Results 621-640 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Urban Development (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 718. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the arrangements in place for public reporting and parliamentary oversight of the Cork Events Centre project during its procurement and delivery phases; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49198/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 720. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the project's public spending code stage gates and sanctioning approvals, including any value-for-money assessments comparing in-house build versus managed service; and to publish the value-for-money report. [48749/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 760. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the final contract value, term, and reference number for the managed service contract awarded to a company (details supplied) for the My Future Fund auto-enrolment scheme; the names of all bidders and the evaluation weighting applied; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48582/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 761. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to publish the contract, KPI schedule, service-credit regime, and termination/step-in clauses for the My Future Fund administration contract, subject to necessary redactions; and to outline the independent assurance in place before go-live. [48583/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 764. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the revised timeline to contributions from 1 January 2026, key readiness milestones, results of end-to-end testing, and contingency plans if payroll integration or employer onboarding falls behind. [48586/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 767. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to quantify the budgeted and actual spend to date on the My Future Fund, by line item (details supplied); and the cost impacts from the 2025 reschedule to 2026. [48589/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 745. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he accepts the ESRI’s finding that one in five Irish children are living in poverty once housing costs are accounted for; and if so, the specific measures he intends to take to address this situation. [48345/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 746. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the proposal from ESRI researchers for a second-tier, targeted child benefit, to better protect children in low-income households. [48346/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 753. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the specific reforms being proposed or considered to introduce a second-tier child benefit, as recommended in the ESRI report of 9 September 2025 on child poverty. [48416/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 747. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the means by which he intends to meet the Government’s child poverty reduction targets, given the ESRI’s conclusion that there has been “no real progress” in this area since the financial crisis. [48347/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Payments (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 748. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of recipients of the living alone increase; if the rate of payment has been reviewed to reflect the rising costs of utilities, housing, and healthcare; and whether his Department will commit to an indexed approach to maintain real value for older recipients. [48362/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 749. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has undertaken analysis on the way in which the projected doubling of the older population over the next 25 years will impact demand for social protection supports; and if so, whether long-term funding models have been identified. [48363/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Consultations (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 750. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department is collaborating with the HSE and voluntary organisations such as an organisation (details supplied) in developing integrated policies that address both the financial and social needs of older adults, particularly those at risk of isolation. [48364/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 751. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has considered targeted supports for carers of older people, in recognition that early intervention and consistent community presence will reduce the burden on both the health and social protection systems. [48366/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Budget 2026 (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 752. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection given the shift toward permanent, targeted measures in Budget 2026, the provisions that will be specifically allocated to tackle child poverty and housing instability in Cork city, including Blarney, Mallow and Glanmire. [48377/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 754. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which current child poverty reduction targets are being aligned with housing-adjusted poverty measures; and the steps being taken to address the persistence of child poverty rates at recession-era levels when housing costs are taken into account. [48417/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Policies (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 755. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if additional supports, such as an enhanced qualified child allowance, targeted housing subsidies, or expanded childcare supports, are planned for households in or near poverty particularly affected by housing costs; and the timeline and funding plan for such measures. [48418/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Child Poverty (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 756. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the indicators and timelines being used to measure progress against the reduction of housing-cost-adjusted child poverty rates; and when her Department will next report such progress to the Houses of the Oireachtas. [48420/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 762. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to confirm the data-hosting location(s) for My Future Fund; if all personal data will remain within the EEA; the list of approved sub-processors and audit rights; and the schedule for publishing the data protection impact assessment summary. [48584/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Contracts (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 769. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if participant data will be used solely for administering My Future Fund and not for marketing or unrelated analytics by any contractor or sub-processor; and the way in which this is enforced contractually. [48591/25]