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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
295
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 22 October 2026.

Questions asked 9,005 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026

Contributions to debates 393 in all

Dec 2024Oct 2026
Show as a table
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

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 28 May 2026 · to Health
590. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external review since 2020 has specifically examined the relationship between ambulance allocation delays and adverse patient outcomes. [41063/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
591. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any formal escalation process exists where ambulance dispatch allocation KPIs are repeatedly breached over sustained periods; who is notified under such circumstances; and whether any mandatory corrective-action process applies. [41065/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
592. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether delays in ambulance allocation are formally recorded within any HSE Enterprise Risk Register, National Ambulance Service risk register, or regional operational risk framework; and if so, to provide details of the relevant risk categories. [41066/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
593. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any retrospective clinical review process exists for cases where emergency calls exceeded ambulance allocation KPI thresholds and adverse patient outcomes subsequently occurred. [41067/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
594. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the International Academies of Emergency Dispatch accreditation reviews or PHECC Governance Validation Framework inspections since 2020 identified any recommendations, concerns, corrective actions, or areas requiring improvement relating to ambulance dispatch allocation performance. [41068/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
595. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the longest ambulance allocation delays occurring annually for PURPLE and RED category calls; and if so, the longest recorded delays in 2024 and 2025. [41069/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
596. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance dispatch delays beyond defined KPI thresholds are routinely linked with mortality reviews, serious incident reviews, or adverse outcome monitoring systems. [41070/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
597. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any internal threshold exists at which an emergency ambulance allocation delay is automatically escalated to senior operational management or clinical oversight personnel. [41071/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
598. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any threshold exists at which repeated ambulance allocation breaches are escalated to senior HSE management, the HSE Board, or the Department of Health. [41072/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
599. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether delays in ambulance allocation are tracked against patient outcomes including mortality, ICU admission, cardiac arrest survival, or adverse clinical incidents. [41073/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
600. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service maintains any internal reporting categorising prolonged ambulance allocation delays by duration band including delays exceeding 5 minutes, 10 minutes, 20 minutes, 30 minutes or longer. [41075/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
601. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any review has examined the proportion of patients experiencing clinically significant deterioration while awaiting ambulance allocation following a 999 or 112 call. [41076/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
602. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE or National Ambulance Service has defined any maximum clinically acceptable allocation delay thresholds for PURPLE or RED calls beyond the published KPI targets. [41077/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether repeated breaches of ambulance allocation KPIs form part of any formal risk escalation process under the HSE Enterprise Risk Management Framework. [41078/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
604. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any external audit, IAED review, or PHECC inspection since 2020 identified concerns, recommendations, corrective actions, or non-compliance findings relating to ambulance dispatch allocation times. [41079/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
605. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the number of occasions where no ambulance resource was immediately available for a PURPLE or RED emergency call. [41080/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
608. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE maintains any data regarding mental health outcomes, service disengagement, emergency presentations or psychiatric admissions among care-experienced young adults following transition from CAMHS to adult mental health services; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [41127/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
609. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE National Ambulance Service maintains any formal escalation matrix specifying the actions required when ambulance allocation KPIs fall below target levels over sustained periods; and if they will provide details. [41133/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
610. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether repeated breaches of ambulance allocation time KPIs trigger mandatory review by senior HSE management, the National Director of Acute Operations, or the Department of Health. [41134/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
611. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any patient harm review, serious incident review, morbidity review, or mortality review process specifically examines cases involving ambulance allocation delays beyond defined KPI thresholds. [41135/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
612. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the National Ambulance Service records the longest ambulance allocation delay experienced for PURPLE and RED calls each month. [41136/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
613. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether any ambulance allocation delays exceeding defined thresholds have been linked to adverse clinical outcomes, cardiac arrest deterioration, preventable harm, or death since 2020. [41137/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
614. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether ambulance allocation delays are currently recorded as strategic, operational, or enterprise risks within any HSE or National Ambulance Service risk register. [41138/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
615. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the IAED accreditation process examines patient outcome data associated with delayed ambulance allocation times. [41139/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 28 May 2026 · to Health
616. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the PHECC Governance Validation Framework specifically reviews the relationship between ambulance allocation delays and adverse patient outcomes. [41140/26]