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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 2025-12-10 · to Health
303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to publish the Department’s analysis of the referral figures for Irish children sent to the Tavistock Gender Identity Development Service, as referenced in the HSE report on the implications of the Cass Review; and to outline how these data informed policy changes since 2020. [70456/25]
written 2025-12-10 · to Health
304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the policy rationale used by the Department when approving the 2021 consultant post in child and adolescent psychiatry requiring adherence to WPATH Standards of Care; and whether this requirement will now be reviewed or withdrawn in light of international evidence and the Cass Review. [70457/25]
written 2025-12-10 · to Health
305. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to outline the Department’s safeguarding and clinical governance standards for gender identity services for minors; and to confirm whether these standards require full psychiatric assessment, developmental history, autism screening, and differential diagnosis before any medical intervention is considered. [70458/25]
written 2025-12-10 · to Health
306. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to set out the Department’s policy on the collection, verification and publication of data relating to gender identity services for children and young people, including referral numbers, diagnostic profiles, comorbidities and treatment outcomes; and to confirm the timeline for establishing a national dataset meeting international evidence standards. [70459/25]
written 2025-12-10 · to Health
307. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department has reviewed the 2014 Irish prevalence study by a person (details supplied) and colleagues regarding suspected or confirmed gender dysphoria in adults; and to detail how such prevalence data inform planning, service capacity and risk assessment for youth services. [70460/25]
written 2025-12-10 · to Health
365. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of people who have received Transitional Care Funding due to housing adaptation requirements in 2023, 2024, and to date in 2025. [71475/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
5. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the reason no assessment has been carried out by his Department on the effect of the 2026 local property tax revaluation on homeownership affordability and private rental supply, given the confirmed upward movement in valuation bands and the rising financial pressure on households; if he will commit to publishing a full county-level impact assessment before the end of 2025; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64787/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate; Energy and the Environment to provide a full list of the statutory responsibilities held by his Department for infrastructure delivery under the Climate Action Plan 2025, the National Planning Framework and the National Marine Planning Framework, including renewable energy, electricity grid development, system reinforcement and energy security projects. [69518/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to identify any areas where responsibility for climate or energy infrastructure is shared with, or delegated to, other Departments; the governance mechanism used to prevent overlap; and the steps taken since 2022 to improve coordination. [69519/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
117. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the delivery risks his Department has identified for energy and climate infrastructure over the period 2025 to 2030, including grid delays, planning capacity, marine consenting challenges and supply-chain constraints; and the measures planned to address those risks. [69520/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
124. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the economic, energy-market and consumer-impact assessments his Department provided to Government prior to the decision to discontinue electricity credits for households in Budget 2026, including any internal warnings regarding expected rises in wholesale and retail energy prices. [69899/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
125. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment his Department’s current forecast for average household electricity and gas bills for winter 2025–2026; the variables used in these projections; and how these forecasts compare with those used when the decision was made to remove electricity credits. [69900/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
126. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the advice or briefings the commission for regulation of utilities provided to his Department regarding expected retail price movements before the decision to scrap energy credits; and to publish that advice. [69901/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
127. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department recommended maintaining or modifying electricity credits in light of rising wholesale prices; and to outline the reasons provided to Government for not continuing the supports. [69902/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
128. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide the Department’s assessment of the impact on low-income and vulnerable households of ending the electricity credits; and to specify any mitigation measures considered but not adopted. [69903/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
129. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to provide updated projections for energy poverty rates for 2025 and 2026 following the withdrawal of electricity credits; and to outline the methodology used in preparing these projections. [69905/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
130. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment to outline the energy-price support measures currently in place in EU member states for winter 2025–2026; and to explain how Ireland’s level of support compares on a per-household basis. [69906/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Climate
131. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if the Government will review the decision to discontinue electricity credits if energy bills continue to rise; and the criteria for any such review. [69908/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Defence
163. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the medical advice, briefing notes or risk assessments which have been issued to Ministers and officials over the past twenty years in relation to anti-malaria medications used on State travel, including Lariam; and the procedures governing medical advice for Ministers undertaking travel to malaria risk regions. [69125/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
287. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department produced any analysis in advance of Budget 2026 on the net financial position of disabled households after the withdrawal of once off supports including the electricity credits, fuel lump sums, disability cost-of-living payment and living alone lump sum; and if he will publish this analysis. [69175/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
292. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the Government’s current assessment of the main contributors to inflation in 2024 and 2025, including food, energy, transport and taxation-related factors; the measures being taken by his Department to reduce price pressures on households and small businesses; any analysis undertaken by his Department on the impact of carbon-tax increases on consumer prices, food distribution costs and energy costs for SMEs; and to state whether his Department has evaluated any links between carbon-tax policy and recent inflation trends, together with its long-term approach to carbon taxation in the context of price stability and cost-of-living pressures. [69317/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
301. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the number of supervisory inspections carried out by the Financial Regulator on each Irish retail and commercial bank in every year from 2004 to 2008, including the number of onsite inspections, thematic inspections and governance reviews conducted during that period, in tabular form. [69662/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
302. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance to provide a breakdown of all enforcement actions initiated by the Financial Regulator or its predecessor authorities against Irish retail and commercial banks between 2004 and 2008, including the statutory basis for each action; the nature of the breaches identified and the outcome of each case. [69663/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
303. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department holds any internal assessments, briefing papers, risk analyses or correspondence created between 2004 and 2008 concerning the adequacy of banking supervision at that time; and the main findings of any such documents. [69664/25]
written 2025-12-09 · to Finance
304. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether he has reviewed the recent remarks of a person (details supplied) in which they acknowledged that the Central Bank had been too trusting of the banking sector during their tenure; and his Department's current assessment of the accuracy and implications of those remarks. [69665/25]
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