Results 241-260 of 481 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 976. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her 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 co-ordination...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Funding (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 977. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her 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,...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 978. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full and detailed explanation of how her Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under her aegis. (details supplied). [23954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1016. To ask the Minister for Health if she will explain the reason the shingles vaccine is not included in the national immunisation programme, despite overwhelming clinical evidence of its effectiveness in preventing a debilitating illness that disproportionately affects older people and immunocompromised individuals. [23307/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1017. To ask the Minister for Health if she acknowledges the severe cost barrier that currently exists, with Irish citizens forced to pay privately up to €500 for a two-dose shingles vaccine that is offered free of charge in numerous EU member states including the Netherlands, Germany, and France, as well as in the United Kingdom under the NHS. [23308/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1018. To ask the Minister for Health to ask whether the Department has conducted or reviewed any health economic modelling on the long-term costs to the State in terms of hospitalisations, nerve damage, and complications from postherpetic neuralgia that arise due to lack of shingles vaccination access. [23309/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1019. To ask the Minister for Health if she accepts that the exclusion of the shingles vaccine from the national immunisation schedule represents a broader systemic failure of the Irish health service to provide preventative care on par with our European counterparts. [23310/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1020. To ask the Minister for Health the specific steps she intends to take to address disparity as regards the shingle vaccine, including timelines for review by NIAC and whether she will commit to full public funding of the shingles vaccine for all persons over 50 or those clinically indicated. [23311/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1021. To ask the Minister for Health if she believes it is acceptable in 2025 in a developed EU member state that access to vital vaccines is determined not by public health need but by an individual’s ability to pay, despite the known physical, psychological, and financial toll shingles can take on older citizens and vulnerable groups. [23312/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Obesity Levels (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1027. To ask the Minister for Health if she will commission a comprehensive national report on the prevalence and projected trends of obesity in Ireland, with particular reference to the growing strain it places on the healthcare system and its wider economic impact; if she will undertake a review of international best practices, including the recently proposed NHS model in the United...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1110. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of her Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23817/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1111. To ask the Minister for Health for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of her Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programmes they provide (details supplied). [23835/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1112. To ask the Minister for Health to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under her 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 authorities or regional...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1113. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under her Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this practice is monitored...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1116. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her 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). [23926/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1117. To ask the Minister for Health to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her 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 administrative expenses are in...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1114. To ask the Minister for Health 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 her Department (details supplied). [23890/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1115. To ask the Minister for Health 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 her Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive review of NGO funding...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1118. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a full and detailed explanation of how her Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under her aegis. (details supplied). [23962/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Bodies (13 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1250. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills about, for example, football, boxing, athletics, youth services, social services, health and well-being, community outreach, and cultural activities. [23816/25]