Results 821-840 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Rental Sector (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1281. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will provide an update on the level of proactive enforcement carried out by the Residential Tenancies Board on rent pressure zone compliance since June 2025; the number of sanctions imposed; and his plans to strengthen Residential Tenancies Board resources to allow for rolling compliance inspections, rather than...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1319. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government in view of the CSO showing Ireland’s population reached 5.38 million, driven by net migration of 79,300 in a single year, the specific housing units, that will be delivered by the Government in 2026 to keep pace with this surge. [47968/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1358. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department will update the reference baskets used for means tests and payments to reflect higher grocery inflation given headline CPI of 1.7% year-on-year but food inflation of 4.7% in July 2025; and if not, the reason. [45469/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: State Pensions (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1366. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will examine the interaction between personal insolvency arrangements and pension entitlements with a view to ensuring that older people in financial distress are not left without adequate income in retirement. [45602/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Money Advice and Budgeting Service (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1367. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will expand the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to include a specialised support stream for over-50s, focusing on pension rights, the fair deal nursing home scheme and debt management in later life. [45603/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Departmental Strategies (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1368. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the details of measures being considered to address the emotional and mental health impacts of debt stress on older people facing insolvency; and whether additional counselling supports will be funded through MABS or other services. [45604/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1396. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the number of international protection applicants in receipt of the daily expenses allowance who are also in employment; the measures in place to prevent double payment or welfare dependency; and the policy rationale for continuing the allowance when applicants have income from work. [46533/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1397. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the total cost to the Exchequer of the daily expenses allowance provided to international protection applicants in each of the past three years, broken down by those in employment and those not in employment. [46534/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1409. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection given the 1.8 per cent rise in inflation and its disproportionate impact on low-income families, if he will commit to indexing core social welfare schemes and supports in Budget 2026, to protect against further cost-of-living erosion. [46808/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1410. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the logistics and communication plans to ensure timely delivery of the scheduled fuel allowance payments beginning week of 22 September 2025 particularly for older and vulnerable households in Cork and surrounds. [46821/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Sentencing Policy (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1479. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the measures being considered to introduce mandatory sentencing for those convicted of assaulting Gardaí, particularly in light of the recent spike in knife-related attacks.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44884/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Seekers (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1470. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if, given increasing public concern and anecdotal reports, he is aware of instances of individuals who have claimed asylum in the Republic of Ireland who are also travelling to and from the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, after having made similar claims in that jurisdiction; if there is any evidence that such...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1475. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the details of the operations of an IPAS accommodation provider (details supplied), specifically the locations of all accommodation centres or buildings currently operated by this provider under contract with his Department; the breakdown by nationality of the residents currently housed in each of the centres; to supply any...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1509. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide the value of all payments made by his Department to a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2023 to date in 2025; to provide a breakdown by quarter of each payment specifying the purchase order number, date of payment, description of goods or services, cost centre or programme under which the payment...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Vacant Properties (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1482. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of all vacant properties currently owned or controlled by his Department or any agency under its remit; if he will furnish a list of these properties, by Dáil constituency; and the duration for which each property has remained vacant and any intended future use. [44919/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1485. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the breakdown, by Garda division of the number of An Garda Síochána Reserve members currently enrolled and active nationally; the number of reserve personnel deployed in each division over the past 12-months; the total number of operational duty days performed by reserve members in that period; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1486. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of Garda reserve members assigned to Cork city, as of 31 May 2025; the number of these actively deployed. [44973/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1498. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if details on a series of matters (details supplied) will be provided in relation to the total amount expended by the State on legal aid or legal representation for individuals applying for asylum or international protection provided in each of the years from 2015 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1510. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a breakdown of recorded incidents of assault, harassment or other violent crime in the State in each of the past five years; provide a breakdown of this data by the nationality of the alleged offender; and the location of the offence (details supplied). [45112/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: An Garda Síochána (8 Sep 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 1511. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the procedures by which An Garda Síochána records the nationality of alleged offenders and victims in criminal cases; whether the data is published on a regular basis; and if not, his plans to make such information publicly available to ensure transparency and informed public debate. [45113/25]