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Health (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2014: Second Stage (Resumed) (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to make a few brief points on the main thrust of this Bill. I feel like a character in the film "Titanic", because I am about to ask whether there is anyone alive out there and whether anyone can hear me. I do not know whether it is me or the Minister of State but it appears as though each time I rise to speak on legislation in this Chamber, I am stunned by the...

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I would like to share time with Deputies Bannon and Conlan.

Sport Ireland Bill 2014: Second Stage (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am pleased to have an opportunity to speak on this legislation. I congratulate the Minister of State with responsibility for sport, Deputy Ring, on staying in this portfolio. I reminded of a Shakespearean quote, "rumours of my demise have been greatly exaggerated". Unfortunately, I was not available this time. I am sure the Taoiseach acknowledges the work being done by the Minister of...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 137. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the population served by University Hospital Limerick by county. [35992/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospitals Expenditure (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 138. To ask the Minister for Health if he will provide details of the budget overspend at University Hospital Limerick in 2013; the overspend to date in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35995/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Services (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 139. To ask the Minister for Health if physiotherapy services and other related services are available to persons in the Mid Western Regional Orthopaedic Hospital, Croom for those patients who have undergone emergency treatment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35996/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: National Educational Psychological Service Administration (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 165. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm if a person, details supplied, in County Limerick has been included on the list for an assessment by NEPS; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [35966/14]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Local Authority Housing (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 180. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government in relation to sections 3, 4 and 5 the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997 if there has been any amending legislation in the intervening period to attach liability to third parties, and to create an offence for those persons living in local authority estates where exclusion orders are made against named persons,...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank those who contributed on this for their attendance. I will be parochial in regard to my response to some of the comments made. In my view, the counties of Kerry, Clare and Limerick are very much in the west of Ireland and anybody who suggests their location has changed should look again at their geography. The Shannon Foynes Port Company in my constituency is a tier one port of...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: When I saw all the other tribesmen arriving, I felt I should.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Chairman, can I ask for that comment to be withdrawn because of the suggestion behind it?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: General Scheme of Harbours (Amendment) Bill 2014: Discussion (24 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: If it is not withdrawn, I take offence at it.

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Inter-Country Adoptions (25 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 28. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if he will provide an update in relation to engagements his Department has had with his counterpart in Belarus with a view to concluding an agreement on inter-country adoptions between Ireland and Belarus; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [35434/14]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Domiciliary Care Allowance Applications (25 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 35. To ask the Minister for Social Protection to set out the position regarding an application made for a domiciliary care allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36256/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (25 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 111. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details of the total population of the southern region of An Garda Síochána; the population and the number of square kilometres of each Garda division in that region; the population and the number of square kilometres in each Garda district in those divisions; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36167/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (25 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 112. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of gardaí by rank available for policing duties and those assigned to managerial-administrative duties in each Garda district in the southern region; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36171/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (25 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 113. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details by Garda district in the southern region; the number of vehicles registered in each of the following years which are in use for policing duties, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36175/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Strength (25 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 114. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details by rank, the number of gardaí available for policing duties and those assigned to managerial-administrative duties in each district in the southern region during the years 2011, 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36176/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Refurbishment (25 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 116. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details on a matter (details supplied) regarding Garda accommodation; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36180/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Station Expenditure (25 Sep 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 117. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality in view of recent proposals to reform the Garda Síochána, her views that the mechanism for determining how capital investment in Garda stations is made needs to be reformed; her plans to reform the method for prioritising investment; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [36185/14]