Ken O'Flynn

81. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport 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]

109. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport 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]

110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport 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]

111. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport 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]

112. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport 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]

113. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport 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]

128. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked 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 spikes or trade disruption. [53119/25]

140. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation 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]

173. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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 arrangements for children who do not participate in religious instruction, and whether similar policies will apply in respect of RSE. [53066/25]

180. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

181. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

182. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

185. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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 make a statement on the matter. [53213/25]

186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

187. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

218. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth 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]

219. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if she will report on the outcomes of the multimedia campaign on school attendance launched with Tusla Education Support Service, and whether her Department has set attendance targets to measure its effectiveness. [53660/25]

220. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if Tusla will expand resources for its Education Support Service in Cork, in view of the increase in secondary school absenteeism reported in the agency's own data. [53661/25]

221. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth how Tusla categorises and verifies "unexplained absences" in school attendance data, and what proportion of these cases receive follow-up engagement with families. [53662/25]

241. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications 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. [53125/25]

245. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport if he will investigate the reason the records of the Departmental Council and its working party created during the period 1982/83 relating to the process and agreement for the transfer of civil servants from the former Department of Posts and Telegraphs to An Post and Bord Telecom Éireann are not available in the official archives; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53433/25]