Results 641-660 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

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

Ken O'Flynn: 763. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of staff (details supplied) working in Letterkenny and Dublin; the roles they perform; and the way his Department is ensuring knowledge transfer and State control over critical functions. [48585/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 765. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which his Department has assessed vendor legal and reputational risk in light of US whistleblower litigation against a company (details supplied); and if any contractual safeguards address adverse findings by foreign courts or regulators. [48587/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 766. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the way in which the automatic enrolment retirement savings system supervision model addresses concerns raised by the Department of Finance in 2024 regarding forward-looking, risk-based supervision by the Pensions Authority. [48588/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 768. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the cybersecurity standards required of the contractor for example, ISO 27001, SOC 2, the cadence of independent security audits; and the incident-response and breach notification timelines agreed with the Data Protection Commission. [48590/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 785. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will consider equalising jobseeker’s payments for persons under 25 with those over 25, in light of recent polling showing that three in five young adults are considering emigration due to the cost-of-living crisis. [48781/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 786. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the reason social welfare appeal decisions are taking up to 18 months in some cases; the number of applicants currently awaiting a decision; and the interim supports available to those left without income while awaiting an appeal outcome. [48785/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 787. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the average processing time for social welfare appeals in 2023 and 2024, in weeks, by scheme; and the way in which these compare with his Department’s stated service standards. [48787/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 788. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the measures being taken to strengthen the independence and transparency of the social welfare appeals office; if the recommendations made by an organisation (details supplied) regarding structural reform have been considered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48788/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 789. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if improvements are planned to reduce delays in transferring files and in decision-making; the status of plans to digitise the appeals process; and if priority processing will be introduced for urgent or hardship cases. [48789/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 790. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the provisions in place to ensure that appellants have access to legal or advocacy support during social welfare appeals; if he will consider introducing free legal aid for complex appeals; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48790/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Family Agency (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 854. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he is satisfied that sufficient coordination exists between Gardaí and Tusla in cases of children known to the agency who go missing. [47989/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Child and Family Agency (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 855. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any Garda-Tusla joint protocols are in place for missing children cases, and if these protocols were activated in the Donabate case. [47990/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 865. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to the Irish Prison Service Annual Report 2024, noting 213 prisoners sleeping on cell floors representing a 150–156% annual increase, the daily average population versus design capacity in 2024 and 2025 to date; the implementation timeline, monthly targets, and KPIs for electronic monitoring for bail,...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 867. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will publish the number of prisoners sleeping on mattresses on cell floors in each prison; the number of bail-eligible prisoners held on remand due to the absence of electronic tagging or community supervision; and the Department’s specific 2025 targets for expanding electronic monitoring, including procurement...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Prison Service (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 868. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide the average and maximum time spent on remand since 2020; the proportion of remand prisoners subsequently convicted of non-custodial offences; and the Department’s current policy on crediting time served on remand towards sentence calculation, by prison. [48136/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 880. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of complaints lodged with An Garda Síochána concerning the practices or staff of Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital, Drogheda; the number currently under investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48279/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 882. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if applications for international protection (asylum) have been received from nationals of the United States of America; if so, the grounds cited in such applications; the number of applications received in the past two years; and whether any of these applications have been granted. [48304/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 969. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the current legal requirements and guidelines concerning the labelling of meat products certified as Halal; to detail his Department’s role in ensuring clear and accurate labelling; and to clarify whether further transparency measures are being considered to assist consumers. [48850/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 970. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a current list of slaughterhouses holding Halal certification; to describe the certification and oversight process, including which bodies are involved for example, DHCE or other accredited agencies; and to specify the safeguards that exist to maintain public trust in this certification system. [48851/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Food Labelling (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 971. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether the EU-mandated meat establishment code system, for example, "IE 363"and "IE 367", could be reviewed for greater clarity, specifically, to distinguish clearly between codes as origin indicators and any religious certification; and to assess whether additional labelling for example, official Halal logos or QR verification...