Results 161-180 of 1,561 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Cybersecurity Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 81. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport to report on the recent multi-agency cyberattack exercise targeting Cork Port; to state whether any vulnerabilities were identified in port or maritime infrastructure; and to outline the actions and resources now being deployed to strengthen cyber-defences at critical infrastructure sites nationwide. [53124/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he has engaged with an airline (details supplied) regarding the decision to phase out paper boarding passes; and the consumer protections in place to ensure passengers who do not own or use smartphones are not disadvantaged. [53652/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 110. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the measures being taken by his Department to guarantee that passengers with disabilities or older passengers, who may struggle with digital-only systems, can continue to access air travel without penalty. [53653/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 111. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has assessed whether the move to digital-only boarding passes complies with consumer rights and accessibility regulations at both national and EU level; and if he will publish any such assessment. [53654/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 112. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the steps he will take in conjunction with the Commission for Aviation Regulation to ensure airlines operating in Ireland maintain non-digital boarding alternatives for passengers who request them. [53655/25]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 113. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will engage at EU level with the European Commission and the European Union Aviation Safety Agency on the implications of airlines moving to mandatory digital boarding passes, particularly with regard to equality of access to services. [53656/25]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Fiscal Policy (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance in view of the warning by the Central Bank Governor about overheating ahead of Budget 2026, if he will outline the fiscal rules currently guiding expenditure growth; the projected capital and current spending trajectory for 2026–2029; and the measures in place to ensure budgetary discipline in the event of external shocks, such as energy price...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: State Pensions (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 140. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has received advice from the Department of Finance or the Central Bank recommending an increase in the State pension age; and if he will publish any such correspondence. [53104/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 173. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the opt-out arrangements for children in primary schools where parents choose to withdraw their child from the new relationships and sexuality education, RSE, curriculum under SPHE; if her Department has set out clear guidelines for schools on how such opt-outs should be managed; and if she will outline the current opt-out...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 180. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will extend entitlement to the Health (Amendment) Act card to all survivors of industrial and reformatory schools, in recognition of the poorer health outcomes documented in survivor consultation reports; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53207/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 181. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will establish a dedicated industrial and reformatory school survivors trust fund, ring-fenced and administered independently, to provide health, housing, and education supports for survivors and their families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53208/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 182. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the status of the €500,000 allocated in 2009 for the creation of a national memorial to survivors of industrial and reformatory schools; if any expenditure has taken place to date; when a national memorial will be completed; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53209/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 183. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will expedite proposals to provide a full contributory State pension to survivors of industrial and reformatory schools, on the same basis as pensions extended to Magdalene survivors, given that survivors were subjected to forced labour without social insurance contributions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53211/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 184. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will ensure that survivors of industrial and reformatory schools who reside abroad, particularly in the United Kingdom, will receive equal pension entitlements and supports as survivors resident in Ireland; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53212/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 185. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will review current access to medical and psychological supports for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools; if she will expand entitlements to include unlimited trauma counselling, psychiatric services, mobility aids, and access to the Treatment Purchase Fund, as proposed in the 2020 survivor-led consultation; and if she will...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 186. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a costing of introducing a contributory State pension and enhanced HAA medical card scheme for survivors of industrial and reformatory schools, based on the current estimated survivor population; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53215/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Child Abuse (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 187. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that ring-fenced funding will be allocated in Budget 2026 for survivor supports, including pensions, health entitlements, and the completion of a national memorial; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [53216/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the measures her Department is taking to address the rise in absenteeism in Cork secondary schools, where the percentage of school days lost has increased from 8% in 2019/2020 to 11.8% in 2023/2024. [53657/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the supports that are being put in place for schools to tackle the issue of unexplained absences, which accounted for 43% of recorded absences in Cork secondary schools in 2023/2024. [53659/25]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Attendance (7 Oct 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide a county-by-county breakdown of secondary school absenteeism levels for each of the past five years, including the percentage of students missing more than 20 days per year. [53658/25]