Results 341-360 of 530 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Final Draft Revised National Planning Framework: Motion (30 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I would like to acknowledge the presence in the Public Gallery of my good friends, Paul Lenihan and Richie Herlihy. I invite the Ceann Comhairle to Cork to dine at Richie's restaurant, which is a food truck. He has the best battered sausage in Cork. I know for a fact that you too can have a body like this. I welcome the report but I feel there are lots of holes in it. In fact the...

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Thank you, Deputy.

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: It is 1.5 minutes.

Special Education: Motion [Private Members] (30 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Moving on to the Independent and Parties Technical Group, I call Deputy Paul Murphy.

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (30 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 178. To ask the Minister for Health if she will review the case of an elderly person (details supplied) who was recently removed from the public health nurse (PHN) service, and a nurse had been providing essential vitamin B12 injections on a three-week cycle; if, in view of these circumstances, she will confirm that the decision to remove this patient from the PHN service will be reviewed as...

Unnecessary Hip Surgeries at Children's Health Ireland: Motion [Private Members] (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: We are facing not just a mishap or a misunderstanding but a national scandal that strikes at the heart of the public trust and exposes yet again the rotten foundation of the Government management of the health service. Innocent, vulnerable, trusting children were subjected to unnecessary surgeries. This is not a statistic; lives and futures have been irreversibly damaged under the supposed...

Children's Health Ireland: Statements (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I thank the Minister and the Minister of State for their statements, but after what has happened at Children's Health Ireland statements are not enough. Questions need to be answered. Children were harmed, families were failed and trust was shattered by this Government. For the Minister to offer only words today, she should be subject to questions in the Dáil, and answer those...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: How can this Government stand over the defunding of Cork City Council through the shutdown of the 2024 social housing acquisition programme, leaving 28 families, some of whom have elderly or disabled members and some of whom are living with young children with special needs, at immediate risk of homelessness? Under Circular 11/2025, the Department allocated just €20 million to Cork...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 200. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he will provide a full list of the overseas governments and groups that received funding from the State from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in the area of "sexual and reproductive health"; and to provide details on how the monies were spent including written reports on usage of the funds, including in each case...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Foreign Policy (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 207. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a full list of the overseas governments and groups that received funding from the Irish State from the beginning of 2019 until the end of 2024 inclusive, in the area of sexual and reproductive health; and the details of the way the monies were spent including written reports on usage of the funds, including in each case the...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Road Projects (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 477. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if a time frame for the completion of the Mallow relief road in County Cork has been established; to provide an update on the current stage of the project’s development; and the amount spent to date on the project. [20231/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Land Issues (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 550. To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 64 of 19 February 2025, to clarify whether it was intended that Part 22A (Residential Zoned Land Tax) Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 would impose Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) on a developer who is proceeding with developing his site for an approved housing body, where the developer is required by the approved...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Disability Services (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1784. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if she will provide an update on the status of Hillcrest Respite Centre, Glanmire, County Cork; the reasons that led to its closure in 2024, given the serious upset and distress caused to families who relied on this vital service; which continues to impact them; when the facility is expected to reopen; if it...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Cancer Services (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2022. To ask the Minister for Health if she plans to reduce the age eligibility for the BreastCheck screening programme from 50 to 40 years-of-age, given that earlier screening could lead to earlier detection of breast cancer and improved outcomes for patients; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [18804/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2106. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to ensure full pay parity for section 39 workers with their HSE counterparts, given the persistent disparities in pay and conditions, recruitment and retention challenges, and the commitments made in recent Workplace Relations Commission agreements (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19277/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: General Practitioner Services (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2292. To ask the Minister for Health if blood tests carried out at GP clinics for medical card holders are provided free of charge, or if it is at the discretion of individual GPs to apply charges for this service. [20113/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Pharmacy Services (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2298. To ask the Minister for Health to confirm whether prescriptions can be issued for a six-month period, or longer, under current legislation (details supplied). [20139/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2321. To ask the Minister for Health if her Department or the HSE have any plan to make resources available to the South Doc services Blackpool, Cork city to have an out of hours doctor available and to recruit further staff for the facility. [20227/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Health Services Staff (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2467. To ask the Minister for Health if she will provide a full report on the current status of podiatry services in Cork city and North Cork; the number of staff currently working in podiatry services in these areas, including administrative and clinical roles; the number of staff currently on maternity leave, sick leave, or other forms of extended leave; the number of vacant posts across...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (29 Apr 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 2473. To ask the Minister for Health if her attention has been drawn to a former piggery site in Grenagh, County Cork that was demolished before the discovery of asbestos (details supplied); if she will confirm that her Department will provide extra resources if needed to Cork County Council and the HAS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [21230/25]