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
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 21 May 2026 · to Children
315. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Children, Disability and Equality whether her Department has conducted any assessment of unmet demand for domestic violence refuge accommodation nationally. [38587/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 May 2026 · to Health
361. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of presentations linked to domestic abuse recorded by emergency departments in each of the past five years and to date in 2026, in tabular form. [38588/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 May 2026 · to Health
362. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE operates a national referral pathway for victims of domestic abuse presenting through primary care, emergency departments or mental health services. [38589/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 21 May 2026 · to Health
363. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the HSE has undertaken any assessment of the mental health impact of domestic abuse on children residing in households where domestic abuse incidents have been reported. [38590/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
183. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residential properties acquired, leased, licensed or otherwise secured by or on behalf of his Department for use connected to international protection accommodation from 2022 to date, by county and local authority area. [37950/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether his Department operates a policy of acquiring or utilising standard residential housing stock within existing housing estates for international protection accommodation purposes. [37951/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
185. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any national policy framework, operational guidance or internal protocol exists governing the placement of international protection applicants within residential estates or standard private housing developments. [37952/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
186. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any consultation, notification or community engagement obligations apply before residential properties are brought into use for international protection accommodation purposes. [37953/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
187. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether local authorities, management companies, elected representatives, An Garda Síochána, schools or health services are routinely notified before such properties become operational. [37954/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
188. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any assessment is conducted regarding local infrastructure capacity, including school places, GP capacity, transport availability and community services, before residential properties are utilised for international protection accommodation. [37955/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
189. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Department maintains a central register of residential properties used for international protection accommodation purposes. [37956/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
190. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of residential properties currently occupied by single male applicants, family applicants and vulnerable persons respectively. [37957/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
191. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether any formal community engagement meetings relating to residential-property-based international protection accommodation were cancelled, deferred or withdrawn since 2024. [37958/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
192. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration whether the Department intends to expand the use of standard residential housing stock for international protection accommodation over the next three years. [37959/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 20 May 2026 · to Justice
210. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration if he is aware of the prevalence of unlicenced gambling in some public houses; the body that is responsible for the enforcement of the law in this case; and if he will discuss the issue with the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. [38346/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
257. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department maintains any formal written definition distinguishing abortion services, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, reproductive-health policy activity, and maternal healthcare within Official Development Assistance reporting frameworks; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36810/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
258. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any recipient organisation of Irish Official Development Assistance funding is contractually prohibited from using Irish taxpayer funding, directly or indirectly, for the provision, promotion, or advocacy of abortion services internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36811/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
259. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department has conducted any assessment of fungibility risks whereby Irish Official Development Assistance funding provided to multilateral organisations may indirectly support abortion-related activity through pooled funding arrangements; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36812/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
260. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department requires recipient organisations receiving sexual and reproductive health funding to separately identify expenditure on maternal healthcare, contraception, HIV prevention, post-abortion care, abortion-related advocacy, and abortion-service provision in financial reporting; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [3…
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
261. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any independent audit or verification process is applied by her Department to outcome metrics supplied by recipient organisations relating to "unsafe abortions averted", unintended pregnancies prevented, or related reproductive-health indicators; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36814/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
262. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether Ireland has ever raised concerns, objections, abstentions, or reservations at UN Executive Board level regarding abortion-related programming, advocacy, terminology, or reporting by organisations receiving Irish Official Development Assistance funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36815/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
263. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department can identify, from existing reporting systems, the proportion of Irish sexual and reproductive health funding allocated specifically to maternal health, contraception, HIV prevention, post-abortion care, and abortion-related advocacy respectively in each year since 2019; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [368…
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether her Department maintains a central register identifying organisations in receipt of Irish Official Development Assistance funding which publicly campaign for changes to abortion laws internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36817/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
265. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether any legal advice has been sought since 2019 regarding the compatibility of pooled multilateral funding arrangements with Government assurances that Irish taxpayer funding is not used for abortion-related purposes internationally; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36818/26]
Ken O'Flynn Written 19 May 2026 · to Foreign
266. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade whether the Department intends to introduce a more detailed expenditure-classification and reporting framework for sexual and reproductive health funding in order to improve transparency and public accountability regarding the end-use of Irish overseas aid funding; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36819/26]