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Agriculture Industry: Motion [Private Members] (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The previous Minister for Finance made only passing remarks about the agriculture industry, which is in stark contrast to what the Minister for Finance, Deputy Noonan, has done since he went into Government. Not to leave Fianna Fáil out on its own, its future, or potential, coalition partners have some right little ditties for the farming community, including a land tax. I have not...

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 205. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the position regarding the planned works to be carried out at a Garda station (details supplied) in County Limerick following the amalgamation of the Newcastle West and Askeaton districts; when is it likely that these works will be carried out; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38757/14]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Garda Station Refurbishment (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 206. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details of requests from the Department of Justice and Equality and-or An Garda Síochána for improvements to be made to the accommodation available at Newcastle West Garda station, County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37898/14]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Stations (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 287. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 118 of 25 September 2014, if she will provide the names of the 15 stations that reported instances of infestation in 2013 and the 11 stations which reported similar problems to date in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37899/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 350. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding a matter (details supplied) relating to deliberations of the Committee of Public Accounts; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [37944/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 599. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding a grant in respect of a festival (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38093/14]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Tourism Project Funding (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 600. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the position regarding funding (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38118/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: City of Culture Initiative (7 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 613. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the position regarding a matter (details supplied) regarding the national city of culture programme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [37943/14]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: State Examinations (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 32. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will examine the situation where students are hospitalised during their leaving certificate examinations, with a view to seeing, if deferred examinations may be sat. [37873/14]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Pharmacy Regulations (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 146. To ask the Minister for Health if he will review the guidelines of the regulatory authority of pharmacists in view of the unfair restrictions these guidelines impose on assistant pharmacists acting in a temporary absence by requiring them to be employed 15 hours per week and the steps assistant pharmacists may take to challenge these guidelines; and if he will make a statement on the...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is not my phone as we have no coverage.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: I can assure the Chair that it is not the mobile phone.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Deputy Fleming is my neighbour. I welcome the representatives from the Department and ComReg. I agree with a lot of what has been said up to now, particularly what Deputy Helen McEntee has said. Both organisations have successfully managed to let the operators off the hook, particularly regarding rural broadband, by focusing on population rather than an area. There is a glib estimate that...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Have we assessed how Finland managed to get broadband into the Arctic Circle? We cannot get broadband into Limerick.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Was that approach taken under the old rural broadband scheme, under which the outcome was assessed relative to the input?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: What happened when they did not meet them?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: Do we have details on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Mobile Telephone Coverage and High Speed Broadband Availability: Discussion (8 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: The reason I am asking is that it is important to note, if we are going to go down the road of another investment programme, that as these specifications were set in 2008 and the scheme ended in 2014, the technology advanced massively in that period. Are we going to repeat this by setting a scheme in 2015 for five years, so that the technology will have changed by the time the ink is dry on...

Order of Business (9 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: It could apply in here.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners Resources (9 Oct 2014)

Patrick O'Donovan: 51. To ask the Minister for Finance the reason the opening for the Revenue Commissioners office (details supplied) in County Wexford are limited to 9.30am to 1pm from Monday to Friday; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38770/14]