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 i…
246. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Culture, Communications and Sport further to Parliamentary Question No. 291 of 29 April 2025, if a copy of the documentation stated could be supplied. [53445/25]
271. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has calculated the proportion of households by income decile that are priced out of purchasing the average three-bed semi-detached house nationally and in each region, given a website's (details supplied) estimate the average price is €421,000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53108/25]
272. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department has verified the claim by the chairperson of the Land Development Agency that 70% of income earners are priced out of the housing market in terms of both rents and house prices; and if he will publish his Department's own affordability analysis. [53109/25]
273. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the current ratio of average house price to average disposable household income in each county; the comparable figures in 2015 and 2020; and his Department's assessment of trends in affordability. [53110/25]
274. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of second-hand homes currently available to purchase nationally; and the way in which this compares with the 2015-19 average cited by a website (details supplied); and his Department's strategy to increase second-hand stock availability. [53111/25]
275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage his Department's projection of new housing completions for 2025, by local authority; and the way in which these compare with the underlying annual demand identified by the ESRI and the Housing Commission. [53112/25]
276. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the average price of a three-bed semi-detached home in Dublin, Cork, Galway, Limerick, and Waterford as of Quarter three 2025; the equivalent figure in 2020; and his assessment of the impact of these price increases on first-time buyers. [53113/25]
277. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of housing-market transactions recorded in the past 12 months; and his Department's assessment of whether transaction volumes are consistent with a healthy and functioning housing market. [53114/25]
278. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the actions his Department is taking to address regional disparities in house price inflation, including rises of over 8% in Connacht-Ulster and 7.2% outside Dublin, as reported in the latest website (details supplied) survey. [53115/25]
279. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if his Department tracks the gap between general consumer price inflation and housing price inflation; and if so, the steps being taken to bring housing inflation in line with wider economic inflation trends. [53116/25]
280. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if he will commit to publishing an annual housing affordability report, benchmarking average house prices, average incomes, mortgage serviceability ratios, and availability of homes by region, to ensure transparency in policy-making. [53117/25]
331. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if the Government has a unified position on whether the retirement age will be raised in this Dáil [53107/25]
341. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether he intends to increase the State pension age in response to recent comments by the Governor of the Central Bank; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53100/25]
342. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has conducted any assessment of the impact of raising the retirement age on workers in physically demanding occupations, such as construction, healthcare, and agriculture and if he will publish those findings. [53101/25]
343. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the projected fiscal position of the social insurance fund over the next 20 years on the basis of no change to the State pension age; and if he will provide comparable figures in the event of an increase to 67 or 68. [53102/25]
344. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if she accepts that life expectancy and healthy life expectancy vary significantly between income groups; and if so, how his Department proposes to ensure that raising the pension age would not disproportionately penalise those with shorter life spans. [53103/25]
345. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the alternative fiscal strategies available to address long-term pension costs without raising the retirement age, such as increasing PRSI contributions or broadening the contribution base. [53105/25]
351. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has commenced any assessment or scoping exercise into the legal recognition of non-binary gender under the Gender Recognition Act 2015; if so, the terms of reference of this assessment; and the expected date for its completion. [53232/25]
352. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he will provide the number of officials assigned to work on the assessment of recognising non-binary gender in law; and the estimated cost to his Department to date. [53233/25]
353. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has commissioned any external consultants, research studies, or advisory groups in respect of legal recognition of non-binary gender; and if so, to list the contracts and the costs incurred. [53234/25]
354. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department has engaged with the Department of Foreign Affair &Trade, the Department of Justice of Home Affairs and Migration, and the Department of Children, Disability & Equality regarding the international recognition of Irish passports or other identity documents containing a non-binary gender marker. [53235/25]
355. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the way in which his Department proposes to amend existing databases, forms, and records to accommodate a non-binary gender marker; and if he has undertaken any analysis of the costs and technical requirements of this. [53236/25]
356. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has considered the implications of introducing a non-binary gender category for statistical reporting in areas such as health, education, employment, and census data; and if so, to outline the preparatory work undertaken. [53237/25]
357. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if he has sought or received legal advice from the Attorney General on the compatibility of recognising a non-binary gender in Irish law with existing legislation on family law, succession, taxation, and equality; and if so, to provide details of this advice. [53238/25]