Results 1-20 of 530 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn
- Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: As the Minister may be aware, some schools throughout the country have told parents that they have to buy specific tablets up to the value of approximately €600. Some of these parents have been speaking to me. Those who have three children in secondary school have had to go to credit unions so that they can pay €1,800 for these specific tablets. The schools are sending out...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way his Department determines an applicant’s country of origin in cases where no identification is presented at the time of application; and the way his Department ensures that an applicant has not travelled from a country designated as safe while seeking asylum under the UN Refugee Convention; and if he will make...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for asylum or for a protection order that have been convicted for the destruction of identity documents prior to, or during, the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36651/25]
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: Not for the whistleblowers.
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: I thank the Minister for his reply but it is a bit like previous replies in that it does not really say much. How many people will come forward as whistleblowers and sign these non-disclosure agreements, and how many problems will be hidden and put under the carpet yet again, before 2027? If we did not have the likes of Vicky Phelan, who decided not to sign a non-disclosure agreement, we...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: I raise a matter of grave concern regarding the practical effects of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. While the Act was conceived with noble intent in the shadow of the experience of the Maurice McCabe case and his testimony, the reality for many whistleblowers across this nation is that the promised protection remains legally at odds with the lived reality of the legislation. Recent...
- Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, in light of recent reports concerning the status of the tenant in situ scheme in Cork city and Cork county, the number of acquisitions currently paused or delayed due to funding constraints in each of these local authorities; whether he intends to provide supplementary funding to address the reported...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment that is made of the socio-economic impact of placing large-scale, single-gender IPAS centres in smaller communities; and whether local schools, GP practices and Gardaí are consulted in advance of such placements. [35229/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards in place to ensure a balanced gender and age profile in IPAS centres, particularly in smaller towns; and whether his Department has assessed the community impact of accommodating large cohorts of single adult males. [35234/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 546. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide an update on the current backlog of asylum applications in Ireland; the average processing time; and the steps being taken to expedite decisions while preserving the integrity of the system. [35230/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 547. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his views on recent figures showing significant early resignations within An Garda Síochána; the analysis his Department has conducted on morale within the force; and whether targeted retention and support measures are being developed. [35231/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 548. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether emergency planning powers or Ministerial discretion have been used in the past 12 months to bypass public consultation in the approval of accommodation for international protection applicants; and whether he will publish a record of such interventions. [35232/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Prevention (1 Jul 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 549. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he accepts there has been a marked deterioration in public safety and street-level crime in major cities such as Dublin, Cork, and Limerick; and whether the current community safety partnership model is fit for purpose. [35233/25]
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Meetings (26 Jun 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 322. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list of any meetings she attended with health professional representative bodies, voluntary organisations, NGOs, lobby groups and other stakeholders (excluding the HSE) relating to or featuring issues regarding termination of pregnancy, from January 2025 to date, in tabular form, including dates, and organisations represented; and if she will...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: Are all the machines working?
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: Does the Minister believe it is acceptable that Irish passports and citizenship can be granted by his Government without proper documentation? That is the question here. That is what it is really about. All the Minister has done in his answer is to confirm that people can enter this country without identification, claim asylum and sign a sworn affidavit saying who they are without proving...
- Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí (Atógáil) - Leaders' Questions (Resumed) (25 Jun 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: I highlight a serious contradiction at the heart of the immigration and passport system, which raises serious concerns for national security, consistency and public trust. I will start with the Irish passport system. Every Irish citizen goes through a rigorous process to get a passport. Parents applying for their child's first passport must submit the long-form birth certificate,...
- Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: Hear, hear.
- Legislative and Structural Reforms to Accelerate Housing Delivery: Motion [Private Members] (25 Jun 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: I thank the Minister of State for his response. I do not doubt the sincerity of his reply, but in the amendment put forward by the Department, 28 parts are exactly the same, cut and pasted verbatim from a previous amendment to a recent Private Member's motion. Five to six are unique in relation to the application because of the structure of the motion, ten are unique to the local authority...
- Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (25 Jun 2025)
Ken O'Flynn: 144. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department is engaged in any negotiations, planning, or contractual arrangements for the use of the Old Rectory site in Glanmire, County Cork, as a location for an IPAS centre or for the accommodation of international protection applicants; if so, when this site was identified; the proposed capacity and timeline;...