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Ken O'Flynn

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Independent Ireland · Cork North-Central · serving since 2024-11-29

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Record timeline

Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2026-06-30 · to Housing
462. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether his Department has issued any national guidance or minimum standards regarding reasonable accommodation for persons with disabilities who are unable to access the Choice Based Lettings systems; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48925/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Justice
574. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of enforcement actions, seizures, or prosecutions taken by An Garda Síochána against unlicensed gaming activity in licenced premises (public houses) in each of the years 2024 and 2025; whether his Department has assessed the competitive and economic impact of unlicensed gaming in pubs on licensed bookmakers and turf accountants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48991/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Justice
575. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide a specific date for the commencement of gaming licensing and regulation under the Gambling Regulation Act 2024, given that betting licensing commenced on 3 February 2026; the current staffing and resourcing levels of the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48992/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Justice
591. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the reason an application in 2022 to the Immigrant Investor Fund by an organisation (details supplied) was unsuccessful notwithstanding its eligibility criteria; the reason representations and a request for a meeting on behalf of the organisation have received no reply from his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49316/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
692. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla maintains a national dataset recording the length of time individual children spend in temporary care arrangements prior to achieving a permanency outcome; if such a dataset exists, to provide the average and median length of time spent in temporary care prior to permanency for each year from 2020 to 2025; if no such dataset exists, to confirm this directly; and if she will state the timeline for establishing one. [48911/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
704. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Questions Nos. 639, 640 and 641 of 23 June 2026, to confirm directly whether Tusla’s data hub or any internal case management system captures the length of time individual children spend awaiting a permanency decision; if such case level data is captured, to confirm whether it has ever been compiled into a national five-year trend; if it has not been captured or compiled, the reason no such measurement exists for a process central to the welfare of children in care; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49256/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
705. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of section 38 and section 39 disability providers classified by the HSE as financially challenged, financially vulnerable, or carrying legacy deficits, broken down by year from 2020 to 2026; and the names of the providers in each category for 2026. [49270/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
706. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total value of cash acceleration payments made to section 38 and section 39 disability providers in each year from 2020 to 2026; the number of providers that received such payments each year; and the names of the providers that received cash acceleration funding in 2026. [49271/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
707. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE has made a formal determination of risk of service reduction, service interruption, or provider failure for any named section 38 or section 39 disability provider since 2020; and if so, to list the providers and the dates of those determinations. [49272/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
708. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality given that HIQA regulatory compliance costs for section 38 and section 39 disability providers have not been financially or risk assessed prior to implementation, whether the HSE now intends to carry out such an assessment; and if so, the timeline for completion. [49273/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
709. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of section 38 or section 39 disability providers that have formally notified the HSE since 2020 of an inability to maintain existing service levels due to staffing shortages, financial deficits, or regulatory compliance costs; and the dates and outcomes of each such notification. [49274/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
710. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the specific target and timeline, that has been set to reduce Tusla's reliance on private residential childcare placements; the date this target was approved; the metric against which progress will be measured; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49284/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
711. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if Tusla's reliance on private residential childcare placements is included as an item on Tusla's Corporate Risk Register; if so, the date it was added and its current risk rating; if not, the reason for its exclusion; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49285/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Children
712. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the average annual cost per placement for a child in a Tusla-owned or community and voluntary residential placement compared to the average annual cost per placement with a private provider, in each of the years 2021 to 2025; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49286/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
758. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a summary of the findings, recommendations and corrective actions arising from the two system analysis reviews identified by the National Ambulance Service as involving ambulance allocation or dispatch delays since 2020; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48855/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
759. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2330 of 9 June 2026, the date by which the Health Service Executive will revert to this Deputy with the additional information requested regarding the two National Ambulance Service System Analysis Reviews; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48856/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
760. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the absence of a national dataset recording elapsed time between receipt of a 999 call and allocation of an ambulance resource is recorded on any HSE or National Ambulance Service risk register or audit plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48857/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
761. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the status of pay alignment discussions between advanced nurse practitioner and assistant director of nursing grades; whether the Department intends to depart from the alignment established by the 2004 Labour Court ruling between these grades; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48868/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
762. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether advanced nurse practitioners will receive equivalent pay restoration and back pay to that already awarded to CNM2 and below grades since 2023; the timeline for resolving this matter, given it remains outstanding seven years after the 2019 nursing strike; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48869/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
770. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the reason the consultant oral and maxillo facial surgeon post at Cork University Dental School and Hospital fell from 0.35 whole-time equivalent in December 2025 to 0.00 whole-time equivalent in April 2026; the reason principal dental surgeons whole-time equivalent staffing fell from 12.51 in December 2025 to 10.31 in April 2026; the reason consultants in restorative dentistry whole-time equivalent staffing fell from 1.80 to 1.00 over the same period; whether there is a recruitment or retention plan in place to restore these clinical posts; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48910/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
771. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether she can confirm that no analysis is undertaken to establish whether equivalent procedures funded under the treatment abroad scheme could be sourced at lower cost in an alternative eligible jurisdiction prior to approval; whether she considers the absence of any cost-comparison mechanism across jurisdictions to represent a gap in value-for-money oversight of public funds; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48928/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
773. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if the centralised register referenced is broken down by clinical urgency, specialty, and procedure type individually, or whether this data exists only in aggregate form for EU Commission reporting purposes. [48939/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
774. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific funding programmes or grant schemes for charities providing counselling, psychotherapy, and community-based mental health supports which will be open for application in 2026 and 2027, respectively; the opening and closing dates for each scheme; and if she will provide a full list of organisations funded by each Regional Health Authority under Section 38 and Section 39 arrangements, in addition to those funded by the National Office, Access and Integration. [48959/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
787. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the mechanism by which HSE HR Shared Services independently verifies supplier compliance with HR Circular 06/2026, given that HR Shared Services has confirmed it has received no notifications of erasure or sanction from any framework supplier to date; whether the HSE cross-checks framework supplier notifications against erasure and sanction records held by regulatory bodies such as CORU or the Medical Council; the number of compliance audits of framework suppliers’ adherence to Circular 06/2026 conducted since the circular’s issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48989/26]
written 2026-06-30 · to Health
789. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 2547 of 9 June 2026, the number of the 12,899 respiratory medicine claims rejected under the PCRS between 2023 and 2026 to date, that remain unpaid following resubmission; the breakdown of this unrecovered figure, by year and, by rejection reason; the steps her Department and the HSE are taking to address the volume of rejections recorded under the reasons “item claimed already paid” and “claim set to pay or already paid”, which together account for more rejected claims than any other category in each year from 2023 to 2026; whether this pattern has been examined as evidence of a systemic processing or duplicate-billing fault within the PCRS claims system rather than genuine ineligibility; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [48996/26]
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