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Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Home Services (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 476. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding discussions on medical discharges and nursing homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2824/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 477. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding an ambulance station at a location (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2825/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Provision (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 478. To ask the Minister for Health the position regarding capital funding for an ambulance station at a location (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2826/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Plastic Bag Levy (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 562. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if he will provide a breakdown of the total amount raised by the plastic bag levy since its introduction in tabular form by year; if he will provide a breakdown of the way this levy was spent; the amounts provided to bodies including industry representative associations; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources: Television Licences Data (20 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 586. To ask the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources if he will provide a breakdown of the way the total amount raised by the television licence in 2014 was spent; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2623/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Home Care Packages (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 48. To ask the Minister for Health his plans to introduce minimum standards for the delivery of publicly funded private and public home care for elderly persons and vulnerable adults in their own homes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2350/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Expenditure (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 60. To ask the Minister for Health the total Health Service Executive budget for food and catering; if the HSE has considered a single system for procurement of food and setting of menus in HSE-run hospitals and residences; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2349/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Exemptions (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 105. To ask the Minister for Finance the numbers of persons who availed of the artists exemption scheme in 2014; the amount of income to which the scheme related; the top ten earners who availed of the scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2904/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Grassland Sheep Scheme Payments (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 123. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not received a grassland payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2924/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Single Payment Scheme Applications (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford has not received their suckler cow grant payment and single farm payment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2925/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Medical Aids and Appliances Provision (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 156. To ask the Minister for Health when a person (details supplied) in County Wexford will receive an orthosis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2923/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Wildlife Regulations (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 248. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht her plans to change or extend the dates for the cutting of hedgerows; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [2926/15]

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Agreements: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I appreciate the Minister said the development of the Canadian market is very important from an Irish point of view. In that context our national carrier especially in terms of the development of further transatlantic routes out of Dublin and Shannon is of huge importance to the economy. There has been much recent commentary on a possible sale of a Government stake in Aer Lingus. The...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Aviation Agreements: Motion (21 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is a fine big port in Foynes as well.

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Decentralisation Programme Expenditure (22 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 83. To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform further to Parliamentary Question No. 196 of 14 January 2015, if he will provide details of properties that were leased for the purposes of decentralisation during the period of 1997 to 2011, to which no agencies or personnel were assigned; the amount agreed to in respect of each lease; the annual cost of each; and if he will make a...

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the witnesses who have come before the committee today. I have a question for the Comptroller and Auditor General. The work typically carried out by the Comptroller and Auditor General is to oversee in excess of 300 organisations, bodies and agencies. How does the report on the NCAD compare with reports on other bodies?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Would it be up there with the worst?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How would Mr. McCarthy describe the structural accounting practices in NCAD?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I refer to the Comptroller and General's opening statement. He said that the 2010/2011 accounts were certified on 28 December 2014, a three-year delay. What happened between NCAD and the Comptroller and Auditor General to get that over the line, so to speak, but has not resulted in certification of the accounts for 2011 and 2012?

Public Accounts Committee: Financial Statements of the Higher Education Authority 2013
General Report No. 85 of the Comptroller and Auditor General: Accountability and Governance on the National College of Art and Design (22 Jan 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is an external auditor used in such cases?