Results 8,601-8,620 of 10,903 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Military Records (19 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 169. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will make the military service records available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8403/14]

An Coimisinéir Teanga a Cheapadh: Motion (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Tá áthas orm cúpla focal a rá ar an rún seo - go molann Dáil Éireann Rónán Ó Domhnaill lena cheapadh ag an Uachtarán mar Choimisinéir Teanga - atá os comhair na Dála tráthnóna. Ba mhaith liom buíochas a ghabháil leis an gcoimisinéir atá ag éirí as, Seán Ó Cuirreáin, as...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister's reply. I think he will agree with me that it is intolerable that local authorities and regional road design offices work in a vacuum in designing roads for which An Bord Pleanála refuses permission. We saw this happen in Adare and other parts of the country. The problem does not arise only at preplanning consultation stage but when permission is refused by An...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: While I welcome the Minister's response, I raised this issue in the context of the situation in Adare, County Limerick which has virtually been left in Limbo because the local authority and the regional road design office are none the wiser about why An Bord Pleanála decided to reject the route of the road. I hope the N21 which conveys the bulk of the tourist traffic from Dublin and...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 98. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if, in the context of the upcoming merger of the National Roads Authority and the Rail Procurement Agency, he will consider amendments to existing planning legislation and regulatory instruments to allow the NRA and or local authorities to engage in pre-planning consultations with An Bord Pleanála in an attempt to avoid money being...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 797. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if as a result of the proposed merger of the Rail Procurement Agency and the National Roads Authority, he is satisfied that the current legislative and regulatory framework which apply to both organisations is such that both agencies are capable of addressing issues including planning applications and the submission of observations to...

Other Questions: State Bodies Mergers (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: These questions relate to the current position whereby the National Roads Authority is prohibited from entering pre-planning consultations with local authorities or An Bord Pleanála in the context of the construction of new roads across the country.

Other Questions: Airport Security (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Timmy Dooley might be given citizenship.

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 109. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the roll out of the National Driver Licensing Service; if he is satisfied that the delays which were being encountered at initial stages of the roll out have been rectified; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7529/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Pension Provisions (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 242. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will outline the implications for the pension entitlement of a permanent primary teacher who would resign their position to take up a temporary position in another part of the country in the hope that they may be made permanent at that location; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8030/14]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Land Issues (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 347. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation if he will provide an update on plans that have been put in place for lands in County Limerick which are owned by Shannon Development; the expected legal position of those lands into the future; the safeguards and protective measures he envisages to ensure that the lands are put to the best possible use; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Departmental Programmes (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale and the basis on which the allocation from Pobail to an organisation (details supplied) for 2014 was determined; if Pobail has taken into consideration the limitations that these reductions will place on the organisation to effectively deliver its service commitments; the scope for the matter to be reviewed; and if she will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Areas of Conservation Criteria (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 436. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if local authorities can initiate a process whereby specific areas within their functional area that have particular ecological or habitat areas which currently are not designated and which may be at risk from encroaching due to development can be considered for designation following a request from the local authority as Special...

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Energy Conservation (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 470. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the reason fuel merchants are required to collect information including MPRN from customers in the sale of solid fuels stoves while those outlets who do not sell fuel are not required to collect MPRN information; his views on whether such a requirement on fuel merchants places them at a commercial disadvantage; and if...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 486. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when he will provide details of the amounts the Exchequer will provide to co-finance the next round of Leader-funded projects in accordance with the recently announced rural development programme for 2014 to 2020; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8189/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Leader Programmes Funding (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 519. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if there will be a further re-distribution of unspent funds which have been allocated by local development companies under the LEADER programme in the near future; if he will prioritise those measures which are aimed at job creation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8188/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Penalty Points System (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 558. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to parliamentary Question No. 494 of 26 November 2013, if he has received a reply from the Garda authorities; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7748/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 628. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when a person (details supplied) in County Limerick will receive their 2013 agri-environment option scheme payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [7921/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Patient Safety Agency Establishment (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 738. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide an update on the establishment of an advocacy/patient safety authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8027/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Insurance Prices (18 Feb 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 742. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to reduce the fees paid or to introduce revised fee structures to consultants operating in public hospitals in an effort to address the growing cost of private health insurance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [8040/14]