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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Third Level Staff (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...competency levels of learners, from beginner, to intermediate, and advanced. My officials are engaging with Kildare and Wicklow ETB to obtain the data requested by the Deputy. My officials will revert to the Deputy when this exercise is complete.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Departmental Staff (30 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...have contacted SOLAS on this matter, and they have advised that they are currently reviewing the invoice received with regard to compliance requirements for current public sector workers and will revert directly to the referred to person in due course.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Coastal Erosion (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...Tralee Bay in 2018. The study area included the location detailed by the Deputy. Kerry County Council submitted a draft report of the study to the OPW for comment in May 2023. The OPW subsequently reverted to Kerry County Council with comments on the report in June 2023. On foot of the OPW comments additional information was submitted by Kerry County Council in March 2024. This...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Departmental Properties (9 Apr 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: I propose to take Questions Nos. 353, 355, 356, 357, 358 and 359 together. To be able to revert to the normal opening hours, it is imperative that the Office of Public Works grounds staff can return to Castletown House and Estate. The OPW Castletown team have not been able to gain entry to their workplace in the normal manner since October 2023. Without dedicated OPW grounds staff, daily...

Written Answers — Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth: Agriculture Supports (27 Feb 2024)

Patrick O'Donovan: 420. To ask the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will revert to this Deputy on a matter (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8742/24]

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: It will, after a period of time, revert to the State's ownership but we have no operational issue with the convention centre.

Select Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform, and Taoiseach: Estimates for Public Services 2023
Vote 11 – Office of the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform (Supplementary)
Vote 12 – Superannuation and Retired Allowances (Supplementary)
Vote 13 - Office of Public Works (Supplementary)
Vote 14 – State Laboratory (Supplementary)
Vote 17 – Public Appointments Service (Supplementary)
Vote 18 – National Shared Services Office (Supplementary)
Vote 43 – Office of the Government Chief Information Officer (Supplementary) (22 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...and volunteers with the Coast Guard and so on are the first ones to go out once the red warning is lifted. They go out into awful conditions. Without them, the situation would be much worse. We can revert to the Deputy on the planning Bill. Internal discussions on it are under way. For members’ benefit, Meath’s CFRAMS is all but completed. Some €27.2 million has...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Heritage Sites (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: My officials are currently looking into this matter and I will revert to the Deputy shortly with a more substantive response.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Weather Events (14 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: My officials are currently looking into this matter and I will revert to the Deputy shortly with a more substantive response.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Flood Risk Management (7 Nov 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...interventions that can be beneficially proposed in addition to the approved works. With respect to the deputy’s specific query I wish to advise this information is not readily available and we will revert to the Deputy in due course.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Sports Events (29 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: I reiterate that the Minister, Deputy Catherine Martin, apologises for not being here. I will ask her to reflect on the contribution made today and to revert to the Senator directly. As the House will appreciate, it is not a matter for which I have responsibility. I will ask the Minister to respond directly to the Senator.

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Medical Aids and Appliances (29 Jun 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: In principle, I do not disagree with what the Senator is saying. As I said, I will ask the Minister for Health, Deputy Stephen Donnelly, to revert to him directly.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (18 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: The responsibility for conservation, operations and maintenance of the national heritage estate reverted to the OPW in 2004. Therefore, it is only possible to provide this data for the period from 2004 to 2022. A breakdown, is provided below in relation to the annual expenditure each year since 2004 for the OPW sections: National Historic Properties, National Monuments, and Visitor Services ...

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...includes all the licensing and the majority of the development to build the requirements for future waves and the migration of wave 1 clients. I will ask the Minister of State, Deputy Ossian Smyth, to revert to the Deputy regarding the timeframes for each one.

Ceisteanna Eile - Other Questions: Shared Services (11 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...envelope of €115 million. Of course, the final cost will not be known until the project is completed but the NSSO is making every effort to control the cost. I will get the Minister of State to revert to the Deputy on the specific bodies that have moved and the timeframes for movement.

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Planning Issues (9 May 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...legislative and policy guidance framework. I have noted Deputy Brophy's point on amending legislation and upcoming legislation and will ask the Minister of State responsible, Deputy O'Donnell, to revert to him directly. The legislative framework comprises the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended, and the associated Planning and Development Regulations 2001, as amended. It is a...

Seanad: Nithe i dtosach suíonna - Commencement Matters: Defence Forces (18 Apr 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: Unfortunately, I do not have any timeline for completion. I can relay the Senator's issues and concerns regarding safety to the Tánaiste and ask that his Department revert directly to her. I can understand her point because there is a similar situation with another pool owned by a different element of the State. It is also of importance to its local community. I will certainly relay...

Saincheisteanna Tráthúla - Topical Issue Debate: Cancer Services (18 Apr 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...of a family member, a volunteer who can serve the likes of Cancer Connect, the Irish Cancer Society or whatever is invaluable. I will ask the Minister for Health or a Minister of State to revert to the Deputy on the matter. It relates to a service a lot of people in this House will have been touched by. While we will not have gone out seeking to be touched by it, we know the value of it.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works (18 Apr 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...investigations, the housing development did not take place.  This was primarily due to ground conditions on the site arising from its historic use as an engineering workshop; and the site subsequently reverted to the Commissioners of Public Works in 2018.  The OPW's operations continued on the site throughout the change of ownership. More recently, the site has been...

Ceisteanna ar Sonraíodh Uain Dóibh - Priority Questions: Flood Risk Management (2 Mar 2023)

Patrick O'Donovan: ...in the River Lee catchment area, and the tributaries flowing into it, will be taken into account by Cork County Council. The Deputy raised the issue of sewage treatment works, which is an asset of Irish Water. I will revert to him on that by email or in writing.