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Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (9 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the planned works to be carried out at Newcastle West Garda station in County Limerick following the amalgamation of the Newcastle West and Askeaton districts; when it is likely that these works will be carried out; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38649/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Appointments Administration (9 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 116. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an appointment for a consultation and surgery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38571/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Speech and Language Therapy (9 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 125. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford can expect to receive an appointment for speech and language therapy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38602/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Was that approach taken under the old rural broadband scheme, under which the outcome was assessed relative to the input?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What happened when they did not meet them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Do we have details on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The reason I am asking is that it is important to note, if we are going to go down the road of another investment programme, that as these specifications were set in 2008 and the scheme ended in 2014, the technology advanced massively in that period. Are we going to repeat this by setting a scheme in 2015 for five years, so that the technology will have changed by the time the ink is dry on...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Fleming is my neighbour. I welcome the representatives from the Department and ComReg. I agree with a lot of what has been said up to now, particularly what Deputy Helen McEntee has said. Both organisations have successfully managed to let the operators off the hook, particularly regarding rural broadband, by focusing on population rather than an area. There is a glib estimate that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Have we assessed how Finland managed to get broadband into the Arctic Circle? We cannot get broadband into Limerick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is not my phone as we have no coverage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can assure the Chair that it is not the mobile phone.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the situation where students are hospitalised during their leaving certificate examinations, with a view to seeing, if deferred examinations may be sat. [37873/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the guidelines of the regulatory authority of pharmacists in view of the unfair restrictions these guidelines impose on assistant pharmacists acting in a temporary absence by requiring them to be employed 15 hours per week and the steps assistant pharmacists may take to challenge these guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on agriculture and rural affairs in general. I also welcome the Minister's comments on young farmers and the pressure he is coming under from Teagasc in regard to teaching numbers in agricultural colleges. There is a college in Pallaskenry in my constituency, which I have mentioned to the Minister on a number of occasions, and the teaching numbers in it...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: He was actually pro that one.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Sorry. Deputy Ó Cuív was pro that treaty but was against subsequent ones. The one thing this motion lacks is credibility because if one fell through the ceiling of the House tonight and listened to Deputy Ó Cuív complaining about the state of rural Ireland, one would say he was never in government, not to mention sitting at the Cabinet table. In the past three budgets...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The previous Minister for Finance made only passing remarks about the agriculture industry, which is in stark contrast to what the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has done since he went into Government. Not to leave Fianna Fáil out on its own, its future, or potential, coalition partners have some right little ditties for the farming community, including a land tax. I have not...

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Ó Cuív should have car-pooled.

Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Ó Cuív was in Government long enough. One would imagine he would have sorted it.

Order of Business (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: On promised legislation, I am sure the Taoiseach will join me in welcoming this morning's jobs announcement in Limerick. The maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill is no. 10 on the A list. When will it come before the House? The Bill is to reform the planning system in place in our harbours and estuary areas. Some of the existing legislation and regulations are regarded by those in...