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Beef Industry: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on an important motion. I welcome the acknowledgement in the contribution of the Minister of State that the Department sees the plight of farmers across the country. The Minister of State knows my constituency very well and it suffers from a double whammy of severely disadvantaged land and a constituency based on the milk and beef sectors. From attending...

State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill 2014 [Seanad]: Second Stage (Resumed) (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak about the Bill. From my viewpoint of representing the mid-western region, the Bill is long overdue. The reason the Bill is important will have been clearly visible to anyone who has been using Shannon Airport in recent years. The carpark at the airport, which is a good indicator of how an airport is performing, was getting increasingly easier to access,...

Leaders' Questions (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Fianna Fáil had 14 years to wreck the country. Is the party looking for an MEP?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am not defending the NTA, but I take issue with Deputy Dessie Ellis because I do not think it is entirely Dublin-focused. It knows that I am anything but a cheerleader for it; I acknowledge, however, that it has done considerable work in rural parts of Limerick. It is not solely an urban-based organisation.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The redevelopment of Colbert Station in Limerick is most welcome.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: My apologies for being late. I was at another meeting. I was glad to see when I was coming in that Mr. Murphy was flying the flag for rural Ireland. I will return to an issue I have raised here previously. It looks like I will continue to raise it. I have now become something of a lightning conductor for people who have clear evidence that the small public service vehicles, SPSV,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The last time I raised this issue, the Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport told me in the Dáil that this was the solution. It is not a solution.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is there a timeframe for when proposals will be brought back?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has the NTA set a timeframe regarding when the committee must report back to it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will continually raise this issue every time the NTA comes in here during the period I am here. It will not go away. I welcome the fact that the NTA has put this request in place but I would ask that a time frame be put in place. Otherwise, it will go on the never-never and it will never be done.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Luas Cross City Line and Future of Public Transport in Dublin: National Transport Authority (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Can I ask one other question? Ordnance Survey Ireland is a fantastic public institution that can divide the country into workable grids for State utilities, the ESB and Bord Gáis and can provide the NTA with excellent mapping. I would prefer if some kind of zoning was done across the country. We should take out the county boundaries and look at where people actually live. Let us...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 27. To ask the Minister for Health if his Department has carried out a review of practices in the ambulance service where ambulances are reportedly being delayed leaving accident and emergency units due to a reported lack of patient trolleys; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26891/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 39. To ask the Minister for Health the progress being made on the provision of a new critical care unit at the University Hospital in Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26890/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Application (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 69. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the local property tax exemption for properties purchased between 1 January 2013 and 31 December 2013, if in a situation where a person purchases a property from their siblings as part of the estate from their late parent - all eight children were left a 1/8th entitlement to the property - and the property becomes the purchaser’s sole...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Defence Forces Properties (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 123. To ask the Minister for Defence the plans that his Department is examining for the use of the Reserve Defence Force in Newcastle West, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27561/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Card Drugs (25 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 160. To ask the Minister for Health if he has considered the continued use of Fampyra within the community drugs scheme to treat multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27476/14]

Order of Business (24 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is a foreign channel breaking through. On the Valuation (Amendment) (No. 2) Bill 2012, I understand this Bill has been on the Seanad Order Paper for a considerable time. The Taoiseach will know that it is important legislation given that a number of local authorities have commenced the revaluation process. When can we expect that Bill to come before the Dáil?

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Arts Funding (24 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 329. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of members of Aosdána; the amount paid by member by way of stipend; the number of assembly meetings held in 2013 and to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [27238/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Birth Certificates Administration (24 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 515. To ask the Minister for Health when and the reason the cost of a birth certificate was increased from €6 to €20; if his attention has been drawn to the financial difficulties facing those who need to replace a certificate; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [26784/14]

Other Questions: Special Protection Areas Designation (19 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 9. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will provide details of the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht on the development of a scheme to adequately compensate farmers and landowners whose lands have been designated for the protection of the habitat of the hen harrier; and if he will make a statement on the...