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Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Minister should be complimented for initiating the study which unearthed this in the first place. It strikes at the heart of the culture in these organisations. I am confident that this is not the only organisation in this position. I am also sure that this Department is not the only Department in this position either. What has been unearthed here is symptomatic of what was probably...

Topical Issue Debate: Public Sector Allowances Payments (5 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the Minister's statement but I urge him to ask his Cabinet colleagues to examine their own Departments because I am certain this issue is not confined to the Department of Health and I do not believe he should be carrying the can for it on his own. I ask him to examine issues within these section 38 and 39 organisations such as cars, bonuses and the pension arrangements in place...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Taxation Collection (5 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 57. To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a deduction for local property tax in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52288/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Services Staff (5 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 89. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his attention has been drawn to a situation at a school (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52281/13]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Proposed Legislation (5 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 182. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of the recent report of the Law Reform Commission in relation to the issue of online harassment and its opinion regarding the effectiveness of the Non-Fatal Offences Against the Person Act, if he will consider the introduction of new legislation similar to that which has recently been adopted in New Zealand; and if he will make a...

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Deputy is dead right.

Leaders' Questions (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Adams is a great man for answering questions.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Bank Guarantee Scheme Administration (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 128. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide details of the auditors who audited Irish banks prior to the introduction of the bank guarantee; if these audit companies continue to have an audit role within the same banks covered by the guarantee; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52671/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspection Reports (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 205. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills his plans to address the situation where whole-school evaluation reports identify inadequacies in teaching and where the Department's inspectorate is not in a position to act on those findings for second level inspections; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53006/13]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Inspection Reports (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 206. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form by county, the number of inspections carried out by the Chief Inspector in 2012; the number of inspections that were carried out as a result of a request from the building and planning units; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53009/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 248. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she has considered recent suggestions from the British Prime Minister in relation to the issue of welfare tourism, specifically that it is the intention of the UK Government not to pay benefits to persons immigrating to the UK for the first three months and that, on approval for benefits, they would be paid for a maximum of six months; her...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Fraud Investigations (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 249. To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 112 of 21 November, in relation to social welfare fraud detection at airports, if she will extend the detection to the other airports in the State and the passenger ferry terminals; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52479/13]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Appeals (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 259. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an appeal for carer's allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52683/13]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Departmental Staff Data (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 348. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 109 of 4 December 2013, if he will provide a breakdown of the grades and numbers for each employee and the salary scale for each; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53097/13]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Departmental Schemes (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 440. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason specialist heifer feeders were excluded from the beef premium payments prior to the establishment of the three reference years 2000, 2001 and 2002; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52993/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health and Safety Regulations (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 490. To ask the Minister for Health when he expects to sign the commencement notice for regulations allowing for the Health Information and Quality Authority to carry out unannounced inspections in public hospitals for all purposes other than for hospital acquired infections, which it is already allowed to do; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52691/13]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (10 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 491. To ask the Minister for Health if there is a national register of all hospitals public and private; if there are published criteria in place for facilities to be registered as a hospital; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52692/13]

Other Questions: Air Corps Equipment (11 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: 7. To ask the Minister for Defence in view of the recent helicopter crash in Scotland, if he will confirm if all helicopters owned and operated by the Defence Forces are fitted with flight recorders; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52686/13]

Other Questions: Air Corps Equipment (11 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: This question relates to a recent tragic police helicopter crash in Glasgow. I extend my sympathies to the people involved. Are the State’s helicopters in the Defence Forces and elsewhere fitted with flight recorders to assist in the event of a flight accident?

Other Questions: Air Corps Equipment (11 Dec 2013)

Patrick O'Donovan: A report will be issued on the investigation into the recent accident in Glasgow to the Glasgow police force and the UK’s Ministry of Defence. Will the Minister liaise with his colleagues in Britain to see if anything can be learned from this incident for Irish operations? Unfortunately, in the recent past there was a tragic incident involving an Irish helicopter with a loss of life....