Results 661-680 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

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

Ken O'Flynn: 972. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has conducted any recent audits related to the traceability and segregation of Halal-certified meat; if he will publish any key findings that inform safe and accurate labelling; and the way these practices intersect with the responsibilities of his Department, particularly in safeguarding consumer...

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

Ken O'Flynn: 973. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether any specific marine-sourced food products, such as fish, carry Halal certification or processing designations; if so, how these are labelled; whether guidelines differ from those applied to meat; and whether his Department intends to introduce uniform labelling standards for all Halal-certified food products across sectors....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1023. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she accepts the Ombudsman for Children's finding that the National Review Panel is "not a powerful vehicle" and "disrespectful to families" in its handling of cases such as the disappearance of a child in Donabate now presumed dead; and if she will commit to establishing a fully independent statutory body with powers to...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1024. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will review the statutory basis, powers, and independence of the National Review Panel, in light of the Ombudsman for Children’s statement that it is “not a powerful vehicle” and “disrespectful to families”; and if she will consider reforms to allow the publication of reports in full....

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1025. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of child welfare and protection cases closed by Tusla due to Covid-19 restrictions between 2020 and 2022; and if she will outline the methodology and timelines for the current “well-being checks” being carried out on those cases. [47986/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1026. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of cases reviewed by Tusla’s National Review Panel in each of the past five years; the average time taken to complete such reviews; and the percentage of recommendations implemented. [47987/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1027. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider establishing an independent statutory body, separate from Tusla, with authority to investigate and publish reports on serious child protection failures. [47988/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1028. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will consider commissioning an independent inquiry into the handling of the Donabate case, given the Ombudsman’s concerns about the adequacy of existing review mechanisms. [47992/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1054. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will bring forward legislation to establish a statutory independent review mechanism for cases involving the death or suspected death of a child known to Tusla; if she will provide, for each year since 2019, the number of closed social work cases subsequently reopened; and if she will provide the number of Section 12...

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1055. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if she will set out the Department’s current procedures for data quality assurance of Tusla case management systems; if she will confirm the number of incidents since 2020 in which incorrect or missing data delayed an intervention; and if she will publish the audit schedule for Tusla’s National Child Care...

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1058. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the date Tusla first became aware of fraud convictions regarding persons connected to a service provider (details supplied); whether this information was known prior to contract awards or payment from October 2018 to December 2023; if so, the dates and records of that knowledge; and if not, the reason therefor. [48143/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1059. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the payments by Tusla to a service provider (details supplied) from 2018 to 2023, by year, in tabular form; the date Tusla ceased all engagement; and whether a recovery process has been initiated to recoup public monies following the convictions, including the legal basis and quantum sought. [48144/25]

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1060. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the full due-diligence checklist applied by Tusla before initial engagement with a service provider (details supplied) including criminal records, national vetting bureau vetting, beneficial ownership checks, CRO directorship checks, and reference verification for directors and key personnel, indicating which checks were...

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1061. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to publish Tusla’s internal compliance reviews, audits and investigation reports into a service provider (details supplied); the dates of initiation and completion; and if she will place unredacted or appropriately redacted copies in the Oireachtas Library, stating any statutory ground relied upon for non-disclosure if...

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1062. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of children placed with a service provider (details supplied) from 2018 to 2023, by year; whether retrospective individual risk assessments were completed for each child once falsified vetting and references were identified; the dates completed; and the number of guardians and guardians ad litem formally notified....

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

Ken O'Flynn: 1063. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if any Tusla officials responsible for approving, monitoring or paying a service provider (details supplied) faced disciplinary action, performance management or referral to a regulator; and the actions taken, dates, and outcomes. [48148/25]

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1064. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if all special emergency arrangement providers have undergone a post-case audit since April 2023; the number audited and the number found non-compliant; the categories of non-compliance; and the sanctions or contract terminations applied. [48149/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Capital Expenditure Programme (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1140. To ask the Minister for Health the total over expenditure on capital health projects in 2023-2025; the updated timeframes and costs for Cork University Hospital, the Mercy University Hospital, and St. Stephen's Hospital, Cork; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [47778/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Child Protection (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1182. To ask the Minister for Health if HSE services were involved with the child concerned in the Donabate case; if there was communication with Tusla regarding the child's welfare; and if she will provide details of any inter-agency engagement. [47993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Data (17 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1202. To ask the Minister for Health the daily 8am trolley counts for Cork University Hospital for each day of July–September 2025; the number of single-room isolation beds available and occupied each day in the emergency department and admission areas; the number of suspected or confirmed respiratory-virus patients cohorted in non-isolation areas; and the actions taken since 1 August...