order 85(2), the division is deferred until the weekly division time next week.

Ábhair Shaincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Matters (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I wish to advise the House of the following matters in respect of which notice has been given under Standing Order 39 and the name of the Member in each case: Deputy Michael Cahill - To discuss the need to bring the national secondary road, the Ring of Kerry, up to standard. Deputy Naoise Ó Cearúil - To discuss the lack of crèche places in areas of growing population in Kildare...

Childcare: Motion (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: The Deputy is eating into his colleagues' time.