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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 999. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of the offices of the National Driver Licensing Service; if each office is publicly or privately owned; the offices that were purchased to provide the service; the offices that are leased; the durations of the leases; and the annual amounts being paid in respect of each one. [1005/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1000. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies quangos or other bodies within, funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1001. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agencies or sections from his Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; the travel costs and expenses incurred by decentralised personnel travelling to their base Department in that period. [1036/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1017. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the amounts paid to Limerick city and county council since 2011 for maintenance of roads; his plans to increase the amounts for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1493/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas Designation (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1040. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details in tabular form by county of the numbers of offers of compensation offered to landowners where designation for hen harrier habitat protection prevented a landowner from carrying out an activity or a development on their lands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49710/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1043. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within, funded by or established by her Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1008/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1044. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies or sections from her Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; the travel costs and expenses incurred by decentralised personnel travelling to their base Department in that period. [1023/15]

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to share time with Deputy Durkan.

Road Traffic (No.2) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) and Subsequent Stages (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the Bill and the Minister's initiative to close off the loophole referred to. This is a short piece of legislation but it is no less important than lengthier pieces of legislation from the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport. The Minister will be aware of my particular interest in this issue in that I have previously raised the penalty points issue with him on the floor of...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Typically, is it at the lower end of the market?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The local authorities have revised their local area plans and county development plans, and any changes in zoning would have an impact on values. Has NAMA made submissions to county development plans and local area plans with a view to retaining zoning?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has some of the land been de-zoned?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What impact has it had on the valuations?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is NAMA in discussions with local authorities on these low-value properties?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: One of Mr. McDonagh's original points was on mediation, which preoccupied a number of contributors at the start. Who pays for the mediation process?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: How much does it cost?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: How long does the process last?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Are the costs shared equally?

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I made some points about social housing in Dublin. How proactive are the other four local authorities in Dublin and its hinterland regarding assessing NAMA's asset base to see what else it might have? Mr. McDonagh mentioned a hotel that was offered to them a few years ago, priced at €3 million, and which is probably now worth €4 million. Has NAMA offered them anything else to...

Public Accounts Committee: National Asset Management Agency Financial Statements 2013 (18 Dec 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Have they been more proactive in the past number of weeks?