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Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 390. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his plans to provide a free early childhood care and education year for those children with a disability, by county; the number of places, by county, for children with physical disabilities and learning difficulties, ranging from moderate to severe; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24895/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 433. To ask the Minister for Health the areas of the country in which the Health Service Executive provides funding towards the provision of special needs assistance support; and if the support is provided directly by the executive or through a third party. [24756/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 434. To ask the Minister for Health if he will confirm that the Health Service Executive plans to continue the provision of funding for special needs assistance support on an ad hoc basis, or to introduce a fair, transparent, nationwide system, that is in keeping with the principles of the Progressing Disability Services Strategy. [24757/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Disability Support Services (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 454. To ask the Minister for Health if the Health Service Executive provides funding for the provision of special needs assistants; if so, if he will provide details of the basis on which funding is allocated; if he will provide in tabular form, by county, for 2014, the number of special needs assistants funded by the executive; the number funded in each county; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: Special Educational Needs Staffing (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 544. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if she will confirm that the Health Service Executive provides funding towards the provision of special needs assistants; that the executive plans to continue the provision of this funding on an ad hoc basis, or to introduce a fair, transparent, nationwide system, that is in keeping with the principles of the progressing disability services...

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 576. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government when a new tenant purchase scheme will be introduced for council tenants; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24491/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 577. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the names of the estates submitted by Limerick City and County Council for consideration under any new tenant purchase scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24493/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Tenant Purchase Scheme Administration (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 578. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government if one-bedroom and two-bedroom houses will be considered under any new tenant purchase scheme to be devised by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24495/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 640. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport if rural transport routes will be tendered for the coming number of months; if so, when this process will begin; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24512/15]

Written Answers — Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport: Rural Transport Programme Expenditure (23 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 642. To ask the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the current rate payable to operators servicing the rural transport network; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24544/15]

Credit Unions: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (24 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I too am a member of a credit union, the Desmond credit union in Newcastle West. I know the work that is done at local level by the credit union movement. I do not disagree with Deputy Rabbitte on the ethos of the credit union movement. Deputies Heydon and Harrington had painful experiences of what happens when things go wrong in a credit union. This demonstrates the benefits of...

Written Answers — Department of Defence: Naval Service Vessels (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 15. To ask the Minister for Defence if he will provide details on the operations, to date, that the LÉ Eithne has been engaged with in the Mediterranean Sea; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [24846/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Code (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 89. To ask the Minister for Finance his views on a matter (details supplied) regarding Capital Gains Tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25484/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Collection (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 95. To ask the Minister for Finance if he will provide, in tabular form, for each year from 1985 to 2014, the rate of betting tax; the total turnover; the amount of betting duty collected; and the number of betting licences held; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [25587/15]

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Mr. McCarthy. I invite the Secretary General, Mr. McCarthy, to make his opening statement.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank Mr. McCarthy. May we publish his opening statement?

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I thank the Chairman for the short-lived promotion. I was delighted.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Pass on my regards.

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: There is no doubt that he is well ahead. He is streets ahead. I welcome the officials and thank Mr. McCarthy for his presentation. I presume the transfrontier shipment of waste is both ways, with illegal waste being brought into the country also. Recently I raised an issue with the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government by way of parliamentary question on foot of a...

Public Accounts Committee: 2013 Annual Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General and Appropriation Accounts
Vote 25: Environment, Community and Local Government
Chapter 5: Central Government Funding of Local Authorities
Special Report No 84: Transhipment of Waste (25 Jun 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: They have been detected already. It is very difficult to hide a shed with an articulated lorry. This is going on under the noses of the authorities north of the Border and nothing is being done about it. I have said before - I wait to be corrected - that the illegal trade a few miles up the road is worth approximately €200 million. Members of the British Irish Parliamentary...