Results 81-100 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 8. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has conducted any internal review, or received any intelligence briefings, concerning Chinese state-linked influence or lobbying activities involving Irish political representatives or institutions; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55928/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 9. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department maintains a register or record of engagements between Irish public representatives and organisations affiliated with the Chinese Communist Party’s United Front Work Department; and if he will outline the Department’s policy on monitoring such contacts. [55929/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 10. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his Department has raised with Chinese diplomatic authorities any concerns regarding the use of the former immigrant investor programme, or other investment mechanisms, as possible vehicles for political influence or intelligence gathering; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55930/25]

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: National Security (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 11. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if Irish diplomatic missions in Beijing, Shanghai and Hong Kong have been instructed to report on United Front or other influence activities directed toward Ireland; and if so, when such reporting began. [55931/25]

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Provision (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 208. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the current estimate for housing completions in 2025 and 2026; the variance between those estimates and the published Housing for All targets; the latest national and regional house-price-to-earnings ratios; and his Department’s assessment of the impact of non-indexation of the standard rate income-tax band on...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 217. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the procurement and certification standards applied to meat and poultry products supplied under the free school meals and school lunch schemes; if halal-certified meat is being used as a default standard by State-contracted caterers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55681/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 218. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether her Department requires lunch providers participating in the free school meals programme to inform schools and parents if meat products are halal-certified; and if she will consider introducing mandatory labelling or disclosure rules to ensure transparency and parental awareness. [55682/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 219. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if her Department has undertaken any assessment of whether the use of halal-certified meat in school meals is compatible with the principles of religious neutrality in State-funded education [55683/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 220. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to provide a list of approved school meal contractors currently supplying halal-certified meat or poultry products under Department-funded school lunch schemes. [55684/25]

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 221. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether schools or parents are given any option to request non-halal meat or vegetarian alternatives within the free school meals programme; and if not, the reasons. [55685/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Equipment (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 231. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if any directive has been issued to State agencies, local authorities or public bodies regarding the use of Chinese-manufactured surveillance equipment (details supplied) within State premises or public infrastructure; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55936/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Equipment (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 232. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm whether the National Cyber Security Centre has issued any guidance to Departments or local authorities concerning cybersecurity and data-security risks arising from Chinese suppliers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55937/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 241. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has commissioned or received any risk assessment concerning Chinese intelligence or influence operations within the State, particularly regarding the immigrant investor programme, foreign-linked lobbying or contact with public officials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55932/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 243. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will outline the measures in place to ensure that individuals associated with foreign intelligence or influence entities are not granted residency, citizenship or investor visas in Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55934/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Investigations (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 244. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if his Department has reviewed past decisions made under the immigrant investor programme to determine whether any approvals involved individuals now known to have links to Chinese intelligence or influence bodies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55935/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 242. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline what inter-agency coordination currently exists between his Department, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade and the National Cyber Security Centre in respect of the threat of foreign state influence and espionage; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [55933/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 245. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality further to his Department’s recent information campaign offering enhanced voluntary return payments to persons in the international protection process, the total number of persons to whom the offer applies; the projected gross and net Exchequer cost, by month and by payment band; the safeguards in place to prevent...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Data (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 259. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of slaughterhouses currently licensed to perform halal slaughter; the proportion of national beef, lamb, and poultry output certified as halal; and the extent to which these products are distributed for domestic consumption rather than export. [55686/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Slaughtering (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 260. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if all halal slaughter in Ireland requires pre-stunning of animals; what animal welfare standards and veterinary supervision apply; and whether there are any exemptions to pre-stunning under current EU or national regulations. [55687/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Animal Slaughtering (15 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 261. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine whether his Department has any oversight or auditing role in verifying the halal certification of food products used in public sector catering, including school meals; and if so, to detail the agencies responsible and the frequency of inspection. [55688/25]