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- Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (6 Nov 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Health the safeguards in place to ensure that those persons in receipt of home care packages from private providers are actually receiving the service that the State is paying for; the way the State guarantees that these persons providing the home care are properly qualified; in view of the fact that the State is the funding agency, is there a State complaints...
- Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Road Improvement Schemes (6 Nov 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport his views on the need for his Department to reinstate, partially or wholly, the local improvement scheme in order to remediate the damage caused to roads due to the inclement weather of this year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48214/12]
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Mr. Mullen may continue to answer.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I again apologise to everyone but the Joint Committee on Finance, Public Expenditure and Reform is due to occupy this room. With members' agreement, I propose the joint committee suspend its sitting until 2.30 p.m. and reconvene in committee room one under the chairmanship of Deputy Tom Fleming. I further propose that, with their agreement, the witnesses also return. Before I conclude, the...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: There is only one meeting taking place here and I will move on to take questions from the next three speakers.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I have not even called the Deputy.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: There will be no grandstanding here.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I will suspend the meeting next.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I will suspend the meeting unless I get order. Members of this committee have waited patiently and the next three speakers who have signalled-----
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: The next three questioners are Senator Harte, Deputy Griffin and Deputy McHugh.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I clarify that the clerk to the committee is examining the possibility of reconvening the meeting at 2.30 p.m. if we can get a room. He is working on that. Deputy Tom Fleming, who is a member of the committee, has agreed to chair the meeting if it can be reconvened. I will not be available at 2.30 p.m., the Chairman has suffered a bereavement and the Vice Chairman is not available, but...
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I invite Mr. Mullen to respond at this point.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: That is noted.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I am trying to be fair to everybody.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: You have said "finally" three times now, Deputy, so this is final. I want to be fair to everyone.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I am conscious that long speeches are eating up your colleagues' time.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I call Deputy Tom Fleming.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Do the witnesses wish to reply to the first three contributions before I take any more?
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: No, Deputy, there are other speakers. Ten people have signalled their intention. You can come back in if we have time. The next group is made up of Deputy McConalogue, Deputy Spring and Senator Sheahan.
- Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Review of Irish Coast Guard Service: Discussion (24 Oct 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the Deputy Speaker of the Northern Ireland Assembly, Mr. John Dallat, MLA, who is accompanied by Alderman Maura Hickey, Deputy Mayor of Coleraine, and Councillor Orla Beattie, member of Limavady Borough Council. I have 13 speakers offering and will take them in groups of three, starting with Deputies Noel Harrington, Pádraig Mac Lochlainn and Tom Fleming, in that order.