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Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 622. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form for the years 2007 to 2010, the total photography costs in his Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4501/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 623. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide, in tabular form for the years 1997 to 2007, the total photography costs relating to his Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4517/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Public Relations Contracts Data (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 624. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if he will provide in tabular form a list of all external public relations firms hired by his Department and associated costs incurred from 2007 to 2010; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [4551/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 653. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form for the years 2007 to 2010 the total photography costs in her Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4487/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 654. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form for the years 1997 to 2007 the total photography costs in her Department, including a list of which photographers were booked, the photographers used and breakdown of costs associated with each occasion that a photographer was used; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4503/15]

Written Answers — Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht: Departmental Expenditure (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 655. To ask the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht if she will provide in tabular form a list of all external public relations firms hired by her Department and associated costs incurred from 2007 to 2010; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [4537/15]

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I wish to revert to Ms Burke's commentary on how things stand now. I suppose we could go back seven or eight years to how this thing started in the first instance and how we were left with a 25.1% rather than 100% share, but we are where we are. As regards IBEC's position on this, has Ms Burke asked her membership in Limerick - which I represent, including Castletroy, Raheen, Newcastle...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In the absence of those assurances, in the absence of that clarity, and in the absence of not knowing what is on offer, how did IBEC arrive at a decision that this was a good idea?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Ms Burke stated that in general they were in favour.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Would Ms Burke accept that there is a potentially massive downside to the region from this?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Proposed Sale of Aer Lingus: Discussion (Resumed) (3 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: How does IBEC relay that balance to its members in Foynes, Askeaton and Limerick who depend on an early morning flight to Heathrow or an afternoon flight to JFK or Boston, from an airport that is 40 miles up the road or from one that is more than 150 miles away where one cannot park a car practically in the same time zone because it is so big? Shannon has all of the facilities that are...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: And Harold's Cross greyhound stadium.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: To be clear, did this money originate from the Higher Education Authority by way of allocation to the college concerned?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Yes.

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Did the Higher Education Authority make any note, or did it-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it aware of it now?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The last time we had the Higher Education Authority in here was only a fortnight ago. Its responses in relation to what it is doing with State money, and any degree of oversight it has in that regard, were appalling. This seems to be another example of that. I think this is an opportunity to have representatives of the authority in on their own to explain what they actually do, if that...

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Specifically on that-----

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is this a widespread practice with other colleges?

Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee (5 Feb 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: To have foundations that are channelling money away from rather than towards the institution. Essentially, that is what is going on here.