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Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (29 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 16. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if his Department has any plans to incentivise the number of students taking physics, chemistry and applied mathematics at leaving certificate higher level; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23385/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: International Students (29 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 29. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will provide details of the engagement his Department has had with the Department of Justice and Equality on the issue of allowing students from outside the European Union to study for fixed periods of time in second level schools here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23386/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Homes Support Scheme Applications (29 May 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 119. To ask the Minister for Health further to Parliamentary Question No. 371 of 6 May 2014, if he will provide an urgent response on behalf of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford regarding the nursing home support scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23583/14]

Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Planning (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Ceann Comhairle for allowing me to raise this issue and the Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Ruairí Quinn, for taking it. It is an issue of health and safety relating to one of the most vulnerable groups in our society, namely, children. I raise it following the discussions and dialogue I had with parents and teachers in the aftermath of the storm last February...

Topical Issue Debate: Emergency Planning (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Minister for his reply. The Department of Education and Skills has a very important role in emergency planning. Some 24 hours before this hurricane hit the country, we had information at our disposal and yet we allowed schools to open the following morning and children from as young as five years of age were put into a lethal environment, which was totally unnecessary. Who in...

Leaders' Questions (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It was lucky he was around the night you needed him.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Office of Public Works Properties (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 21. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the number of decommissioned former Garda stations that have been handed over to community and voluntary organisations; the number of those which are being actively considered by his Department for handing over; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23646/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Student Support Schemes Issues (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 58. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the grant assistance available for students here who wish to study in the UK, aside from the Student Universal Support Ireland grant; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23824/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Widow's Pension Eligibility (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 95. To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason an unmarried cohabitating couple, who have worked and paid social insurance in the past, lived together and raised children together and were on disability allowance with qualified adult allowance and one of the couple then dies, the widow's or widower's contributory pension is not payable to the survivor and no claim can be made in...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Milk Quota Trading Scheme (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 141. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford who has sought to sell milk quota; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23954/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Bovine Disease Controls (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 142. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the compensation available in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23955/14]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Green Paper on Energy Policy: Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (4 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is important for my part of the country that the lines of communication between the Department and the promoters of LNG are kept open. Leaving aside the regulatory issues, the major size of the project would help to transform the economies not only of west County Limerick and north County Kerry but also the entire mid-west region. It has been likened to a new Aughinish Alumina for the...

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Local Enterprise Offices Remit (5 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 15. To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation his plans to work in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine in providing a rural, agricultural dimension to the services of the local enterprise offices; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23810/14]

Order of Business (10 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to inquire about progress on the State Airports (Shannon Group) Bill. The Bill was brought forward to separate Shannon Airport from the Dublin Airport Authority, something the previous Government had failed to do. Furthermore, it neglected Shannon Airport. At what stage is the Bill in passing through the House?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Benefits Eligibility (10 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 121. To ask the Minister for Social Protection when we can expect to see reform of the management of social insurance to allow self-employed persons access to Social Welfare during periods when they cannot access work; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24115/14]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Insurance Industry Regulation (10 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 188. To ask the Minister for Finance in relation to the recent Setanta Insurance liquidation, the recourse or action available to persons to recoup their policy premium; if the State has provided assistance to other insurance companies who have got into financial difficulty; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24635/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Water and Sewerage Schemes Status (10 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 397. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if a private group water scheme (details supplied) in County Waterford will be taken over by Irish Water; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24512/14]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Disadvantaged Areas Scheme Applications (10 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 410. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the numbers of persons currently awaiting to have new herd numbers allocated or dormant ones reactivated; the current maximum waiting time for numbers to be allocated; if he will provide details of the implications of delays on the awarding of disadvantaged area aid payments; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24091/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Dental Services Provision (10 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 468. To ask the Minister for Health the funding assistance available for persons who cannot afford major dental work for children under the age of 16; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24178/14]

Topical Issue Debate: HIQA Reports (11 Jun 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I agree with my colleagues in much of what has been said. This was an announced a visit by HIQA and one must ask what it would have discovered if it had been unannounced. There should be follow-up unannounced visits. I have said before that I am very concerned about two groups, namely, the patients using the regional hospital in Dooradoyle and the staff working there, whose morale is on...