Results 501-520 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 215. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission has been tasked with monitoring shrinkflation trends; if not, if he will mandate the CCPC to investigate and publish annual reporting on the impact of shrinkflation on household grocery bills; and if the Government will consider compulsory labelling to highlight reduced product...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Economic Data (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 216. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment if Ireland has raised the issue of shrinkflation at EU level; if the Commission is considering EU-wide labelling or transparency measures; and if Ireland will support the introduction of mandatory disclosure when product size, weight, or content is reduced without a corresponding price reduction. [49459/25]

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: EU Regulations (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 221. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment further to Denmark's estimate that pending EU regulations could impose €124.2billion in annual compliance costs EU-wide, to set out the Department's assessment of the projected annual regulatory compliance costs for Irish SMEs from files currently in the EU pipeline in 2025 to 2027; the methodology used; and the timeframe to...

Written Answers — Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 222. To ask the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment the specific steps in the Action Plan on Competitiveness & Productivity which will address planning delays, approval times and regulatory burdens for housing developers in Cork suburbs e.g. Glanmire, Blarney, Bishopstown; if he will publish target timelines for planning decisions in those areas; and if resources will be...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Data (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 239. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the average daily minutes available for lunch in primary and post-primary schools for 2022 to 2025, with the distribution (median, inter-quartile range), by school; to confirm whether her Department has minimum enforceable standards for time to eat a school meal; and if not, the reason why not, given international evidence that 30 minutes...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 240. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the number of schools that lack kitchen facilities to prepare or safely reheat meals on site; and to provide a capital plan with timelines and budget to achieve minimum kitchen capacity standards, by county. [49466/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Student Accommodation (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 271. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if every local authority has adopted and published an operational policy for the room for a student local authority tenancies scheme, which permits social housing tenants to let a room to a third-level student; the date this scheme commenced nationally; the guidance or circulars issued to local authorities; the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Student Accommodation (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 272. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if income earned under the room for a student local authority tenancies scheme is treated as reckonable for local authority differential rent purposes; the standard approach that is required of local authorities in assessing such income; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49336/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 282. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will review the current planning policies requiring a minimum period of residence, often seven years, before an applicant can seek permission to build a dwelling in a rural area; if there are circumstances in which applicants who have resided in the area for less than seven years, such as five years, may be considered;...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Planning Issues (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 283. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the specific steps in the Action Plan on Competitiveness and Productivity which will address planning delays, approval times and regulatory burdens for housing developers in Cork suburbs e.g. Glanmire, Blarney, Bishopstown; if he will publish target timelines for planning decisions in those areas; and if resources will be...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Funding (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 284. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the funding which has been allocated or ring-fenced to support necessary infrastructure that is, roads, drainage, schools, healthcare, broadband in regard to recently approved major housing schemes in north Cork and Cork city suburbs; the timelines for availability of those supports; and the monitoring which exists to ensure...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Departmental Data (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 285. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the number of Government annual housing targets which have been met as of September 2025 in each local authority to date; the councils that are on track and those which are falling behind; and the interventions planned to address under-performance ahead of year-end. [49510/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Food Safety (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the role his Department plays in setting, monitoring, and enforcing nutritional standards for food served on school premises, including canteens and vending machines; and to provide copies of any circulars, compliance audits, and sanctions issued since 2020. [49463/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to list every post-primary school that applied for participation in the hot school meals or school meals scheme and that was refused or deemed ineligible since 2022, with reasons; and to explain the evidence base for excluding post-primary pupils when England, Finland and the United States apply standards or programmes...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 288. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide the full text of any memorandum of understanding or governance agreement with the Department of Social Protection and the HSE regarding school-meal delivery on school premises, including responsibilities for safeguarding, allergens, and food-safety inspections; and if none exists, the reason for the governance...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 289. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the percentage of pupils regularly present who do not collect a school meal when it is available, by school and term since 2023; the Department’s plan to address stigma, timing and menu acceptability barriers; and to cite any pilots to improve uptake. [49467/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Data (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 292. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide data on food waste from school meals (kg/week per school), for the years 2023 to 2025; and any menu reformulation or packaging trials to reduce waste. [49470/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Legislative Measures (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 290. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm whether he will bring forward primary legislation establishing a pupil entitlement to a nutritious school meal with statutory nutrition standards and inspection powers, as per Finland’s legal model and England’s standards; and if not, set out the contrary evidence. [49468/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 291. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procurement model used by schools and patron bodies for meal provision, including the use of frameworks, lot sizes, SME access, and any late rule changes in 2025 that contributed to roll out delays; and to publish the corresponding risk register entries. [49469/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (18 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 293. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which he will ensure equity for pupils with special diets (allergies, coeliac disease, cultural-religious requirements), including compulsory written allergen information availability on site; and the dates of the last environmental health inspections per school. [49471/25]