Cork North-Central · Independent Ireland
Ken O'Flynn TD: phone, email and constituency office
You can email Ken O'Flynn TD at ken.oflynn@oireachtas.ie or call their Leinster House office on (01) 618 4170.
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Who Ken O'Flynn is and what they are responsible for
Ken O'Flynn is an Independent Ireland TD representing Cork North-Central. Official Oireachtas profile.
First elected to the Dáil in 2024, according to the official membership history.
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Current recorded roles
- Committee on Parliamentary Privileges and Oversight (Dáil Éireann) (committee member)
- Committee on Remit Oversight (Dáil Éireann) (committee member)
- Joint Committee on Remit Oversight (committee member)
- Select Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (committee member)
- Joint Committee on Foreign Affairs and Trade (committee member)
Other TDs in Cork North-Central
Email all 5 TDsWhat Ken O'Flynn has raised about Cork North-Central places
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Tobacco Control Measures
317. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of representations or motions received by his Department since 1 January 2025 from local authorities, including Cork City Council and Cork County Council, seeking changes to planning law in respect of premises for the retail sale of nicotine inhaling products; the response issued in each case; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75272/26]
An Garda Síochána
364. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration the number of investigations commenced by An Garda Síochána since 1 January 2024 involving suspected money laundering through retail premises selling vaping or tobacco products, nationally and in the Cork City and Cork North Garda Divisions; the number of actions taken by the Criminal Assets Bureau in respect of such premises; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75283/26]
Departmental Bodies
383. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the number of staff employed at the Veterinary Food Safety Laboratory, Inniscarra, County Cork, by grade and by employer; the arrangements planned for these staff if the laboratory closes; whether staff and their representative bodies have been consulted; whether the laboratory's INAB accreditation, registration 261T, will be surrendered; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75097/26]
Departmental Bodies
384. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine where the official control food and water testing currently carried out at the Veterinary Food Safety Laboratory, Inniscarra, County Cork, including listeria, salmonella, carcase swab and water testing, will be carried out if the laboratory closes; the location of the nearest alternative category 3 laboratory capable of testing for high risk pathogens such as verocytotoxigenic E. coli; the expected impact on sample turnaround times for food businesses in Munster; the estimated additional cost of transporting samples; and if he will make a statement on the matter. …
Departmental Bodies
385. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if a decision has been made to close, or to cease funding or using, the Veterinary Food Safety Laboratory at Inniscarra, County Cork, including its category 2 laboratory and category 3 containment facility; the date on which any such decision was made and by whom; the planned closure date; whether a review, business case or value for money appraisal was carried out before the decision; if this will be published; whether the decision is one for the Department or for Cork County Council; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75093/26]
Food Safety
386. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the funding for the Veterinary Food Safety Laboratory, Inniscarra, County Cork, provided by the Department before and after the transfer of local authority veterinary services to the Department on 1 January 2025; the number of samples tested there that were funded by the Department in each of the years 2023 to 2026; and the number of research projects the Department has funded there. [75191/26]
Tobacco Control Measures
463. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of targeted compliance checks carried out by the HSE since 2 February 2026 to detect the sale of tobacco products or nicotine inhaling products without a licence, by county and separately for Cork city and Cork County; the number of premises found to be selling without a licence; the enforcement action taken, including prosecutions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75277/26]
Tobacco Control Measures
481. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Health the number of retail licences granted to date under the Public Health (Tobacco Products and Nicotine Inhaling Products) Act 2023, broken down by licence type, that is, tobacco products only, nicotine inhaling products only, and both, by county, separately for the administrative areas of Cork City Council and Cork County Council, and by retail premises and online sales; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [75273/26]
Recent parliamentary questions
Defence Forces
184. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Defence the type and retention standard of holsters issued with sidearms to members of the Defence Forces; whether any review of holster safety was carried out by the Defence Forces following the incidents involving Garda issue holsters in June 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75297/26]
Fiscal Policy
212. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Finance if his Department has carried out or commissioned any assessment of the effect of euro area monetary policy since 2015, including the ECB's asset purchase programmes and the subsequent tightening of interest rates, on Irish house prices, rents and the general cost-of-living; if so, the findings of such assessment; if not, the reason; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75247/26]
Protected Disclosures
215. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether his Department's internal protected disclosures policy and procedures are published on its website; if not, the reason; whether the statutory guidance encourages public bodies to publish their internal procedures; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75267/26]
Protected Disclosures
216. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation the arrangements in place where a report made or transmitted to his Department under the Protected Disclosures Act 2014, as amended, concerns his Department's own functions under that Act, including the statutory guidance issued by him; whether a conflict of interest assessment is carried out on receipt of such a report; whether such reports may be referred to another suitable person or to the Office of the Protected Disclosures Commissioner; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75266/26]
Protected Disclosures
217. Deputy Ken O'Flynn asked the Minister for Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform and Digitalisation whether he will bring forward amendments to the Protected Disclosures Act 2014 to prohibit the transmission of a report, or of information capable of identifying the reporting person, to the organisation or persons the report concerns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [75265/26]
Recent debate contributions
Non-Binary and Intersex Recognition Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members]
Non-Binary and Intersex Recognition Bill 2026: Second Stage [Private Members]
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Ceisteanna ar Pholasaí nó ar Reachtaíocht - Questions on Policy or Legislation
Defence (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage
Defence (Amendment) Bill 2026: Second Stage
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2026: Second Stage
Finance (No. 2) Bill 2026: Second Stage
Drug Debt Related Intimidation and Community Safety: Motion [Private Members]
Drug Debt Related Intimidation and Community Safety: Motion [Private Members]
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Questions and answers
What is Ken O'Flynn’s email address?
Ken O'Flynn TD’s published email is ken.oflynn@oireachtas.ie.
What is Ken O'Flynn’s phone number?
The published Leinster House phone for Ken O'Flynn is (01) 618 4170.
Where is Ken O'Flynn’s constituency office?
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Does Ken O'Flynn hold clinics?
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Which constituency does Ken O'Flynn represent?
Ken O'Flynn represents Cork North-Central.
Which party is Ken O'Flynn in?
The current Oireachtas roster records Ken O'Flynn as Independent Ireland.
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