Results 3,241-3,260 of 10,573 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 906. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the agencies or sections from his Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; the travel costs and expenses incurred by decentralised personnel travelling to their base Department in that period. [1028/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Departmental Bodies Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 952. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within, funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1010/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 953. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources the agencies or sections from his Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; the travel costs and expenses incurred by decentralised personnel travelling to their base Department in that period. [1025/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Broadband Service Provision (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 961. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources when fibre broadband will be rolled out to the areas of Dundrum and Knockavilla, County Tipperary; and when local residents in these areas will be able to access the Internet through a high-speed broadband connection. [1621/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Driver Licences (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 999. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the locations of the offices of the National Driver Licensing Service; if each office is publicly or privately owned; the offices that were purchased to provide the service; the offices that are leased; the durations of the leases; and the annual amounts being paid in respect of each one. [1005/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Bodies Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1000. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the number of agencies quangos or other bodies within, funded by or established by his Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1021/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1001. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the agencies or sections from his Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; the travel costs and expenses incurred by decentralised personnel travelling to their base Department in that period. [1036/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Roads Maintenance Funding (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1017. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form the amounts paid to Limerick city and county council since 2011 for maintenance of roads; his plans to increase the amounts for 2015; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1493/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Special Protection Areas Designation (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1040. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide details in tabular form by county of the numbers of offers of compensation offered to landowners where designation for hen harrier habitat protection prevented a landowner from carrying out an activity or a development on their lands; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [49710/14]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Bodies Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1043. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the number of agencies, quangos or other bodies within, funded by or established by her Department which have been scrapped, merged or reduced since this Government was formed; the amount saved in each case; the reduction in staff as a result; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1008/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Decentralisation Programme Data (14 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 1044. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht the agencies or sections from her Department that were decentralised during the period 1997 to 2011; the travel costs and expenses incurred by decentralised personnel travelling to their base Department in that period. [1023/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Television Licence Fee Collection (15 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 120. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide in tabular form by county the number of prosecutions brought for non-payment of TV licences in 2014; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [1895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licences Data (15 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 238. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide in tabular form the number of television licences that were purchased by county in 2014; the total amount paid to RTE from the moneys collected for television licences in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [1894/15]

Order of Business (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What about the HSE?

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I am glad the Minister concluded her remarks by reminding certain Deputies about what they said in 2012. I sat through most of the debate to which she referred. The then Minister for Education and Skills, Deputy Quinn, received considerable support and praise from Opposition Deputies for his proposals. Some of what these Deputies are now saying stands in stark contrast to what they were...

Junior Cycle Reform: Motion [Private Members] (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I presume those public servants will include people like me, who were trained as primary or secondary teachers, or clerical officers working in education or agricultural offices. These are people who are trying to rear families. I welcome the party opposite to the real world of politics, where it has a budget and is required to make ends meet, whether at national level or in the Northern...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Children First Guidelines (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 139. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on the introduction of protocols that would require political parties to put in place child protection policies in line with other voluntary organisations that have a youth element; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2126/15]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Leader's Allowance (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 260. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he will provide details in tabular form of the independent Deputies and Senators who have received the leader's allowance each year from 1997 to 2014; the amounts per year of each member; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2476/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Facilities (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 435. To ask the Minister for Health when the Children's Ark was built at the University Hospital, Limerick; the reason en suite bathrooms were not provided with wash hand basins; and his views that this is a contributor to difficulties in infection control. [2624/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Consultations (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 475. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to establish a forum for long-term care; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2823/15]