Results 2,501-2,520 of 10,573 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Consumer Protection (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 267. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to bring forward proposals including regulations and-or legislation to address the issue of individuals and groups targeting vulnerable people by offering bogus services; if he will consider the introduction of a standardised identification scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19171/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: National Internship Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 342. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if there are any exemptions in which a person can apply for employment through JobBridge without having the qualifying criteria of being in receipt of a social welfare payment; the reason for not being in receipt of a social welfare payment is due to the fact that the applicant is living at home with their parents, as all jobs they have applied...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Black Economy Issues (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 357. To ask the Minister for Social Protection her plans to address the issue of persons in the black economy undermining legitimate self-employed businesses; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [19170/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 433. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when broadband will be made available in the Lough Gur, Broadford area of County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19174/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 559. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will provide an update on the Garda recruitment campaign; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18817/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 646. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an appeal regarding the stocking density under the disadvantaged area scheme in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when is a decision is likely to issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18580/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 650. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine when an agri-environment option scheme payment will issue in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18814/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agriculture Schemes Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 670. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19442/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Eligibility (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 677. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19648/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Long-Term Illness Scheme Coverage (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 714. To ask the Minister for Health the differences between a medical card and long-term illness book; the benefits for persons to move from a medical card to a long-term illness book when they have one of the prescribed long-term illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18555/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (30 Apr 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 938. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide an update on the discussions between the Road Safety Authority and the individual provinces in Canada with a view to reaching agreement on plans to harmonise the driving licence regime between the two countries; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [18976/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Planning Issues (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 11. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will consider a review of the current planning legislation to allow the extension of planning permission in cases which cannot be pursued due to economic circumstances; if he will allow the applicant the opportunity to prove that they can comply with modern standards by way of submission of information to the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 14. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will carry out a review of the procedures in place for the letting of local authority houses to ensure that local authorities are not prevented from overly onerous regulations and conditions from letting houses to tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19458/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Crime Data (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 144. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of prosecutions gardaí in the Garda division of Limerick have made against persons whose car exhausts exceed the maximum noise levels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19771/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 146. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in relation to sulky racing on public roads, if it is still the legal position that the Summary Jurisdiction Ireland Act from the 1800s requires persons to display the name of the owner of the horse drawn vehicle and the townland where they reside on the vehicle; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19803/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Noise Pollution Legislation (1 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 193. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the legislation in place on the maximum amount of noise that a car exhaust can emit; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19772/14]

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is a lot of that going around, too.

Leaders' Questions (6 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What happens in the North?

Death of Former Member: Expressions of Sympathy (6 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ba mhaith liom mo chomhbhrón a dhéanamh le muintir Ó Clochasaigh ar son bás Peadar Ó Clochasaigh. Like some of the previous speakers, I did not have the pleasure of serving in the Dáil or on the local authority with Peadar, but I did have occasion to meet him at several Limerick County Council functions while I was a member. Once the decision was made to...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Data (6 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 322. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the total spent on free legal aid in 2012; the total number of persons to whom free legal aid was provided; the average fee-cost of the free legal aid; the ten largest individual amounts paid for individual cases under free legal aid in 2012; the number of persons who had previously received free legal aid on one other, two other, three other,...