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Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Job Initiatives (16 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 42. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will consider the merit of expanding the Gateway scheme to local authority sports partnerships; if she will provide opportunities to those with a knowledge and experience of sports coaching and development who may wish to develop their experiences in the area; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [14993/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 154. To ask the Minister for Health the numbers of persons on a daily basis who waited on trolleys in the accident and emergency of the University Hospital Limerick since 21 January 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18118/14]

Order of Business (15 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What progress has been made in respect of the State airports (Shannon group) Bill, which is the final cog in the wheel in the context of granting independence? I ask this in view of the fact that Shannon Development owns a significant land bank across the mid-west.

Leaders' Questions (15 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy should talk to his brother about that.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Broadcasting Rights: Gaelic Athletic Association (15 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have been following the Twitter feed from people who are watching this debate live. It is being broadcast on a pay-per-view channel, so the people watching it are paying for it. I support what the GAA is trying to do in reaching out to the disapora. It is very laudable and good. The GAA's president and ard stiúrthóir summed up the impact emigration has had on clubs. I have...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Regional Development (15 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 111. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if consideration will be given to the development of asset inventories and matrices for towns across the country as a support and marketing tool to encourage inward investment into regional towns; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17307/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (15 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 170. To ask the Minister for Finance his plans to introduce a levy on bank drafts issued by the various banks in the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [17439/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Waterways Issues (10 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 14. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 14 of 26 February 2014, his views on that based on the information provided in his reply where forty four bodies have roles in relation to the maintenance and management of the River Shannon, that an examination should take place to review the effectiveness of the current management and governance...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Developments in Renewable Energy Technologies and Practices: SEAI (9 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: While I accept that SEAI needs to capture data, if I do not sell a bale of briquettes it is not capturing that data. However it insists that somebody provides an meter point reference number, MPRN, by virtue of the fact that the retailer sells coal. It is a bit bonkers.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Developments in Renewable Energy Technologies and Practices: SEAI (9 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is there no accreditation of the work that is done?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Developments in Renewable Energy Technologies and Practices: SEAI (9 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What proportion?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Developments in Renewable Energy Technologies and Practices: SEAI (9 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: My question was how long the wind turbine needs to work at maximum output before it recovers the energy invested in its construction. It is not a short period.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Developments in Renewable Energy Technologies and Practices: SEAI (9 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the representatives from SEAI. Returning to the two previous contributions, one aspect absent here is a bit of honesty about the opening of the interconnector between Ireland and Britain. A person plugging in his or her kettle in Manorhamilton in County Leitrim could be just as easily using energy that is produced from a nuclear reactor in Sellafield or will be using energy from a...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (9 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 147. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the measures he has taken since taking office to protect the price of beef for the farming community; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16911/14]

Leaders' Questions (8 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy has been waiting to say that for a while.

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Application Refusals (8 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 65. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade when a decision will be made on a passport appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Mayo in view of the fact that this appeal was submitted in 2012; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16247/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teachers' Remuneration (8 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 178. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if in relation to teachers pay scales, his position where a primary teacher that was made permanent in 2008 and is teaching in one part of the country and wants to move home to another part of the country and if they were to give up their permanent position and move home and take up a new job the difference in their permanency entitlements;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 193. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the number of children by county currently waiting for places in Redhill House, Patrickswell, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16234/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Services Provision (8 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 194. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide the locations and numbers of special classes for children with ASD in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16235/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (8 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 357. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide in tabular form by county, the number of applications that are with his Department for applications for lease, licence or permission under the Foreshore Act 1933; the number of those applications over six and 12 months; the maximum waiting time for each county; and if he will make a statement on the...