Results 741-760 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Bus Services (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 377. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on NTA and Bus Éireann punctuality and planned service changes for Routes 223-225 and associated local link additions; and to commit to an autumn performance plan covering the Ringaskiddy–DePuy catchment, Glanmire, and Mallow links. [46611/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 390. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of significant truck driver shortages reported in Cork, up to 40 vacancies locally, the measures that will be taken to fast-track HGV licensing, streamline cross-departmental employment permits, and support sectoral recruitment in Cork’s haulage industry. [46809/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Haulage Industry (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 392. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport in light of reported HGV driver shortages including up to 40 vacancies in Cork and the burdensome licensing and permitting processes, if he will commit to inter-departmental reforms to expedite licensing and recruitment. [46823/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 466. To ask the Minister for Finance the Government’s overall policy in relation to the protection of households and businesses from aggressive debt collection practices by financial institutions such as a firm (details supplied); and the steps being taken across Government to ensure that debt recovery is conducted in a fair, proportionate and transparent manner consistent with the...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Financial Services (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 586. To ask the Minister for Finance if a firm (details supplied) is in full compliance with Central Bank regulations governing debt collection; and the steps being taken by the Central Bank to ensure that financial institutions do not engage in practices that may constitute harassment of debtors. [46993/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 500. To ask the Minister for Finance whether there are proposals in development to adjust Group B and Group C thresholds under the capital acquisitions tax regime in Budget 2026, in order to address fairness concerns raised by carers and childless individuals; and whether he has published, or intends to publish, cost modelling on the impact of such reforms. [44974/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Yield (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 495. To ask the Minister for Finance his response to the imposition of new US tariffs on EU exports, particularly pharmaceuticals; if an assessment has been made of the impact on Ireland’s corporate tax receipts and foreign direct investment strategy; and if he will provide details of any measures to diversify Ireland’s tax base and reduce overdependence on a small number of...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 496. To ask the Minister for Finance to publish any internal Departmental analysis regarding potential changes to capital gains tax and its projected impact on SMEs, family farms and intergenerational wealth transfer. [44882/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 497. To ask the Minister for Finance if he is considering a temporary reinstatement of the 9% VAT rate for food-led hospitality businesses in response to the current wave of closures and industry distress; and if not, the reason. [44889/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Business Supports (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 498. To ask the Minister for Finance whether the Government is considering a targeted liquidity loan scheme or tax deferral programme for viable small businesses under pressure from rising costs, particularly in the food, hospitality, and personal services sectors; and what the eligibility criteria for any such scheme would be. [44891/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 499. To ask the Minister for Finance if the Revenue Commissioners are currently processing an increased number of insolvency-related filings in the hospitality sector; and to provide the number of such filings received in Q2 2025 compared to the same period in 2024. [44892/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Mortgage Resolution Processes (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 517. To ask the Minister for Finance to consider establishing a State-supported legacy debt resolution scheme to address unsustainable celtic tiger era mortgages that continue to impact households over the age of 50. [45600/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 575. To ask the Minister for Finance the role Ireland will play in EU regulatory decisions in such contexts as oversight for diaspora bond approvals has shifted to Luxembourg; and if this change prompt reassessment of Irelands financial regulatory mandate. [46824/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Banking Sector (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 561. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide an updated assessment of Irish household debt-service ratios after the August cut and current gilt-yield dynamics of a bank (details supplied); his view on spillovers to Irish banks’ funding costs and mortgage rates ahead of Budget 2026. [46612/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 576. To ask the Minister for Finance if consideration will be given in Budget 2026 to reducing VAT on essential food items, in view of Eurostat figures showing Irish food inflation running at 5% in August 2025, nearly three times the headline rate of inflation. [46826/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Agreements (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 583. To ask the Minister for Finance if he has assessed the potential budgetary exposure of Ireland under any proposed EU compensation or adjustment fund for farmers affected by the EU-Mercosur trade agreement; and if he will publish this assessment. [46953/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Trade Agreements (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 584. To ask the Minister for Finance if Ireland will be required to contribute to the financing of the proposed €3 billion EU package for agriculture linked to the Mercosur agreement; and the proportion of this liability that will fall on the Irish taxpayer. [46954/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Central Bank of Ireland (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 605. To ask the Minister for Finance what economic and reputational impact is expected from Israel’s transfer of EU bond prospectus approval to Luxembourg; whether there are plans to amend Ireland’s financial regulatory framework to reflect evolving political sensitivities; and how the Government will respond to public criticism of central bank policies. [47538/25]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 615. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if his Department has received any reports or notifications of irregularities in claims made under the parliamentary activities allowance during the period January to June 2025, particularly in relation to payments claimed for Deputies who were suspended from their parties or publicly declared as sitting as independents during that...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Parliamentary Party Allowances (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 616. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the protocols governing the eligibility criteria for inclusion in a party’s parliamentary activities allowance claim; if a public declaration of independent status by a Deputy obliges the party to revise its allowance claim accordingly; and if so, the notification requirements that exist. [44879/25]