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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is their role primarily for when an emergency is called or are they there to ensure there is continuous training and development?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has a drill operation or training exercise been carried out recently?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mountain Rescue Services: Mountain Rescue Ireland (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Nationally, under the auspices of the Garda Síochána?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fáilte Ireland: Chairperson Designate (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: We are claiming him for Mayo.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Fáilte Ireland: Chairperson Designate (14 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome Mr. Cawley and thank him for his presentation. I am sure he understand the constraints under which we are working and which have necessitated several suspensions of the proceedings. I come from a part of the country, County Limerick, that has been bypassed by the tourism industry. We are located along one of the most important strategic roads in Ireland in terms of the tourism...

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Ports Policy (15 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 23. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if his Department has received correspondence from any tier two or tier three ports as identified in the national ports policy of their intention to carry out major expansion of their facilities; if it is his intention to uphold the categorisation of ports as contained in the policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21525/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Air Services Provision (15 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 24. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the progress that has been made on passenger numbers in Shannon Airport following the decision of the Government to separate Shannon from the Dublin Airport Authority. [21524/14]

Leaders' Questions (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Mattie McGrath should remember who he backed, former Taoiseach Bertie Ahern.

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 216. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide in tabular form the total number of routes, the total number of children carried and the cost per child carried for primary and post-primary schools; the total revenue of Bus Éireann and the percentage increase or decrease year on year from 2004 to date under the school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 217. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills in view of the fact that Bus Éireann made an internal calculation that it saved his Department €30 million due to efficiencies of Bus Éireann in the provision of the service and Bus Éireann claimed the majority of this €30 million was spent on new services provided by Bus Éireann over the period specified, if...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Administration (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 218. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide a year-on-year in tabular form the categories for indirect costs charges to his Department by Bus Éireann as tabulated in FGS Report (2009) page 9, table 1.4, for each year from 1997, being ten years prior to the EU Commission State Aid Investigation C31/07 Commission Opening Statement as published in OJEU on 15...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Data (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 225. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the obligations for primary and secondary schools to compile accounts on a yearly basis; and the person who signed off. [22429/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Teaching Council of Ireland (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 308. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will examine the current situating relating to the probating of teachers for primary schools where teachers who complete their probation in special classes are not eligible for panel placement in main stream classes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23397/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Emergency Planning (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 309. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the protocols that are in place by his Department in the event of a status red - severe weather warning for schools in the interest of child safety. [23398/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Fiscal Policy (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 315. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans in relation to the public service pension reduction; if he will consider either abolishing or reducing the bands of this income graduated reduction; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22747/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Community Welfare Services (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 442. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the rationale behind moving the Community Welfare Officer and the services they provide, from the town of Bruff to Kilmallock in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [22911/14]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Services Provision (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 495. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources his plans to improve the provision of broadband in the Ballinena, Newcastle West, County Limerick area; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [22701/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 531. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form, by county, of the number of applications that have received ministerial approval and are with the Chief State Solicitor's office; the current longest waiting time of an application with the office; and if he will...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 532. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form, by county, of the number of applications that have been progressed as far as possible; the current longest period of time that an application has remained in that situation; and if he will make a statement on the...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Foreshore Licence Applications (27 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 533. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government further to Parliamentary Question No. 357 of 8 April 2014, if he will provide a breakdown in tabular form by county of the number of applications that are deemed by his Department as dormant; the number of those applications which are dormant specifically as a result of habitat directives; and if he will make a statement...