Ken O'Flynn
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Independent Ireland · Cork North-Central · serving since 2024-11-29
- Vote recorded in 265 of 401 divisions in the archive
- 401 debate contributions
- 8,304 parliamentary questions asked
Record timeline
- constituency Cork North-Central 2024-11-29 to present
- party Independent Ireland 2024-11-29 to present
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2025-05-13 · to Social
813. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administrative expenses are in proportion to the benefits delivered to the public. [23949/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Social
814. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis. (details supplied). [23967/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Social
822. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the number of individuals referred to JobPath providers (details supplied) since a contract was first commenced; the number of individuals referred to each provider who have secured and remained in employment for 12 months or more, since a contract for both providers commenced. [24301/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Social
824. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection if his Department is aware of employment service providers (details supplied) subcontracting any work specifically related to the JobPath programme. [24304/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Social
825. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the cost to the Department of Social Protection of the contracts signed with employment services providers (details supplied) since they were first signed, to date in 2025, and if the Minister make a statement on this. [24305/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Social
826. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection the total amount paid to employers through the JobPath programme facilitated by Turas Nua and Seetec, specifically in cases where employment is sustained over a specified period and the amount his Department has paid to employers in total since the commencement of contracts with Turas Nua and Seetec. [24308/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Social
827. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection to provide details of information of individuals in receipt of social welfare that are passed on to Turas Nua or Seetec from the Department of Social Protection; under what GDPR legislation is this transaction happening; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24310/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
849. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a full, itemised, disaggregated and centre-by-centre breakdown of all financial, operational, service-based, and legal expenditures and arrangements associated with the accommodation and support of international protection applicants in the State from January 2020 to date; and to provide this information in full, without aggregation, redaction, or generalised groupings; and specifically to address the following without limitation (details supplied). [23306/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
885. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23819/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
886. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23837/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
887. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department’s aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, Departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities or regional entities; additional financial support from public sources, including any specific allocations through schemes designed to support NGOs, charities, and community organisations; any external or private funding that NGOs may have received, specifically indicating where State funding is used to leverage additional private or philanthropic donations. [23855/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
888. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this practice is monitored to ensure that taxpayer money is not indirectly supporting fee-based services. [23873/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
889. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied). [23892/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of State funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive review of NGO funding under the aegis of the Department. [23910/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little co-ordination (details supplied). [23928/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administrative expenses are in proportion to the benefits delivered to the public. [23946/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Justice
893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice to provide a full and detailed explanation of how his Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under his aegis (details supplied). [23964/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Agriculture
926. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of his Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23808/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Agriculture
927. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of his Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programs they provide (details supplied). [23826/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Agriculture
928. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under his Department's aegis over the past five years, broken down by State funding directly administered through central government agencies, departments, or any other public bodies; grants provided by local authorities or regional entities; additional financial support from public sources, including any specific allocations through schemes designed to support NGOs, charities, and community organisations, any external or private funding that NGOs may have received, specifically indicating where state funding is used to leverage additional private or philanthropic donations. [23844/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Agriculture
929. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under his Department’s aegis that charge fees for their services, including membership fees, participation fees, or any other forms of charge to the public; to specify which of these organisations charge fees while also receiving public funding, and how this practice is monitored to ensure that taxpayer money is not indirectly supporting fee-based services. [23862/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Agriculture
930. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to identify any existing oversight mechanisms or audits that are conducted to assess the effectiveness of funding allocated to non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department (details supplied).; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23881/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Agriculture
931. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to state whether any review or audit has been conducted to evaluate the effectiveness, redundancy, and administrative costs of state funding for non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under the aegis of his Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive review of NGO funding under the aegis of the Department. [23899/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Agriculture
932. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, eliminate redundancies, and prevent the duplication of services where organisations may be competing for similar grants or operating in the same areas with little coordination (details supplied). [23917/25]
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2025-05-13 · to Agriculture
933. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of his Department, including the overhead costs related to compliance, reporting, and auditing requirements; and to compare these costs to the overall financial aid allocated to the organisations, identifying whether the administrative expenses are in proportion to the benefits delivered to the public. [23935/25]