Results 321-340 of 530 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1292. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23894/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1293. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of state funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1294. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details supplied). [23930/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1296. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1297. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis. (details supplied). [23966/25]

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Funding (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1290. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local...

Written Answers — Department of Rural and Community Development: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1295. To ask the Minister for Rural and Community Development to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the...

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.

Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (Resumed) (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I wish to share time with Deputies Michael Collins and Paul Lawless.

Report of the Farrelly Commission: Statements (Resumed) (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: The final report is not just a catalogue of failure, it is a national disgrace. Let us be clear: this did not happen in the shadows. This happened in the full view of the State, with the knowledge of senior officials and successive governments, which chose to turn a blind eye. What this report exposes is not just incompetence; it is complicity. Children and vulnerable adults were failed...

Europe Day: Statements (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: On Europe Day, we mark a bold vision, born from the ashes of war, of peace, co-operation and prosperity between nations that once stood divided. I am a proud pro-European. I believe in nations working together, not tearing each other down. Let that not be confused with blind obedience to Brussels. This Europe is not the dream we signed up to back in the seventies. We see consequences of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Last week, my city of Cork was struck by a deep tragedy with the loss of a young man, Luke Hyde, who got into difficulty swimming in the River Lee. What makes the loss more horrifying to his friends and family is the fact that many people stood by filming and then shared footage on social media. While Coco’s Law rightly criminalises the sharing of intimate images without consent...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Energy Infrastructure (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 32. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment the contingency plans and response measures in place in Ireland in the event of large-scale power outage (details supplied); and If any recent simulations or tests have been conducted to assess the Ireland's preparedness for such an event. [22278/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Expenditure Reviews (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 241. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 258 of 10 April 2025, if he can provide a list of the local development companies that received funding under the community car initiative, along with the year in which the funding was allocated to each respective local development company or network; and if he will make a statement on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (7 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is aware of a review into a carer’s allowance application submitted by a person (details supplied); if his Department has received this review request; if a decision has been made; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22303/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Schemes (1 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 228. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills her Department’s position on secondary schools requiring parents to purchase iPads or specific digital devices, particularly in light of the roll-out of the free schoolbooks scheme; the guidance or oversight her Department provides to ensure that families are not subjected to undue financial pressure due to school-imposed digital...