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- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Prices: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: On that point, Mr. Manning referred to offshore wind and the competitive nature of onshore wind. How does the Valuation Office put a commercial rate on a sandbank in the sea because commercial rates are supposed to be about a notional letting value of the property? Who will rent a sandbank?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Energy Prices: Discussion (25 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: This makes it even worse.
- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (25 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 35. To ask the Minister for Health when he plans to regularise the provision of home care, both public and private, provided to elderly persons, and vulnerable adults, in their own homes; his plans to extend the Health Information and Quality Authority inspection regimes to those organisations, and companies, that provide home care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7897/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (24 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 229. To ask the Minister for Finance the tax implications for a parent, who wishes to financially assist their child with mortgage repayments, where the mortgage is half-paid but the child is currently unemployed; and if the parent will be penalised in the same way as a parent helping a child with a deposit, under the new guidelines. [7826/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Payments (24 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 306. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason penalties on single farm payments were imposed in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8201/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Home Schooling (24 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 353. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the position in regard to his Department's guidelines for children's home schooling for two days a week, while they attend school for the other three days; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7914/15]
- Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (24 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 608. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to update broadband in the Ballycanew and Ballyoughter area of County Wexford. [7808/15]
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about the Deputy's trampoline?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: There is not much insulation in a trampoline
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about Sinn Féin's MPs on the Queen's shilling?
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy negotiated well for his MPs.
- Leaders' Questions (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Keeping them dependent is all Sinn Féin is interested in.
- Other Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: In the first part of the Minister's response, he gave a very good reason as to why Foynes should be considered. As he outlined, it is probably one of the premier ports in the country and certainly the most welcoming. I understand the predicament the Minister is in but I urge him to consider the proposal. I acknowledge it is very close to the bottom in the pecking order of the Department of...
- Other Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: I did not say that.
- Other Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: 6. To ask the Minister for Defence if home ports have been assigned by the Defence Forces to the new Naval vessels which have been acquired by the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6799/15]
- Other Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: This question relates to the recent decommissioning of LE Aoifein Waterford Port and the tradition of establishing a connection between Naval vessels and their home ports. I know the Department of Defence and the military have plans for further fleet refurbishment and replacement. Can the Minister provide an update on the work being done on the assignment of home ports, which is a...
- Other Questions: Naval Service Vessels (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Can I make a pitch for my own home port of Foynes in County Limerick to be considered when the LE James Joyceis commissioned? As the Minister is aware, Foynes was the first location in Ireland to provide an aviation base in the north Atlantic. It has a long tradition. During the First World War, the royal navy's north Atlantic fleet was tied up in Foynes for a period of time. There is a...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Regulation of Gas Industry: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: I apologise for missing the start of the meeting. I had a question to ask in the Dáil Chamber, but I followed proceedings on the monitor. When I was listening to some of the contributions, I did a quick search of classified advertisements on Google. I do not know whether the CER relies solely on the public, but through Google I have a list of five or six people who are advertising as...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Regulation of Gas Industry: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Helen McEntee has rightly brought a point to my attention. While what Ms Rooney has stated is laudable, it does not mean that the people in the hotel or other commercial premises will necessarily co-operate. With the Chairman's indulgence, I will revert to my original point:Hi, i am qualified Carpenter, Handyman, furniture assembler, furniture fitter, cabinet maker. Also i have...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Regulation of Gas Industry: Discussion (18 Feb 2015)
Patrick O'Donovan: How many prosecutions arose from advertisements?