143. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport if his Department has sought an explanation from the Port of Cork Company for the increase in its expenditure on legal advice from €165,010 in 2023 to €1,054,954 in 2024; if his Department has been provided with a breakdown of that expenditure, by category, including any amounts relating to disputes with current or former staff, directors or a former chief exec…
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148. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport the total legal costs incurred by a company (details supplied) including costs awarded against the company; when his Department was first informed of those proceedings; and if his Department was advised at any stage of the likely outcome of the case. [72425/26]
603. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 65390/26 of 16 September 2026 (details supplied), the specific measures in place or planned to reduce the average period of 56 to 57 days between the completion of a custodial sentence and the enforcement of a removal or deportation order; the reason for the increase in persons released from custod…
930. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 63165/26 of 7 September 2026, the measures being taken to reduce the average period of 56 to 57 days between the completion of a custodial sentence and the enforcement of a removal or deportation order; the number of persons subject to a valid deportation or removal order who were released from cus…
933. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration further to Parliamentary Question No. 63167/26 of 7 September 2026, the amount reclaimed, or expected to be reclaimed, under the EU Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in respect of the charter flight operations conducted on grounds of criminality in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [65388/26]
668. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 740 of 28 July 2026, the costs of berthing, maintaining and crewing the vessel MV Matthew, broken down by calendar year for each of the years 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026; if he will provide those costs updated to the actual date of the vessel’s disposal on 18 July 2026, given that the figures supplied ran only to t…
669. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No.741 of 28 July 2026, the date on which the nominal consideration of one US dollar for the vessel MV Matthew was agreed; the date on which his Department was informed of that consideration; the reason that figure was not disclosed to Dáil Éireann when the disposal of the vessel was addressed in the House; and if he…
670. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 744 of 28 July 2026, the identity of the international shipping company that acquired the vessel MV Matthew and the jurisdiction in which that company is registered; whether the disposal terms required scrappage or permitted the vessel to return to commercial service; and if he will make a statement on the matt…
671. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 743 of 28 July 2026, whether a competitive tender or open sales process was conducted in respect of the disposal of the vessel MV Matthew; the number of expressions of interest and formal bids received; the criteria applied in selecting the purchaser; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60576/26]
672. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 742 of 28 July 2026, the date on which the vessel MV Matthew was cleared for disposal by court order; the estimated cost to the State arising from the period between that clearance and the removal of the vessel from the Port of Cork on 18 July 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [60580/26]
673. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 651 of 28 July 2026, whether any application has been made, or is intended to be made, to recover the costs incurred by the State in maintaining the vessel MV Matthew from any person convicted in connection with the seizure of controlled drugs from that vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6058…
674. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 745 of 28 July 2026, whether the Revenue Commissioners intend to establish a protocol, framework or standing procedure governing the custody, maintenance and disposal of large commercial vessels seized in the course of criminal investigations, arising from the experience of the MV Matthew; and if he will make a s…
890. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether a single system exists linking the budget line that authorises expenditure through to the tender, contract award, purchase order, invoice and final payment across central Government; the proportion of total procurement expenditure that can currently be traced on an end-to-end basis; and …
891. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether unique identifiers are applied to suppliers, tenders, contracts and payments on a consistent basis across public bodies to allow procurement data to be aggregated and compared; if no such common identifiers exist, the plans in place to introduce them; and if he will make a statement on t…
892. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation to set out the procurement spend data collected by the Office of Government Procurement in each year since 2019; whether the collection of project level procurement spend data was reduced or discontinued after 2019; the reason for any such change; and if he will make a statement on the matter. […
893. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the number of public bodies that report procurement data in a machine readable format and the number that report in non machine readable formats such as PDF; the number of public bodies not currently publishing Contract Award Notices as required; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5…
651. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance whether an application has been made, or is intended to be made, to recover the costs incurred by the State in maintaining the vessel MV Matthew from the beneficial owners of the vessel or from any person convicted in connection with the seizure of controlled drugs from that vessel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [56429/26]
2048. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the estimated annual gross expenditure under the GMS, DPS, LTI and High-Tech Drug Scheme in each year since 2020; and what proportion of that expenditure has been subject to any formal medicines waste analysis. [42485/26]
1264. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Comptroller and Auditor General or HSE Internal Audit has issued any findings, recommendations or observations concerning expenditure governance within the treatment abroad scheme since 2020. [39160/26]
1279. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the dates on which the treatment abroad scheme was last audited by the HSE Internal Audit Office and by the Comptroller and Auditor General respectively; whether any findings, recommendations or corrective actions arose from those audits; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [39181/26]
1283. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the quarterly oversight meetings between the treatment abroad scheme and the Department of Health produce formal minutes, action logs or governance reports; and whether these documents are retained centrally by the Department. [39185/26]
1311. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department of Health receives specialty-specific approval or expenditure data from the treatment abroad scheme during quarterly oversight meetings. [39214/26]
699. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection whether consideration has been given to establishing a confidential reporting mechanism for suppliers, school staff or parents to report suspected procurement irregularities under the hot school meals scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37409/26]
1034. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health whether the Department or HSE publishes any annual review of reimbursement price uplifts and their impact on medicines expenditure. [36758/26]
1036. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the total expenditure by each individual hospital and hospital group on private ambulance services in each year from 2020 to date in 2026, in tabular form. [36778/26]