Ken O'Flynn

884. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the approved whole-time equivalent staffing levels for Arbour House, St Finbarr’s Hospital, for each year 2023, 2024 and 2025, broken down by role, and the number of posts that remain unfilled in each year. [65758/25]

885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average number of service users assigned to each addiction counsellor in Arbour House in each of the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. [65759/25]

886. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of service users waiting for an initial assessment in Arbour House who have been waiting more than 12 weeks, more than 24 weeks and more than 36 weeks. [65760/25]

887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of approved 2024 HSE development posts that are currently filled by temporary staff and by agency staff, broken down by staff grade; the reasons these figures were not included in the HSE’s reply (details supplied). [65766/25]

888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the average length of time taken for an applicant for a 2024 HSE development post to complete the clearance process before being placed on payroll; the number of applicants currently in clearance for more than 3 months, 6 months, and 12 months; and the operational reasons for these delays. [65767/25]

889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the impact of the 2024–2025 HSE employment control measures on the staffing targets approved for 2024; the number of posts for which recruitment was paused or deferred as a result; and the expected timeline to lift remaining restrictions in order to fill all outstanding development posts. [65768/25]

890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the performance targets set by her Department for the HSE regarding recruitment timelines for both replacement vacancies and newly funded service development posts; the monthly metrics used to monitor progress toward these targets; the current national performance against each target; and the expected timeframe to eliminate the reported gap of 6,852 funded WTE posts as of September 2025. [65793/25]

945. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the public-health risk assessments completed since 1 January 2020 concerning communicable-disease risks among persons arriving into the State, including tuberculosis, measles, polio and hepatitis; and to provide the date of each assessment, the body or officer that carried out each assessment, the findings, the actions taken, and any guidance issued by her Department arising from those assessments. [66184/25]

212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if he will publish the latest Commission for Regulation of Utilities analysis on supplier margins in the retail energy market for 2024 and 2025, the link between wholesale price reductions and retail pricing decisions; and the actions he is taking to ensure that households benefit from lower wholesale prices without delay. [64761/25]

213. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment the latest switching rates for domestic electricity and gas customers; the actions his Department is taking to increase switching among households on high tariffs; and the steps being taken to improve transparency in billing and tariff information. [64762/25]

214. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Climate, Energy and the Environment if his Department will produce a targeted arrears reduction plan for households facing long-term energy debt, including supports for at-risk customers, actions to prevent the escalation of arrears, and the timeline for transitioning from universal energy credits to targeted supports. [64763/25]

225. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to set out the current eyesight-report requirements for applicants seeking a Category C learner permit, including whether applicants who already hold a full driving licence in other categories are required to undergo a full Category 2 eyesight test; the steps the National Driver Licence Service is taking to ensure that this information is presented clearly on its website and application materials; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64930/25]

226. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if he will report on the number of learner-permit applications delayed or returned in 2023 and 2024 due to incomplete eyesight or medical documentation for higher-category licences, including Category C; the actions being taken to address repeated reports from general practitioners of applicants attending without the required Category 2 eyesight report; and the expected timeline for updating NDLS guidance to reduce unnecessary GP visits and administrative burden. [64931/25]

257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has examined the governance and lending practices of Finance Ireland, given reports in March 2024 that the institution advanced a loan of approximately €10 million to a company associated with a developer who benefited financially from a separate decision of An Bord Pleanála (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64744/25]

258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he considers it appropriate for the State-owned Permanent TSB to pursue the acquisition of a financial institution engaged in lending practices of the type reported in relation to a company (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64745/25]

259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any due diligence conducted by his Department or by Permanent TSB in respect of a company (details supplied) has considered the reputational or regulatory risks associated with its previous lending arrangements; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64746/25]

260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has been in contact with the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage or his Department in relation to the decisions of An Bord Pleanála in cases (details supplied) given the potential financial implications of development contribution waivers for the Exchequer; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64747/25]

261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he or his officials have met representatives of a company (details supplied) since January 2023; if he will provide details of the dates and subjects of any such meetings; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [64748/25]

262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if any Irish-regulated banks or financial institutions have, since 2015, operated off-balance-sheet or hidden credit lines that involve direct or contingent exposure for the State or taxpayers; and if so, will he detail the institutions involved, the size and nature of those exposures, his Department's risk-assessment procedures; and the most recent date on which such exposures were reported within the Government's contingent-liability framework (details supplied). [64764/25]

263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to the concerns raised in a report (details supplied) report regarding undisclosed credit commitments in banking systems, if his Department has carried out any independent review in the past five years of off-balance-sheet or standby credit facilities within the Irish financial sector that could give rise to State or taxpayer liability; the criteria used by the Department and the Central Bank to classify such facilities as contingent liabilities for public-finance disclosure; if the findings of any such review have been presented to the Houses of the Oireachtas; and if he intends to introduce new disclosure requirements to ensure full transparency of these exposures. [64765/25]

264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance in view of the findings of the report "Hidden Credit Lines - The Largest Fraud Anywhere Ever", if Department has identified any Irish-regulated financial institution that entered into off-balance-sheet or standby credit-line commitments that give rise to direct or contingent State or taxpayer exposure; and if so, will he detail the institution involved, the size and nature of the commitments, and the most recent date on which these were assessed for public-finance disclosure. [64766/25]

265. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance the criteria used by his Department to classify a credit-facility, loan-commitment or standby line as a contingent liability for inclusion in the Government's contingent-liabilities register; to state whether these criteria have been updated in the past five years; and to confirm whether any credit-line exposures are known to the Department but remain unpublished. [64767/25]

266. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To set out the oversight and monitoring mechanisms in place within his Department and the Central Bank of Ireland to detect hidden or off-balance-sheet credit lines in regulated banks, including whether account-level audits, stress tests or reverse-engineering of financial statements are conducted to identify unreported contingent exposures. [64768/25]

267. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To detail how many regulated lenders operating in Ireland have transferred or securitised credit-line exposures, standby facilities or similar commitments since 2015; how many of these transferred exposures remain under scrutiny by his Department or the Central Bank; and whether any supervisory or enforcement action has been taken relating to such transfers. [64769/25]

268. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance To confirm whether his Department requires regulated lenders to publish account-level disclosures of standby credit lines or other contingent commitments that may affect borrower entitlements; and if not, whether he will introduce mandatory disclosure requirements covering all credit-line commitments that involve potential State or taxpayer exposure. [64770/25]