Results 421-440 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Process (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 224. To ask the Minister for Finance the specific steps being taken to broaden the tax base, as recommended by the Central Bank, to ensure the sustainability of current spending commitments. [50416/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Budget Process (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 226. To ask the Minister for Finance the analysis his Department has undertaken of the inflationary or pro-cyclical risks of injecting €9.4 billion in additional spending and tax measures into the economy at the present time. [50418/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 225. To ask the Minister for Finance whether he has considered strengthening fiscal rules or expenditure benchmarks to ensure that growth in current spending does not outpace the long-term sustainable growth rate of the economy. [50417/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 231. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the obligations of local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the EU Open Data Directive (2019/1024, transposed by S.I. 376/2021) reinforce the duty to provide detailed disaggregated data such as budgetary and housing maintenance information, and that these obligations cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 233. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will confirm that the obligations of local authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2014 and the EU Open Data Directive (2019/1024, transposed by S.I. 376/2021) reinforce the duty to provide detailed disaggregated data such as budgetary and housing maintenance information, and that these obligations cannot be...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Departmental Data (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 247. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if his Department will publish data on the number of business closures in Cork city and county in the past five years where high insurance costs were cited as a primary factor. [49852/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 362. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he accepts that the requirement to sell with tenants in situ significantly reduces the market value of rental properties in developments such as Sirius Wharf; and whether his Department has carried out an impact assessment of this provision. [49763/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 371. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he is aware that 53 families in Sirius Wharf, Cobh, will face eviction notices by February 2026 as landlords exit the rental market; and the emergency provisions that will be put in place locally to prevent homelessness in this case. [49760/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 372. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he has assessed the impact of the March 2026 legislation, which prevents landlords with more than three units from selling with vacant possession, on the supply of rental properties in Cobh and in Cork city and county. [49761/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 373. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific measures being planned for Cobh to protect families facing eviction as a result of the March 2026 legislation. [49765/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 370. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out any review of the way in which local authorities are handling county councillors’ questions (details supplied) for written reply; and if he will establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure consistency and compliance across all councils. [49693/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Local Authorities (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 377. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if his Department has carried out any review of how local authorities are handling councillors’ questions for written reply; and whether he will establish a monitoring mechanism to ensure consistency and compliance across all councils. [49883/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 376. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given the Summary Social Housing Assessment 2025 for Cork city, the current net need figure; the number of households who remain without social housing support; the steps he is taking to accelerate delivery in high-demand areas around Cork city, Glanmire, Blarney and Mallow. [49846/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Electoral Process (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 398. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government given reports that non-party/independent councillors are aligning to endorse a presidential candidate through county council influence, the transparency or regulation safeguards which exist for endorsements that may involve public property, resources, or public employees; if any funding is being used or diverted in ways...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Financial Irregularities (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 425. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of suspicious transaction reports submitted to the Financial Intelligence Unit in 2024 in relation to identity fraud, financial fraud or suspected laundering of funds; and of these, the number that resulted in investigations or prosecutions. [50121/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Control of Dogs (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 455. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reported incidents to An Garda Síochána involving uncontrolled dogs in public places in each year from 2020 to 2024. [49758/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 459. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of rental properties identified by An Garda Síochána in each of the past five years as having been used as brothels; the breakdown by county; and the number of prosecutions and convictions secured in these cases. [49818/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 463. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of victims identified in brothels in Ireland since 2020 who were subsequently referred to State protection and support services; whether he accepts that many victims remain in a precarious or undocumented position; and the reforms he intends to introduce to guarantee their safety and rehabilitation. [49822/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 465. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of investigations opened in the past five years into the use of false identity or employer documentation for the purpose of securing leases later used for brothel-keeping; and the number of prosecutions and convictions that have arisen from such investigations. [49824/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (23 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 466. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department collects and publishes regular data on the prevalence of illegal brothels and related prosecutions; and if not, the reason such monitoring has not been established given the evident scale of the problem. [49825/25]