Results 61-80 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 297. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality pursuant to the commitment in the Programme for Government, the date he plans to bring the general scheme of legislation before the Houses of the Oireachtas to give effect to Ireland being fully included in the remit of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office. [56381/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 298. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality pursuant to the commitment in the Programme for Government and answers he gave in Dail Éireann the formal confirmation that has been given to the European Commission that Ireland intends to end its opt out position with respect to membership of the EPPO; when was such an intention communicated to the EU in line with the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the legal basis on which Ireland currently engages with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office, including any instruments of cooperation, memoranda of understanding, or statutory provisions, including dates and documentary references; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56422/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 302. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the name, grade and contact point in his Department responsible for Irish liaison with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office; to state whether that post is permanent, seconded, or temporary; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56423/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 303. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of European Public Prosecutor’s Office requests received by Irish authorities; the number of requests complied with in full; the number complied with in part, and the number refused; to include a short description of the reason for any refusal, by year since 2020; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 304. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to identify any cross-border investigations since 2020 which involved Irish persons, companies or assets and where the European Public Prosecutor’s Office was involved; the current status of each case; the lead authority in Ireland; whether mutual legal assistance or preservation orders were used; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 305. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the resources, staff numbers, budget lines and training, allocated by his Department and by the State to support cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office in 2024 and to date in 2025; to identify any additional resources required to meet foreseeable demands; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 306. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether there are any outstanding legal, operational or data-sharing barriers that impede timely cooperation with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office; if so, to list each barrier and the specific legislative, policy or administrative change proposed to remove it, with an estimated timetable for implementation; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 307. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality his Department’s formal plans to change, expand or otherwise evolve Ireland’s engagement with the European Public Prosecutor’s Office over the next 12 months, including any proposed legislative measures, memoranda of understanding, staff appointments or bilateral arrangements with other Member States; and...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 308. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he will publish, in full, the legal instruments, memoranda and standard operating procedures relied upon for European Public Prosecutor’s Office cooperation; and if not, the reasons why; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56429/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: EU Bodies (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 309. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the oversight arrangements in place in Ireland to ensure European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) requests are handled in accordance with EU law and Irish law; to provide copies of any internal audit or review carried out in the past three years on EPPO cooperation; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 300. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if her Department collects, maintains, or has access to data relating to the number and percentage of persons of non-Irish ethnic background residing in Ballyhaunis, Ballyvaughan, Clones, Lisdoonvarna, Longford, Gort, Granard, and Newport for the census years 2016, 2022, and 2024 or the most recent available data; if her...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Water Quality (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 312. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine further to his commitment to strengthen pollution laws and introduce a coordinated incident response system after the mass fish mortality on the River Blackwater in August 2025, the legislative amendments he will bring forward, with timelines; the additional enforcement resources for the Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority, Inland...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 379. To ask the Minister for Health the specific winter contingency measures being put in place for hospitals in Cork City and County ahead of the 2025–2026 winter season, including additional acute and step-down bed capacity, emergency department surge funding, and staffing allocations; the way in which these measures align with the HSE’s winter plan 2025; and the projected...

Written Answers — Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Charitable and Voluntary Organisations (16 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 418. To ask the Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if he will consider bringing forward an amendment to the Charities Act 2009, as amended by the Charities (Amendment) Act 2024, to include explicit provisions requiring all registered charities, including faith-based organisations, to uphold the principles of gender equality and non-discrimination in their governance structures,...

Confidence in the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade: Motion (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: As my colleague suggested, we have to be fair. A child's life is involved in this. His parents are not in the Public Gallery and have not, from what I understand, requested any motion to be brought in this House but have requested a multidisciplinary statutory inquiry. I sit on the the Opposition benches and I argue with the Government on many matters, but the Government has agreed to meet...

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I congratulate and thank Deputy Charles Ward for bringing this to the House. I have gotten to know him since we were both elected on the same day. He is an honourable, decent gentleman. The majority of time he has spoken in this House has been about this defective blocks issue, and he has been a lone voice at times on this matter.

Reform of the Defective Concrete Redress Scheme: Motion [Private Members] (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Sorry, I thought I was speaking. Deputy Ward has been a great inspiration to me and my constituency and has really brought this to the forefront. People in Cork are stopping me and talking to me about what the Deputy has brought up and about the injustice. The one thing this Government is very good at is drawing divisions in society, setting people against one another, whether it is the...

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 4. To ask the Taoiseach if his Department, or the National Security Analysis Centre has received any briefings from the Defence Forces, the Garda National Crime and Security Intelligence Service or allied intelligence partners regarding Chinese political influence operations in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55946/25]

Written Answers — Department of An Taoiseach: National Security (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 5. To ask the Taoiseach if he will consider establishing a cross-departmental taskforce on foreign interference and influence operations to coordinate national policy in light of growing concerns about Chinese and Russian activities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55947/25]