Results 1-20 of 570 for speaker:Ken O'Flynn

Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation (17 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I hope the Tánaiste will join with me in welcoming Don José González Carballo and his wife, Justa García Toro, on their visit to Leinster House. Don José is a professor of history who is studying in Ireland at the moment. On 3 July, ComReg activated the SMS sender ID protection register, which is a great idea. It is meant to stop the scam texts we are all...

Dental Treatment Services: Motion [Private Members] (16 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I have now been seven months in this House. This is another important debate that is going on in this House, but let us have a look at the benches. There is not one member of Fine Gael or Fianna Fáil on the backbenches. Not even the senior Minister bothered to turn up. Instead, we are left with the Minister of State. With all due respect to him, and I appreciate him coming to the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I am in my office in Agriculture House. I do not have a webcam; I apologise. I thank the witnesses for coming in and giving their statements. I want to touch on the topic of Ireland's credibility abroad. Ms Hausdorff mentioned US civil law and that US companies will leave. I would like to hear more about that and where she has found this information. What US companies have committed...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade: General Scheme of Israeli Settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territory (Prohibition of Importation of Goods) Bill 2025: Discussion (Resumed) (15 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Yes, I am on the premises but in the interests of brevity I will waive my right to speak.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I thank the Tánaiste for his response but, with the greatest of respect, they are only words. We are talking about a man whose life has been left in a legal limbo for over half a decade and who has been defamed, isolated, ignored and ricocheted from one Department to another. Two senior Ministers, officials, and the chair and CEO of Tusla knew about this, and nothing has been done. I...

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: He has been there and there has been no investigation since.

Ceisteanna ó Cheannairí - Leaders' Questions (10 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: Last week in the House, I raised with the Minister, Deputy Chambers, the urgent need to extend legal aid to whistleblowers who step forward not for personal gain, but to protect the public interest. In that exchange, the Minister expressed his willingness to meet me and the whistleblowers in question. I accepted the offer in writing but have received no reply as yet from the Minister....

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Community Development Projects (10 Jul 2025)

Ken O'Flynn: I commend both the Minister and the Minister of State, who have committed to meeting me regularly. I have met the Minister of State in particular about this. As has been highlighted, the application is not in but I am very grateful for the €30,000 that was secured by me and colleagues for the scoping exercises to find the right site for Ballyvolane. I am acutely aware of the recent...

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....