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Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In respect of the stage payments for a project at present, I note it is akin to building a house. Were this entire fiasco to start again, is there anything to prevent a person at his grade from being scapegoated? There could be an attempt to scapegoat him because he is at such a junior level. I do not believe that. I believe the responsibility lies with the Secretary General who set up the...

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What is the ceiling today?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Could it be half a million?

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I know, but the question I asked was, if this whole thing were to start again, could it be the case in Mr. Griffin's Department that a poor unfortunate executive officer was told he or she had the power to sign off on half a million. We do not know today whether that situation has changed or not. The officer could still be in the same position.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: But there were project controls in place in this instance when DETI provided internal auditing that said everything was hunky dory, and we found out afterwards that it was not. So the same thing could happen again today.

Public Accounts Committee: Special Report 90 of the Northern Ireland Audit Office and the Office of the Comptroller and Auditor General
The Bytel Project (16 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Would it not be a very simple measure to make sure that no one at such a junior level in the organisation is put in that position again?

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Rent Supplement Scheme Payments (21 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 243. To ask the Minister for Social Protection if she will allow an appeal to be heard for an overpayment of rent supplement in respect of a person (details supplied); and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15315/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Nursing Education (21 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 480. To ask the Minister for Health if the review of the nursing adaption programme 2015 by Nursing Homes Ireland, Health Service Executive, and the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland, which was due to take place in February 2015, has been completed; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15472/15]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Schools Building Projects Administration (21 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 577. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will provide, in tabular form, by county, the number of schools that have applied for additional funding due to the extra costs associated with the new building regulations that were introduced, in view of the fact that the original awards were not sufficient; the extra funding, in tabular form, that has been sought by each school...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Funding (21 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 578. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the position regarding a grant awarded for building additional accommodation in respect of a school (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [15270/15]

Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Can I ask the Taoiseach about the broadcasting Bill? I understand the aim of this legislation is to introduce a broadcasting charge. I gather from media reports that the Minister is now looking at the possibility of deferring it. Would it be possible to have a debate in the House on the current definition of public service broadcasting, which excludes every commercial and community-based...

Order of Business (22 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: No. That is what I am getting to, a Leas-Cheann Comhairle. I wonder whether the Taoiseach might consider allocating time for a debate in the House on the whole construct of public service broadcasting in 2015.

Written Answers — Department of Finance: VAT Rate Application (22 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 66. To ask the Minister for Finance the criteria for the two thirds rule in the event of selling machinery when the repairs total two thirds of the total cost, should the value added tax rate be increased or remain the same for selling machinery; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15943/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Eligibility (22 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 77. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding entitlements in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [15944/15]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Road Traffic Offences (22 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality if she will provide details, in tabular form, by court area and month to date in 2015, of the number of speed detection summonses which have been struck out in courts; the number of those which have been struck out because the person in question used the defence of not receiving the notice of the penalty points in the post; and if she will make...

Written Answers — Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Passport Applications (22 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 123. To ask the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade How a person who is 16 years of age, who is living in Thailand for the past 14 years, but was born here (details supplied) can go about applying for an Irish passport. [15942/15]

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Or a kangaroo court.

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Does Sinn Féin want another kangaroo court?

Leaders' Questions (23 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The kangaroo is out again.

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Beef Industry (23 Apr 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 91. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason a premium is applied to steer and suckler beef and not to heifers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [16027/15]