Results 261-280 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 456. To ask the Minister for Health the projected level of additional annual funding required over the next five years to ensure that all newly approved cancer drugs are made available to public patients in a timely manner; and whether ring-fenced oncology funding is being considered within her Department. [52827/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 457. To ask the Minister for Health whether her Department has carried out any equality or impact assessment on disparities in access to oncology drugs between public and private patients; and if so, to publish those findings. [52828/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 458. To ask the Minister for Health to provide comparative data on the time from European Medicines Agency approval to reimbursement for new oncology medicines in Ireland versus other EU member states; and to indicate whether Ireland is above or below the EU average. [52829/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 459. To ask the Minister for Health if she will publish in full the rationale, minutes, and assessments underpinning reimbursement decisions on oncology drugs since 2020; and if not, the reason for the continued confidentiality. [52830/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 460. To ask the Minister for Health whether a national registry of oncology patients treated with newer cancer therapies is maintained; and if so, to outline how this real-world data informs reimbursement and future access decisions. [52831/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Cancer Services (2 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 461. To ask the Minister for Health the steps being taken to accelerate the availability of oncology generics and biosimilars to reduce cost barriers for the public health system; and whether legislative or regulatory reform is being considered in this regard. [52832/25]

Abolition of Carer's Allowance Means Test: Motion [Private Members] (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I am disappointed to see that the senior Minister has left the House. Nobody ever gets rich from social welfare. Nobody ever makes a profit from social welfare. We can put that idea to rest in this House and put it on the record. When it comes to carer's allowance, €20 billion is being saved by the State from people caring. We have application forms as long as my arm in which...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 116. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality for a list of all properties currently owned, leased, or otherwise used by an organisation (details supplied) or by any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, for the purpose of providing accommodation under contracts or funding arrangements with his Department, including through the International Protection Accommodation...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 117. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the total value of contracts awarded to an organisation (details supplied), or to any of its subsidiaries or affiliates, for the provision of accommodation under the International Protection Accommodation Services, by year from 2020 to date in 2025; and to outline whether these contracts were awarded by open...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 118. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the number of inspections or compliance checks carried out by his Department or its agents at properties operated by an organisation (details supplied), or its subsidiaries or affiliates, under IPAS contracts in each of the past three years; the number of deficiencies or breaches recorded; and the corrective...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 119. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to set out the due diligence procedures undertaken by his Department before entering into contracts with an organisation (details supplied), or its subsidiaries or affiliates, including checks on beneficial ownership, financial standing, and capacity to deliver accommodation in line with contractual standards. [52227/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 120. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number and nature of complaints received by his Department, or by agencies reporting to it, in respect of accommodation operated by an organisation (details supplied), or its subsidiaries or affiliates, under IPAS contracts in each of the past three years; and to outline the steps taken by his Department to address such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 129. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has carried out an assessment of the potential impact on migration into the State of the proposed introduction of mandatory digital identity cards for workers in the United Kingdom; and if he will publish the details of same [52412/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 130. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if contingency planning has been undertaken by his Department to address the risk of increased irregular migration into the State via the land border with Northern Ireland arising from changes in UK immigration enforcement policy; and if he will set out the measures considered. [52413/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 131. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has consulted with the Department of Foreign Affairs & Trade regarding the diplomatic and legal implications for Ireland of potential secondary migration flows into the State following UK immigration policy changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52415/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 132. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he has directed his officials to develop protocols with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to monitor and address irregular migration across the land border arising from prospective changes in UK immigration enforcement; and if he will outline those protocols. [52416/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 133. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he has commissioned any legal analysis on the compatibility of existing Common Travel Area arrangements with the introduction of mandatory digital identity cards in the UK; and if he will publish that legal advice. [52417/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 135. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he intends to seek support or assistance at European Union level in the event that the State experiences a disproportionate increase in asylum or migration applications as a result of UK policy changes; and if he will set out the form such support might take. [52419/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 136. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department has updated its risk assessments of international protection applications to account for the likelihood of individuals relocating from the United Kingdom into this jurisdiction in anticipation of stricter UK immigration enforcement; and if he will provide the findings. [52420/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Immigration Policy (1 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 137. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he will report to Dáil Éireann on the preparedness of the State’s immigration, border management and asylum systems to address any displacement of irregular migrants from the UK to Ireland following the introduction of mandatory digital identity cards in Britain. [52421/25]