Results 10,101-10,120 of 10,600 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: That is why they elected us.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: They are intelligent people.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: That is good news.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy should ask Bertie Ahern about it.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about the Drumcondra optics?
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: The last Government had consultants spending a fortune.
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: You had consultants-----
- Cabinet Sub-Committees (31 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy should take responsibility. There are 400,000 on the dole.
- Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this issue. I compliment the Taoiseach and the Tánaiste on their vision in assigning ministries and in establishing the new Departments. I have not had the chance to say as much directly on the floor of the House. In some ways it is a terrible indictment of the country and in other ways it is a great mark of a country that it took us until 2011 to...
- Inter-Country Adoption: Statements (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: That is fine.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: I suppose the Green Party was also responsible for bringing in the IMF.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: That is why Deputy Mattie McGrath is now in Opposition. The previous Government did not tell him anything.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy à CuÃv was the previous Minister and he held the portfolio for six weeks.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Another meeting is due to be held soon and Deputy Mattie McGrath will have an opportunity to put his views forward.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Mattie McGrath should tell the truth.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Healy-Rae would know all about that.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: What about the leader's allowance?
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Walk away.
- Water Services (Amendment) Bill 2011 [Seanad]: Report Stage (Resumed) (26 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Live on Galway Bay FM.
- Written Answers — Modern Language Teaching: Modern Language Teaching (25 Jan 2012)
Patrick O'Donovan: Question 74: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the stated ambition to develop new markets for Irish exporters in the BRIC countries, if he will advise on the number of secondary schools that offer Portuguese, Russian and Chinese to leaving certificate level; the number of third level institutes that offer these languages; the number of students currently taking courses...