Results 41-60 of 481 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Assessment of Need: Motion [Private Members] (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I welcome Cara and her dad, Mark, to the Public Gallery, as many of my colleagues on these benches have. When Cara walked in to Leinster House today, I noticed that she passed a painting of Countess Markievicz and busts of Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese, women who have left indelible marks on this State. Cara’s name is up there with those great women who have left an indelible mark...

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Thank you, Deputy. You are out of time.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Deputy, you are out of time.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: You are now 20 seconds over time.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: You are now 20 seconds over time.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Do not tell me to calm down. Please, Deputy.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Have a small bit of respect. I appreciate you do not have any respect for me but have respect for the Chair.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Have respect for the Chair. Everybody prepares and makes their speech in the time they are allotted.

Assessment of Need: Statements (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: You have been a Member of this House long enough to know those rules.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Facilities (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 401. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the percentage of both primary and secondary schools that provide unisex wheelchair accessible toilets for both students and staff, by county, in tabular form, noting that the facilitation of unisex wheelchair accessible toileting facilities allows for assistance by a special needs assistant of either gender; and if she will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 644. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has engaged with officials from Cork City Council regarding the use of a property (details supplied). [25094/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 656. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide the detailed expenditure and oversight by his Department on the contract for services for accommodation of persons at a centre (details supplied) for April 2025; and the expected costs for May 2025. [25298/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Abortion Services (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 830. To ask the Minister for Health to provide a list, of any meetings including dates and headline details related to or featuring issues related to termination of pregnancy from January 2025 to date, in tabular form. [25500/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Primary Care Services (20 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 861. To ask the Minister for Health his plans for a facility in County Cork (details supplied) and if he will engage with the local community regarding same. [25839/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I raise an issue with the Minister that has gone unaddressed in this House for far too long. It is a blatant discrimination built on the taxation regime targeted squarely at citizens with no children in this country. I ask her plainly if it is acceptable for the Government to oversee, implement and defend a taxation system that discriminates against people purely based on the fact they do...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (15 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: This is not a hypothetical or abstract policy debate. This affects hundreds of thousands of people in this country. On 19 March in the Upper House, the Minister for Finance, Deputy Donohoe said he would address the fundamental points of discrimination. He also made the statement that it seemed to be constitutional, yet he has not provided any proof or legal argument and no documentation...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (15 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 186. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade to provide a comprehensive breakdown of all Irish foreign aid spending for the past five years, including but not limited to (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25004/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Projects (15 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 198. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the Mallow relief road project, including the expected timelines for completion of the planning phase currently being funded by the €700,000 allocation to Cork County Council; if he will outline the next steps in the process; when further funding will be made available through Transport...

Driving Test Wait Times: Statements (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I almost feel sorry for the Ceann Comhairle because she is hearing the same story over and over again from every Deputy who has spoken. The Minister of State, Deputy Jerry Buttimer, and I share a constituency in Cork. He will be aware that 39 weeks is the average waiting time. We seem to be a country of waiting lists. We are very good at creating waiting lists and long waits for...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (14 May 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: It is related in the Irish Examiner that, at a meeting of Cork City Council last Monday evening, a number of councillors stated that Cork city is a no-go area and that there are parts of the city that you cannot go into. Another councillor, Seán Martin, stated that we have to take back our city. Does the Taoiseach agree with his Fianna Fáil colleagues on Cork City Council that the...