TDs / Ken O'Flynn

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Ken O'Flynn

Independent Ireland Cork North-Central TD in this Dáil since 29 November 2024

Official Oireachtas profile

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9,005
questions asked
Oral and written, to government departments
86,377
words spoken in the chamber
Across 393 contributions. Plus 40 contributions from the chair, not counted
296
votes recorded
Each Yes, No or Abstained in a recorded vote
421
topics asked about
Across 20 departments

From the Dáil chamber only: committee meetings are not in this archive.

What they ask about

The subject headings the Oireachtas filed their questions under.

Who they ask

The departments their questions were addressed to.

Month by month

Low months are usually recesses, when the Dáil does not sit. The archive runs to 3 November 2026.

Questions asked 9,005 in all

Dec 2024Nov 2026

Contributions to debates 397 in all

Dec 2024Nov 2026
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MonthQuestionsContributions
December 2024 0 1
January 2025 0 1
February 2025 17 20
March 2025 14 22
April 2025 24 16
May 2025 227 18
June 2025 49 14
July 2025 35 24
August 2025 0 0
September 2025 663 33
October 2025 297 9
November 2025 1,060 18
December 2025 621 2
January 2026 190 45
February 2026 911 14
March 2026 387 38
April 2026 691 31
May 2026 2,122 20
June 2026 635 22
July 2026 289 11
August 2026 0 2
September 2026 347 12
October 2026 426 20
November 2026 0 4

Debates they spoke in most

Plus 188 contributions in the regular slots, such as Leaders' Questions and Priority Questions. Speech from the chair is not counted.

Asked about similar topics

Worked out by computer from the subject headings of each TD's questions, giving more weight to headings few TDs use. It shows shared subjects, not shared views.

Party, constituency and offices

  1. constituency Cork North-Central 29 November 2024 to now
  2. party Independent Ireland 29 November 2024 to now
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · 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…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Agriculture
934. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine 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). [23953/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
970. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of her Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23809/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
971. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of her 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). [23827/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
972. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under her 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 re…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
973. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under her 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 …
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
974. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality 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 her Department (details supplied). [23882/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
975. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality 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 her Department; if such a review has not yet been conducted, to request a detailed timeline and plan for implementing a comprehensive revi…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
976. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her 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). [23918/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
977. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to outline the total administrative costs associated with non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her 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 administrativ…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Children
978. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality to provide a full and detailed explanation of how her Department monitors and ensures transparency in the use of public funds by non-governmental organisations under her aegis. (details supplied). [23954/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1016. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will explain the reason the shingles vaccine is not included in the national immunisation programme, despite overwhelming clinical evidence of its effectiveness in preventing a debilitating illness that disproportionately affects older people and immunocompromised individuals. [23307/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1017. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she acknowledges the severe cost barrier that currently exists, with Irish citizens forced to pay privately up to €500 for a two-dose shingles vaccine that is offered free of charge in numerous EU member states including the Netherlands, Germany, and France, as well as in the United Kingdom under the NHS. [23308/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1018. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to ask whether the Department has conducted or reviewed any health economic modelling on the long-term costs to the State in terms of hospitalisations, nerve damage, and complications from postherpetic neuralgia that arise due to lack of shingles vaccination access. [23309/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1019. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she accepts that the exclusion of the shingles vaccine from the national immunisation schedule represents a broader systemic failure of the Irish health service to provide preventative care on par with our European counterparts. [23310/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1020. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the specific steps she intends to take to address disparity as regards the shingle vaccine, including timelines for review by NIAC and whether she will commit to full public funding of the shingles vaccine for all persons over 50 or those clinically indicated. [23311/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1021. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she believes it is acceptable in 2025 in a developed EU member state that access to vital vaccines is determined not by public health need but by an individual’s ability to pay, despite the known physical, psychological, and financial toll shingles can take on older citizens and vulnerable groups. [23312/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1027. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will commission a comprehensive national report on the prevalence and projected trends of obesity in Ireland, with particular reference to the growing strain it places on the healthcare system and its wider economic impact; if she will undertake a review of international best practices, including the recently proposed NHS model in the United Kingdom, which…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1110. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a comprehensive list of all non-governmental organisations operating within the State under the aegis of her Department, focusing particularly on those that may overlap in their missions and areas of operation (details supplied). [23817/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1111. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health for each non-governmental organisation under the aegis of her Department, to provide a detailed breakdown of its core activities, geographical areas of operation, target demographics, and the specific services or programmes they provide (details supplied). [23835/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1112. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to specify the total amount of funding allocated to each of the identified non-governmental organisations (NGOs) under her 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; additiona…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1113. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a breakdown of the number of non-governmental organisations under her 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 tha…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1114. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health 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 her Department (details supplied). [23890/25]
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1115. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health 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 her 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 t…
Ken O'Flynn Written 13 May 2025 · to Health
1116. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health to provide a summary of any specific steps taken to streamline non-governmental organisations under the aegis of her 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). [23926/25]