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

Ken O'Flynn: Could we have one meeting in the Dáil, please? If we are to pass this legislation, we must ask ourselves, "What comes next?" Will quoting scripture become a punishable act, something that fines the teaching of exclusionism? Will religious observations be branded as hateful if they conflict with the views of the public? Will the right to express a moral belief, if it is found to be...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 50. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality whether his Department is aware of properties being retrofitted or acquired for IPAS use in advance of planning or public notification; and whether he will commit to a register of sites under assessment, to be shared with local authorities and Deputies. [35227/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 226. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that some secondary schools are encouraging parents to incur financial debt by requiring the purchase of specific iPads, which cost on average €600; if she is further aware that these schools stipulate the exact make and model, limiting open market choice, and in many cases are directing parents to local credit unions to...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Education Costs (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 227. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she is aware that despite the Department’s circulars advising schools to reduce the cost of school uniforms by avoiding the use of branded or crested items, many primary and secondary schools continue to require expensive branded uniforms that can only be purchased from a single designated supplier, thereby limiting affordability and...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 283. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection the quality assurance mechanisms his Department has in place to monitor the implementation of the Hot School Meals Programme; if he will confirm whether any inspections or audits were carried out during the 2024–2025 academic year; if his Department intends to publish the findings of these inspections; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 284. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection whether he is satisfied that the meals served under the Hot School Meals Programme align with national and international nutritional guidelines for children; if his Department has conducted any independent assessments of the meals provided; and if he will outline the specific steps taken to address the prevalence of...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 285. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if he will outline the steps his Department has taken to ensure that children with coeliac disease and other medical dietary requirements are fully and equally included in the Hot School Meals Programme; if he has engaged with relevant advocacy groups (details supplied); and whether his Department is preparing reforms to...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 286. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection if his Department has conducted any assessment of the levels of food waste generated under the Hot School Meals Programme; whether any formal cost-benefit or value-for-money analysis has been carried out; and if he will indicate whether infrastructural investment or centralised food preparation models are being considered...

Written Answers — Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection: School Meals Programme (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 287. To ask the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection to outline the scope, methodology, and reporting timeline of the current review of the Hot School Meals Programme; to confirm whether nutritionists, school management bodies, and parent organisations will be consulted as part of the process; and to indicate whether his Department is satisfied that sufficient quality control...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 289. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for asylum or a protection order that were determined to be fraudulent, and the number of prosecutions initiated in this regard, in each of the years from 2020 to 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36679/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Visa Applications (3 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 301. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide a detailed report on the current average processing times for visa applications submitted by Irish citizens for their non-EEA spouses; the number of such applications presently awaiting a decision; the total number of spousal visa applications submitted by Irish citizens over the past 24 months; the number...

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (2 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: As the Minister may be aware, some schools throughout the country have told parents that they have to buy specific tablets up to the value of approximately €600. Some of these parents have been speaking to me. Those who have three children in secondary school have had to go to credit unions so that they can pay €1,800 for these specific tablets. The schools are sending out...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 185. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way his Department determines an applicant’s country of origin in cases where no identification is presented at the time of application; and the way his Department ensures that an applicant has not travelled from a country designated as safe while seeking asylum under the UN Refugee Convention; and if he will make...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Asylum Applications (2 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 186. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants for asylum or for a protection order that have been convicted for the destruction of identity documents prior to, or during, the application process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [36651/25]

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Not for the whistleblowers.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I thank the Minister for his reply but it is a bit like previous replies in that it does not really say much. How many people will come forward as whistleblowers and sign these non-disclosure agreements, and how many problems will be hidden and put under the carpet yet again, before 2027? If we did not have the likes of Vicky Phelan, who decided not to sign a non-disclosure agreement, we...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (1 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I raise a matter of grave concern regarding the practical effects of the Protected Disclosures Act 2014. While the Act was conceived with noble intent in the shadow of the experience of the Maurice McCabe case and his testimony, the reality for many whistleblowers across this nation is that the promised protection remains legally at odds with the lived reality of the legislation. Recent...

Written Answers — Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government: Housing Schemes (1 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 498. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if he will outline, in light of recent reports concerning the status of the tenant in situ scheme in Cork city and Cork county, the number of acquisitions currently paused or delayed due to funding constraints in each of these local authorities; whether he intends to provide supplementary funding to address the reported...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 545. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the assessment that is made of the socio-economic impact of placing large-scale, single-gender IPAS centres in smaller communities; and whether local schools, GP practices and Gardaí are consulted in advance of such placements. [35229/25]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: International Protection (1 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 550. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the safeguards in place to ensure a balanced gender and age profile in IPAS centres, particularly in smaller towns; and whether his Department has assessed the community impact of accommodating large cohorts of single adult males. [35234/25]