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Ken O'Flynn

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Independent Ireland · Cork North-Central · serving since 2024-11-29

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Record timeline

Voting record Contributions PQs asked
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
482. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether Tusla’s Audit and Risk Committee has considered risks associated with the absence of nationally standardised data on reopened child protection cases. [36073/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
483. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any key performance indicators, governance metrics, or safeguarding indicators monitored under the Tusla Oversight Agreement relate to repeat child protection interventions, repeat emergency removals, or reopened social work cases. [36074/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
484. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has sought legal or policy advice regarding whether reopened child protection cases should form part of a national safeguarding and outcomes dataset. [36075/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
485. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department receives aggregate reporting on the outcomes following Section 12 removals, including rates of return home, repeat removals, interim care orders, or progression to full care orders. [36076/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
486. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any formal risk assessment has been conducted regarding the absence of a single national statutory child death review mechanism; and if so, to provide details of the findings. [36114/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
487. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any Department, agency, or external body has advised Government that the current fragmented approach to child death reviews presents a governance or safeguarding risk; and if so, to provide details. [36115/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
488. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality the number of child deaths involving children known to Tusla were reviewed by the National Review Panel in each year since its establishment. [36116/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
489. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any recommendations made by the National Review Panel since its establishment remain outstanding or unimplemented; and if so, to provide details. [36118/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
490. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any external or independent review has assessed the effectiveness of the National Review Panel operational guidance last updated in 2021. [36119/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
491. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the proposed statutory powers for the National Review Panel under the Child Care (Amendment) Bill 2025 will include powers to compel documentation from non-State entities or private providers engaged by Tusla. [36120/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
492. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any consultation has taken place with coronial services, An Garda Síochána, the HSE, HIQA, or the Ombudsman for Children regarding the design of a future national child death review mechanism. [36121/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
493. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any estimated costings or staffing models have been prepared for the establishment of a national statutory child death review mechanism; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36122/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
494. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the Government intends that a future national child death review mechanism will publish anonymised national thematic reports and recommendations arising from reviews. [36123/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
496. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has calculated the cumulative estimated inflation-adjusted funding shortfall affecting Section 38 and Section 39 disability providers since 2008; and if she will provide the methodology and figures used. [36366/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
497. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any section 38 or 39 disability provider has notified the HSE or her Department of financial sustainability concerns, deficits or service-delivery risks since 2020; and if she will provide the number of such notifications by year. [36367/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
498. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether the HSE or her Department maintains a formal financial risk-rating system for section 38 and 39 disability providers; and, if so, to provide details. [36368/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
499. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any national framework exists to assess consistency in the application of emergency child removal powers under sections 12 and 13 of the Child Care Act 1991 across Tusla regions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36369/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
500. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any formal outcomes comparison has been conducted between Tusla-operated residential placements and privately operated placements; and if she will provide details. [36374/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
501. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any quantified target exists to reduce Tusla’s reliance on private residential childcare placements; and if not, whether such a target will be introduced. [36375/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
502. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether any national workload-modelling framework for Children’s Disability Network Teams is currently being developed following the NDA literature review; and if so, the projected implementation timeline. [36376/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Children
503. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether workload and burnout metrics are currently collected nationally across Children’s Disability Network Teams; and if she will provide the methodology used. [36377/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Health
562. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure by the HSE in each of the years on the reimbursement of medicines prescribed for erectile dysfunction, including sildenafil and tadalafil; medicines prescribed for menopause-related conditions, including hormone replacement therapy products and topical vaginal oestrogen preparations, under the general medical services scheme, the drugs payment scheme and any other community drugs schemes; and if she will provide a breakdown by scheme, for each of the years from 2021 to 2025 and to date in 2026, in tabular form [36001/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Health
563. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health if she will confirm whether service provision for early pregnancy loss is standardised across HSE hospital groups; and if she will provide any available comparative information on access to Early Pregnancy Units, diagnostic services, and medical management pathways between hospital groups. [36002/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Health
564. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the clinical pathways in place in each HSE maternity hospital and hospital group for the management of early pregnancy loss; whether medical management using pharmacological treatment including Misoprostol is available within each hospital group; and if she will provide a breakdown of the models of care in operation (including expectant, medical and surgical management) by hospital group [36003/26]
written 2026-05-14 · to Health
565. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number and location of early pregnancy units or equivalent dedicated early pregnancy assessment services within the HSE maternity hospital system in each of the past five years, if she will outline any hospitals without access to a dedicated early pregnancy assessment service; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36004/26]
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