Results 61-80 of 170 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

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

Louis O'Hara: What support can the Minister of State and his Department provide to support the development of public swimming pools, particularly in the town of Loughrea in my constituency? The Minister of State might be aware that there have been efforts for some time to develop a public swimming pool there but there are challenges with funding to get this project off the ground.

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

Louis O'Hara: I thank the Minister of State. There is a huge need for this in Loughrea. There is no pool within 25 km of the town. The town itself has a population of 6,500, with a further 15,000 or so people in the hinterland. There are five schools in the town and many children who cannot access swimming facilities on an ongoing basis. We know all the health and wellbeing benefits that this kind of...

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

Louis O'Hara: I welcome the Minister of State's willingness to engage with the local authority. Galway County Council has asked Government for support of €3 million to assist it in developing proposals for swimming pools, including project development, site design, and planning permission, to put it in a position to access capital funding. Will that be considered? Can that form part of the...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services (6 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 384. To ask the Minister for Health the current procedure for emergency dental treatment for children under the age of 16 years when dental clinics are closed; and there plans to improve accessibility to urgent dental care for young patients. [10371/25]

Policing and Community Safety: Statements (Resumed) (5 Mar 2025)

Louis O'Hara: The lack of Garda presence and visibility in our communities is having a serious impact. Many people in my constituency are living in fear, particularly elderly and vulnerable people and those in rural communities. People are having to take drastic measures to increase security in their homes. We know that burglaries are on the rise. There were 386 burglaries reported in Galway in 2023,...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I rise to discuss an issue that is extremely important in my constituency and in the adjoining one, which is the Taoiseach's constituency. It concerns an ongoing problem that I highlighted in 2021 with the help of the investigative journalism of Amy Nolan from The Echo. I refer to the condition of the water supply across the northside of Cork city and now into parts of the county as well....

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (5 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: It is all very well what the Taoiseach has said and the commitment he has given. I am asking for a commitment in respect of the €500 million Irish Water has asked for to start developing the system. The Taoiseach will be aware of the news today that 33 samples of manganese have been found in water in Cork city. Manganese is at an unacceptable level there. I have just poured into...

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: But it is not coming in on budget. It is not coming in on budget.

Waste in Public Expenditure: Motion [Private Members] (5 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Today I stand before the House representing the voice of the Irish taxpayer who is rightly appalled by the flagrant waste of public money on this and the previous Government's watch. Where is the accountability? Where are the checks and balances in the public procurement process? The buck stops with the Minister and his Government. Today my party has shone a light on what is an...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (4 Mar 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 107. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress being made towards reopening the western rail corridor; if a decision on reopening the rail line will be made in the near future; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8894/25]

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (4 Mar 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I ask the Minister of State to outline the progress that has been made towards the reopening of the western rail corridor. Will a decision be made in respect of that rail line in the near future? As the Minister of State will know, it is a long-awaited project that is absolutely critical to the west of Ireland.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Rail Network (4 Mar 2025)

Louis O'Hara: I thank the Minister of State. The benefits of this project are clear and well-known. I know that the Minister of State knows the benefits very well. I recognise that he has been a long-time supporter of the rail line. I hope he will now deliver on it in government. It is critical for economic development in the west, people's mobility, taking cars off the road and addressing the chronic...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I thank the Ceann Comhairle. According to media reports, the Government will not allocate energy credits this year in the coming budget, thereby ending the cost-of-living supports package. The energy providers are introducing increases of 31 cent per day, according to SSE, or €113 per year. While the Government cites the Ukrainian war as an inflation factor, carbon credits are...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (4 Mar 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: What will the Government do to help senior citizens across this country?

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Speed Cameras (27 Feb 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 179. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport for an update on the roll-out of speed camera warning signs for the new static speed cameras that have been installed, particularly on the N17 and the N14; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8749/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Educational Disadvantage (27 Feb 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 241. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills further to Parliamentary Question No. 370 of 18 February 2025, to clarify the data used in determining educational disadvantage; if numbers of students from the Travelling community is used as part of that data; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [8824/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Naturalisation Applications (27 Feb 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 325. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update regarding the status of a naturalisation certificate in the case of a person (details supplied). [8664/25]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes (27 Feb 2025)

Louis O'Hara: 344. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to Parliamentary Question No. 876 of 5 February 2025, if eligibility for back-up power take-off generators applies to all farmers including small beef and sheep farmers; if he will consider providing for fixed diesel generators under the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8810/25]

The Future of Healthcare for Longer, Healthier Lives: Statements (26 Feb 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I congratulate the Minister on her new position. I wish her every success in it. A society is rated on how it treats its elderly people. How we treat our elderly people in this country beggars belief. We have people on waiting lists continuously. People are waiting two and a half years to see an eye specialist in Cork city. In my constituency of Cork North-Central, we have the...

Gender-Based Violence: Motion [Private Members] (26 Feb 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I congratulate the Leas-Cheann Comhairle on his new position. I welcome his remarks earlier, when he promised to work in a non-partisan and fair way. I have always known him to be a gentleman of that character throughout his tenure in the House and also in his private life. I welcome the many people in the Gallery who have experienced domestic violence. They have emailed us, as elected...