275. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 252 of 25 June 2026, whether the proposed Savings and Investment Account will impose an annual tax liability on unrealised gains, that is, on assets held but not sold; the proposed tax-free threshold under consideration; the proposed flat rate under consideration; to provide a direct comparison of this proposed a…
316. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth the exact number of children in Cork currently on the National Council for Special Education's database awaiting a special education placement as of a stated date; the number of the 63 newly confirmed special classes in Cork that are fully operational versus those still awaiting site readiness or staffing allocation; and if the Department will direct …
317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if the Department holds, or has sought, any internal NCSE data showing the number of children in Cork whose assessed special educational need does not match any currently vacant place in the county; and the timeline being applied to resolve those mismatches. [50589/26]
318. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to Parliamentary Question No. 829 18 March 2026, to confirm whether the NCSE's reference to children being tracked on "our database" constitutes confirmation that a live, countable record of unplaced children exists; and if so, the reason this number was not disclosed. [50590/26]
320. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth further to the obligation under Section 78 of the International Protection Act 2026 to provide children seeking international protection with access to primary and post-primary education within two months of application, the number of additional school places projected to be required in the school planning areas serving the Citywest Reception Centre a…
321. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth if any primary or post-primary school places in the Saggart and wider South Dublin area are, or will be, specifically reserved or ring-fenced for children of international protection applicants accommodated at the Citywest Reception Centre; the way in which such arrangements interact with the standard admissions and enrolment process for local familie…
322. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth given that children seeking international protection at the Citywest Reception Centre may be enrolled in local schools within two months of application while their families are simultaneously subject to the accelerated border procedure of up to 12 weeks, or to onward dispersal to other IPAS centres following screening, the arrangements in place to add…
369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to set out the provisions of the updated IPAS house rules of June 2026 concerning the re-entry to reception and accommodation centres of residents who have consumed alcohol; whether the effect of these provisions is that such residents may be refused re-entry and required to remain outside the centre; the measures in place at the Cityw…
370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement his Department has had with An Garda Síochána and South Dublin County Council regarding enforcement of bye-laws prohibiting the consumption of alcohol in public places in the vicinity of the Citywest Reception Centre; the steps being taken to strengthen the cultural orientation programme for centre residents in relation …
371. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to the redirection since 11 May 2026 of new international protection applications from the International Protection Office at Mount Street to the applications centre at the Citywest Reception Centre, Saggart, the projected increase in the daily number of applicants attending, and in the number of persons accommodated at the Cit…
372. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the status of consideration being given to the development of a new Garda station at Saggart as part of the Citywest campus now in State ownership, as referenced in his Department's community engagement update of 12 June 2026; the timeline for any decision; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50622/26]
373. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the engagement he and local Garda management have had with community representatives in Saggart regarding policing priorities and high-visibility patrols in the area surrounding the Citywest Reception Centre; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50623/26]
403. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1613 of 9 June 2026, the reason the average number of placement changes experienced by children in State care, broken down by duration in care categories of less than one year, one to three years, three to five years, and more than five years, is not centrally collated by Tusla; if this data gap has …
404. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality given that Tusla’s only published placement stability metric is the number of children in their third or greater placement within the previous 12 months (328 of 5,729 children in care at end of 2025), whether her Department considers this metric sufficient to monitor placement stability across all durations in care; and if she will make …
405. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the 40% increase in the number of children in care experiencing three or more placement changes within a twelve-month period, from 231 in 2023 to 324 in 2024; whether this increase has been analysed by Tusla; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50556/26]
406. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the number of children in care experiencing three or more placement changes within a twelve-month period is recorded on any Tusla or Departmental risk register; whether this metric is subject to any audit process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50557/26]
407. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason for the disproportionate increase in children experiencing three or more placement changes in the Dublin northeast region, which tripled from 30 in 2021 to 91 in 2025; whether any target or action plan exists to reduce placement instability nationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50558/26]
408. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla has conducted any internal audit, review, analysis, or risk assessment of the impact of repeated placement instability on educational attendance, mental health outcomes, behavioural presentations, or long-term permanency outcomes for children in care; if no such audit, review, analysis, or risk assessment exists, to confirm…
409. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the reason data on the outcomes of emergency care order applications for children under one year of age is not centrally collated by Tusla; if the Department considers this an acceptable gap in oversight of the most vulnerable cohort in the care system; if the Department will direct Tusla to establish a centralised dataset tracking reuni…
410. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality if the absence of centrally collated outcome data for emergency care order cases involving children under one year of age appears on Tusla's corporate risk register or internal audit plan; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [50581/26]
412. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1728 of 9 June 2026, of the 50 recommendations made by the National Review Panel between 2020 and 2025, the number implemented, the number partially implemented and the number outstanding; and if this information cannot be provided pending the Quarter 4 2026 audit, the way her Department currently as…
413. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 1647 of 9 June 2026, in respect of the 51 active National Review Panel notifications covering 79 children, the date of the oldest outstanding referral; the average time taken to complete a review; and the steps being taken to reduce the number of reviews awaiting allocation or completion. [50637/26]
414. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 921 of 12 May 2026, to confirm that no cap, limit or oversight mechanism currently applies to the profit margins of private providers of State-funded residential childcare placements; whether she considers such a mechanism warranted given the scale of private provision; and if she will make a stateme…
415. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 942 of 12 May 2026, whether any independent value-for-money audit, as distinct from the bi-annual contract reviews referenced in that reply, has been conducted into private residential childcare placements since 2020; if so, to publish the findings; and if not, whether she will commission one. [50640…
416. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the total expenditure by Tusla on placements purchased from private children's residential centres; the total expenditure on all residential care placements; and the percentage share represented by private placements, in each year from 2020 to 2026; and if figures for years prior to 2024 cannot be provided, the reasons therefor. [50641/2…