Departmental Schemes

43. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if he will review the minimum 70% loan to value requirement under the help to buy scheme as it applies to self-builds, in view of the fact that the inclusion of a gifted or family site in the approved valuation excludes single applicants on modest incomes; the number of self-build claims refused on loan to value grounds in each of the years 2022 to 2025 and to date in 2026; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [69368/26

Protected Disclosures

334. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation if he will review the adequacy of the safeguards under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 against penalisation, and against the disclosure of a discloser's identity without consent, in view of concerns raised publicly in recent weeks; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [68089/26]

Córas Iompair Éireann

297. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Transport to provide details of the legal and statutory basis upon which the decision taken by the CIÉ board in 2009 not to provide increases to pensions in payment was made; whether that decision constituted an amendment to an existing superannuation scheme within the meaning of section 44 of the Transport Act 1950; whether any Ministerial order or other statutory instrument was made in connection with that decision; and if he will make a statement

Departmental Properties

578. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration to provide a full and itemised list of all land, property and buildings owned or otherwise held by his Department and by each body and agency under the aegis of his Department in Cork city and in Cork county; the location; a description of the land or property; the current use; the floor area or acreage as appropriate; the manner in which it is held (whether owned, leased or otherwise); the body or agency responsi

EU Presidency

346. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation further to Parliamentary Question No. 65398/26 of 16 September 2026, the allocation and provisional expenditure to the end of August 2026 in respect of Ireland's Presidency of the Council of the European Union, broken down by Vote, in tabular form. [68767/26]

Social Welfare Payments

521. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 65399/26 of 16 September 2026, which compared the back to school clothing and footwear allowance against uniform costs alone, whether his Department has assessed the cost of school footwear, sports clothing and other required clothing alongside uniforms; the basis for the conclusion that the allowance compares favourably, given that it is intended to cover both clothing and footwear; and whethe

34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-24

Deputy Ken O'Flynn The Tánaiste has said that people want certainty around the new investment accounts and that he wants more young people to get into saving. That includes the tens of thousands of ordinary people who get up early in the morning to go to work. Some of them, luckily enough, have been able to put savings into vehicles like exchange-traded funds. At present, those people are taxed on eight years of those savings, even if they have not sold a thing. They are taxed on something they

34th Dáil debate — 2026-09-23

Deputy Ken O'Flynn I thank the Minister of State for his response. I am not sure who wrote it, but it appears to have been a civil servant who does not understand rural Ireland and has not walked in the Minister of State's constituency or in Cork North-Central, which is mine. The Minister of State talked the big talk about energy security, yet this Government and its predecessor, in which he also served, stopped exploration for oil and fossil fuels. He talked about energy security as a benefit