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Transparency for Supermarket Profits: Motion [Private Members] (9 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: The Irish people are resilient, but resilience should not be mistaken for indifference, nor should the quiet dignity of the Irish people and their endurance be used as an excuse for Government inaction. We are over three years into the cost-of-living crisis and it has touched every home, every dinner table and every shopping list. I speak regularly to parents who are cutting corners and...

Planning and Development (Amendment) Bill 2025: Second Stage (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Like everybody else in this House, I am slightly baffled that we are amending something that has not been enacted as of yet. While I rise to support the Bill and while I believe the Government is taking some steps, it is certainly not taking the steps that need to be taken in this House when it comes to planning. Everybody in this House, left, right and centre, has pointed out the...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Will you publish the data?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Will you publish the data and prove me wrong?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Prove me wrong.

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Publish the data then. Why not publish it?

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I would like to be associated with the words of welcome. I assure the Taoiseach that I will be shouting for Cork and I always shout for Cork in this House. Yesterday's Courts Service reports reveal a 13.6% increase in new sexual offences cases, a figure that all of us in this House should be deeply concerned about. Ireland's population at approximately 5.4 million, almost a decade ahead of...

An tOrd Gnó - Order of Business (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Can you not publish?

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 631. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to confirm whether a property (details supplied) has been purchased by his Department, or by any agent, body or contractor acting on behalf of the State; if so, to specify the date of purchase, the purchase price and identity of the vendor; to detail how the property was originally sourced and made available to the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Properties (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 632. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to outline the procurement process or property acquisition protocol that was followed in relation to a property (details supplied); whether a public tender, market valuation, or independent due diligence process was undertaken prior to any agreement for rental or purchase; whether any change in the designated use of the...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 662. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality to provide a detailed breakdown of the revised budgetary allocations now falling under the remit of his Department following the recent transfer of functions relating to immigration and integration from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 663. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether any portion of the €2 billion Contingency Reserve Fund—of which 48% was previously allocated to the Department of Children, Disability and Equality—has now been reallocated to his Department following the recent functional transfer; if so, to outline the purposes for which those funds are intended...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Budgets (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 664. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether he intends to ring-fence any specific funding for integration support measures within the justice sector or its affiliated agencies following the assumption of responsibility for immigration and integration; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37742/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Departmental Functions (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 665. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the oversight and accountability mechanisms his Department is putting in place to ensure transparent expenditure and effective governance in relation to the immigration and integration functions transferred from the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Disability and Equality: Departmental Functions (8 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 718. To ask the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality how the transfer of integration and immigration functions to her Department has impacted the residual budget allocations and responsibilities of the Department, particularly in the context of early learning and childcare; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37740/25]

European Union Regulations on International and Temporary Protection: Motions (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I am delighted to see Deputy Paul Murphy and welcome him back from his recent trip to Egypt. I was surprised when I heard Deputy Murphy saying how disappointed he was with Egypt and its Government because he was a number one supporter of the Arab Spring in 2011. I am surprised and shocked to hear that he does not support that regime now, a regime that he took to the streets and vehemently...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: During a recent visit to Cork, the Fine Gael party leader and Tánaiste suggested that a Garda task force for Cork city would be a good idea. He made a number of announcements about it which were greeted with great fanfare but he did not give a specific date for when it would be established. There was neither a funding plan nor a full plan put in place. Meanwhile, Glanmire Garda...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I hope so.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Is the Minister aware that the European Commission has sent a request to the State on this to ask us to tighten the laws? Is the Department of Finance prepared to pay the fines if we do not change the laws? There are proceedings in that regard that have been cited by the European Union. I draw the Minister's attention to the European Court of Human Rights verdict in the Handyside v. the...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: On behalf of Independent Ireland, I add my sympathies to those made yesterday to the family of Brother Kevin Crowley. The European Commission has now issued a formal notice to the State demanding that we implement the so-called hate speech laws under the threat of infringement proceedings. Once again, I see indications from the Government of the bending of the knee. It is willing to...