Results 41-60 of 170 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (20 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Not at all. I am a truth-teller. I am just telling the truth. The Tánaiste does not like it------

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Asylum Seekers (20 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 399. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a building under renovation at a location (details supplied) has been assigned to IPAS or will be assigned to IPAS for the purpose of accommodating asylum seekers. [13037/25]

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I congratulate Deputy O'Sullivan on his position as Minister of State. I am delighted to see a Cork man elevated. I know he has been working very hard in his constituency but he does not need to worry because Deputy Collins has taken on extra staff because the Minister of State is not in the constituency anymore. He will be looking after all the necessary needs-----

Social Housing Tenant In Situ Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: -----from Goleen all the way up, so there is no need to panic or worry. I jest. I know what a good worker the Minister of State is. I praise the Sinn Féin organisation for tabling this motion. The tenant in situ scheme has been a great success but the changes the Government is proposing mean it is snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. It is working very well, but since last...

Report of the Housing Commission: Statements (Resumed) (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I congratulate the Minister on his position and wish him the best of luck. I genuinely mean that. Today, we had the Taoiseach on his feet telling us that the Government's biggest commitment was to housing, and that the biggest commitment of his party and the other parties that are in government, including the Independents, was to housing, yet where are they? It is an empty Chamber....

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Overseas Development Aid (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 113. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade the details of, and his views on, the total amount of taxpayers' money allocated to overseas aid with provision for 'reproductive rights' services, and specifically with regard to moneys to fund or promote abortion provision, from 2019 to 2024, in tabular form. [11051/25]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment: Pension Provisions (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 194. To ask the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment to provide a copy of the authorisation given to An Post on 26 May 1989 to award increases in pensions to retired staff; the legislative provision for the delegation; the reason the delegation was withdrawn in 2007; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11653/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 424. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Government plans to align the inheritance tax treatment for those without children with that for individuals leaving their estates to children (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [12075/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 590. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills whether she or the Minister of State with responsibility for special education and inclusion will meet with a representative group of parents who are struggling to find appropriate school places in September for their children with additional needs. [11048/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 666. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the steps she will take to ensure a child (details supplied) receives appropriate education and support, following the child's expulsion from school after a decision by the school board; if it is her policy to allow a child with additional needs, including a diagnosis of autism and ADHD, to be expelled from primary education without...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Eligibility (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1017. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if the decision to refuse disability support to a person (details supplied) will be reviewed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11458/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Insurance (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1031. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the rationale for the lower rate of PRSI in Class D that applied to civil servants who commenced employment prior to April 1995; the reason it was discontinued in April 1995 in favour of Class A, which applies to the majority of workers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11654/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Animal Passports (19 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a passport system is currently in place or will be introduced for the ownership of horses, similar to the registration system for other animals, with his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [11144/25]

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (6 Mar 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I wish to raise the issue of dereliction. The former Shannon Oaks hotel in Portumna, County Galway, has lain idle and derelict for close to 15 years. The site is an eyesore and is attracting antisocial behaviour. It is a serious health and safety issue because the site is not properly secured. It is being entered very regularly, which is very concerning because it is a very unstable...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (6 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I appreciate the Minister's response and I understand the response but the DTSS programme just is not working. For instance, the working-class town of Mallow that I come from, which has 13,450 adults living there, has no medical card provided dentist practice. Nobody is accepting a medical card in Mallow. You must travel to Cork city or to Charleville, to Limerick or down to Kerry. Many...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (6 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Some day. Could we not start looking at a programme where medical cards are accepted in the same way as when a person goes to the GP and the dentist would be paid in the same way GPs are paid, so everyone is covered and there would be buy-in from everybody? The other reality is that there are situations in Cork city where if a young child falls off their bike and breaks their teeth, they...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (6 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I thank the Minister but, as I pointed out, emergency care is available but is not available all the time. What does a parent do when their child is suffering? Parents have to find the money somewhere and they will beg, borrow and steal to protect or save their children. In my constituency of Cork North-Central many people have come to me and said they had to borrow money from friends or...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (6 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 68. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a mandatory requirement for dental practices to accept patients with medical cards for treatment; and if not, the measures that are in place to ensure access to dental care for medical card holders. [10370/25]

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Dental Services (6 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I ask the Minister to clarify if there is a mandatory requirement for dental practices to accept patients with medical cards for treatment. What measures are in place to ensure access to dental care for medical card holders? What are the current procedures for emergency dental treatment for children under the age of 16 when dental clinics, such as the dental clinic in Cork city, are closed...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Swimming Pools (6 Mar 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 49. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht what assistance his Department can provide to support the development of public swimming pools in towns such as Loughrea, County Galway, where there is a need for such facilities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8895/25]