Ken O'Flynn

1281. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will provide an update on the level of proactive enforcement carried out by the Residential Tenancies Board on rent pressure zone compliance since June 2025; the number of sanctions imposed; and his plans to strengthen Residential Tenancies Board resources to allow for rolling compliance inspections, rather than relying on tenant-led complaints. [46926/25]

1319. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage in view of the CSO showing Ireland’s population reached 5.38 million, driven by net migration of 79,300 in a single year, the specific housing units, that will be delivered by the Government in 2026 to keep pace with this surge. [47968/25]

1358. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department will update the reference baskets used for means tests and payments to reflect higher grocery inflation given headline CPI of 1.7% year-on-year but food inflation of 4.7% in July 2025; and if not, the reason. [45469/25]

1366. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will examine the interaction between personal insolvency arrangements and pension entitlements with a view to ensuring that older people in financial distress are not left without adequate income in retirement. [45602/25]

1367. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will expand the Money Advice and Budgeting Service to include a specialised support stream for over-50s, focusing on pension rights, the fair deal nursing home scheme and debt management in later life. [45603/25]

1368. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the details of measures being considered to address the emotional and mental health impacts of debt stress on older people facing insolvency; and whether additional counselling supports will be funded through MABS or other services. [45604/25]

1396. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of international protection applicants in receipt of the daily expenses allowance who are also in employment; the measures in place to prevent double payment or welfare dependency; and the policy rationale for continuing the allowance when applicants have income from work. [46533/25]

1397. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the total cost to the Exchequer of the daily expenses allowance provided to international protection applicants in each of the past three years, broken down by those in employment and those not in employment. [46534/25]

1409. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection given the 1.8 per cent rise in inflation and its disproportionate impact on low-income families, if he will commit to indexing core social welfare schemes and supports in Budget 2026, to protect against further cost-of-living erosion. [46808/25]

1410. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the logistics and communication plans to ensure timely delivery of the scheduled fuel allowance payments beginning week of 22 September 2025 particularly for older and vulnerable households in Cork and surrounds. [46821/25]

1470. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if, given increasing public concern and anecdotal reports, he is aware of instances of individuals who have claimed asylum in the Republic of Ireland who are also travelling to and from the United Kingdom, including Northern Ireland, after having made similar claims in that jurisdiction; if there is any evidence that such individuals may be in receipt of social welfare or State supports from both jurisdictions concurrently; and the bilateral mechanisms currently in place between Irish and UK authorities to monitor and prevent potential cross-Border fraud of this nature, particularly following the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union. [44729/25]

1475. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the details of the operations of an IPAS accommodation provider (details supplied), specifically the locations of all accommodation centres or buildings currently operated by this provider under contract with his Department; the breakdown by nationality of the residents currently housed in each of the centres; to supply any Health Information and Quality Authority inspection reports, compliance notices, or incident reports relating to these centres, in tabular format. [44794/25]

1479. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the measures being considered to introduce mandatory sentencing for those convicted of assaulting Gardaí, particularly in light of the recent spike in knife-related attacks.; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44884/25]

1482. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a breakdown of all vacant properties currently owned or controlled by his Department or any agency under its remit; if he will furnish a list of these properties, by Dáil constituency; and the duration for which each property has remained vacant and any intended future use. [44919/25]

1485. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the breakdown, by Garda division of the number of An Garda Síochána Reserve members currently enrolled and active nationally; the number of reserve personnel deployed in each division over the past 12-months; the total number of operational duty days performed by reserve members in that period; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44941/25]

1486. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of Garda reserve members assigned to Cork city, as of 31 May 2025; the number of these actively deployed. [44973/25]

1498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if details on a series of matters (details supplied) will be provided in relation to the total amount expended by the State on legal aid or legal representation for individuals applying for asylum or international protection provided in each of the years from 2015 to 2024; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45007/25]

1509. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he will provide the value of all payments made by his Department to a company (details supplied) from 1 January 2023 to date in 2025; to provide a breakdown by quarter of each payment specifying the purchase order number, date of payment, description of goods or services, cost centre or programme under which the payment was made; the location of the accommodation or service provided; the procurement process used in each instance indicating whether it was an open competitive tender, framework call-off, negotiated procedure, direct award, or emergency derogation; and the details of any performance inspections, compliance audits, or contract-management reviews carried out in respect of the services provided by this company during the period, including the date and outcome of each review, in tabular form. [45111/25]

1510. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a breakdown of recorded incidents of assault, harassment or other violent crime in the State in each of the past five years; provide a breakdown of this data by the nationality of the alleged offender; and the location of the offence (details supplied). [45112/25]

1511. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the procedures by which An Garda Síochána records the nationality of alleged offenders and victims in criminal cases; whether the data is published on a regular basis; and if not, his plans to make such information publicly available to ensure transparency and informed public debate. [45113/25]

1512. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the remit and operational status of Fiosrú, the newly established police oversight body; whether it has been engaged in any independent reviews (details supplied) of serious or unsolved cases since its formation; and the way in which its independence, resourcing and reporting lines are being maintained to ensure effective Garda accountability. [45118/25]

1513. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of offences under s.2 and s.3 of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act 1997 and relevant Public Order Act 1994 provisions where the victim’s nationality was recorded as Indian, with monthly and Garda division breakdowns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45130/25]

1514. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of recorded hate related crimes and incidents flagged with bias motivation to race, ethnicity and nationality for the period 11 February 2025 to 11 August 2025; the subset where victim nationality was Indian; and the number of charges citing hate aggravation under the Criminal Justice (Hate Offences) Act 2024, indicating prosecutions initiated and any available court outcomes, with a division-level breakdown. [45131/25]

1515. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide comparative figures for the same offence categories and period (details supplied) for Irish nationals and to provide details of the five most frequently recorded non-Irish victim nationalities; to provide the data quality profile, that is rates of unknown or not recorded for nationality and ethnic/cultural background fields; the current recording guidance to members, and whether she will commit to quarterly publication of disaggregated statistics and to placing the underlying tables in the Oireachtas Library. [45132/25]

1538. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide details of the number of incidents recorded at facilities from 1 January 2025 to 31 August 2025, by month, as logged by An Garda Síochána on the PULSE system and by his Department or its contractors in incident reports categorised by incidents (details supplied) by month, in tabular form. [45341/25]