Results 201-220 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 462. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether the Irish Prison Service has made any payments to persons (details supplied) since 1 January 2020; and if so, the total amount, the number of payments, the date of each payment; and the procurement basis for each. [53852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 464. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any Irish Prison Service payments to podcasts, influencers, or media outlets since 1 January 2020 were made in multiple tranches of under €25,000 each; and if he will clarify whether this practice was used to avoid triggering public tender thresholds. [53854/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that all Irish Prison Service expenditure on podcasts, influencers, and media outlets since 2020 has complied fully with public procurement law and with the Department’s internal governance requirements; and if he will outline the oversight his Department exercised in approving these expenditures....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total expenditure by the Irish Prison Service on consultancy, media services, and public relations between 1 January 2020 and 30 September 2025; if he will provide a breakdown by year; and if he will specify which contracts were subject to open competitive tender. [53856/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the procurement process undertaken in respect of the nearly €25,000 payment by the Irish Prison Service to persons (details supplied); if a formal tender was conducted; and if he will provide the business case or approval note underpinning this expenditure. [53853/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 467. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will request the Comptroller and Auditor General to conduct a detailed review of Irish Prison Service expenditure on media, podcasts, and influencer contracts since 2020. [53858/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 468. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a list of all foreign travel undertaken by senior Irish Prison Service executives since 1 January 2020, including the destination, purpose, number of staff travelling, and total cost to the taxpayer in each case. [53859/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 469. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the total cost of single modular housing units provided by the Irish Prison Service since 1 January 2020; the procurement process used for these units; and if he will provide a breakdown of the number of units purchased and their individual costs. [53860/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 503. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early years and crèche services that have been withdrawn from the core funding scheme in each of the past five years, by county; and the specific measures her Department is taking to prevent further withdrawals and protect parents from fee increases. [52979/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Early Childhood Care and Education (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 504. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of early years and crèche facilities operating in Cork city and county in each of the past ten years; the net change in services over that period; and the actions being taken to address the decline in provision in Cork compared with the reported national increase. [52980/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 505. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will publish detailed, disaggregated data showing the number of childcare providers entering and leaving the sector nationally and by county each year since 2015, including whether those providers were part of the core funding scheme. [52981/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 506. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the steps her Department is taking to prevent excessive childcare fee increases, including whether consideration has been given to introducing statutory fee caps or a link between the core funding scheme and maximum allowable fee levels. [52982/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 507. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the locations where State-led childcare facilities are currently being planned or developed, including projected capacity, opening dates, costs, and the criteria used for site selection. [52983/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 508. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific supports (financial, operational, training, or business supports) which are being made available to smaller and rural childcare providers to maintain their viability within the core funding scheme. [52984/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Childcare Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 509. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the way in which her Department verifies claims of a national net increase in services when some regions, such as Cork, have reported sustained decreases; and if she will provide a breakdown reconciliating national and regional figures. [52985/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Residential Institutions (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 519. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will provide an update on the Government’s consultation with survivor groups on memorialisation and archives; if she will confirm if survivors will have full decision-making input into the location and management of any national archive or memorial site; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53210/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 591. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount paid by HSE-run hospitals to debt collection agencies in each of the past five years, by hospital group; and to explain the Department's oversight role in approving or monitoring such expenditure. [53094/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 592. To ask the Minister for Health the total amount of patient debt referred to debt collection agencies in the same period; the proportion of this debt that was successfully recovered; and whether her Department has conducted a cost-benefit analysis of this practice. [53095/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 593. To ask the Minister for Health her Department's current policy on the use of private debt collection firms by public hospitals, including whether such arrangements require Departmental approval or follow centrally issued guidance. [53096/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Charges (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 594. To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to ensure that vulnerable patients, such as those on low incomes or with long-term illnesses, are not subject to aggressive debt-collection practices by HSE hospitals. [53097/25]