Ken O'Flynn

340. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether any external independent review has been conducted concerning the governance implications of military-operated aircraft supporting domestic policing operations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39248/26]

341. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether any assessment has been conducted regarding the cybersecurity and operational resilience risks associated with reliance on foreign-origin avionics, mission systems, or military software platforms within the Airbus H145M fleet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39249/26]

342. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence whether the Government intends to publish a revised national military aviation strategy or rotary-wing capability doctrine arising from the implementation of the Commission on the Future of the Defence Forces recommendations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39250/26]

365. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority has completed any internal review, audit or ICT assessment concerning the status, monitoring or operational history of the email address tdrepsappeals@ndls.ie; whether such review identified any periods during which the address was inactive, unmonitored or not subject to routine oversight; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39251/26]

366. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority maintains any formal service-level agreement or response-time target governing correspondence received from Oireachtas members, constituency offices or public representatives relating to driver licensing matters [39252/26]

367. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority operates a formal case-management, tracking or ticketing system for correspondence received from public representatives concerning driver licensing applications; whether each representation is assigned a unique reference number; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39254/26]

368. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any complaints, concerns or escalation requests have been received by his Department regarding delayed, unanswered or lost driver licensing representations submitted by public representatives since 2024; and if he will provide the annual totals and broad categories of issues raised. [39255/26]

369. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether the Road Safety Authority has undertaken any assessment of the impact of delayed driver licensing decisions on employment, education, healthcare access, disability supports, caring responsibilities or rural transport dependency [39256/26]

370. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any automated acknowledgement system applies to all correspondence channels used for driver licensing representations from Oireachtas members and constituency offices; whether delivery failure monitoring is in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39257/26]

371. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether his Department exercises any oversight role regarding the responsiveness and correspondence-handling performance of the Road Safety Authority and National Driver Licence Service; whether any key performance indicators are monitored; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39258/26]

372. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport whether any consideration has been given to establishing a dedicated tracked escalation channel for urgent driver licensing representations involving employment loss, medical necessity, disability supports or exceptional hardship circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39259/26]

599. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will issue binding national guidance requiring any post-primary school operating a compulsory digital-device scheme to have a formal device loan scheme, hardship policy and non-exclusion guarantee in place before such a scheme is implemented; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39728/26]

600. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has assessed the number of students nationally whose parents have been required to purchase laptops or tablets for post-primary education in each of the past five years; whether any estimate exists of the average annual cost imposed on families; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39729/26]

601. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has examined whether compulsory laptop or tablet purchase schemes in post-primary schools are consistent with the principle of free post-primary education; whether any legal advice has been sought on the matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39730/26]

602. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any complaints mechanism exists within her Department for parents who believe their child has been disadvantaged, excluded, or pressured due to inability to afford a compulsory laptop or digital device scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39731/26]

603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether schools receiving ICT grant funding under the Digital Strategy for Schools are required to demonstrate that reasonable measures are in place to support students whose families cannot afford personal digital devices [39732/26]

604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department has assessed the number of students nationally currently accessing device loan schemes operated by post-primary schools; the number of schools operating such schemes; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39733/26]

605. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will review the adequacy of iScoil funding in light of the fact that 381 eligible referrals were refused places since the 2022-2023 academic year due to limited capacity; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39734/26]

606. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department will establish a target that no eligible child referred to iScoil should be refused a place solely due to funding or capacity limitations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39735/26]

607. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether any assessment has been carried out into the long-term educational outcomes for children who were eligible for iScoil but were refused a place due to capacity limitations; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39736/26]

608. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Education and Youth whether her Department intends to establish an interim national educational pathway for children on reduced timetables, limited home tuition, or awaiting suitable school placements who do not meet the current eligibility criteria for iScoil; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39737/26]

664. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Department operates a formal forecasting model linking projected inward migration trends to projected emergency accommodation demand; and if he will provide details of this model. [38867/26]

665. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether projected inward migration figures are incorporated into social housing demand projections at national or local authority level. [38868/26]

666. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether the Department has undertaken any scenario modelling examining the impact of varying migration levels on homelessness presentations since 2020. [38869/26]

667. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage whether any local authority receives migration-linked housing demand projections from his Department; and if so, to provide details of the local authorities involved and the nature of the projections provided. [38870/26]