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Crime: Statements (5 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak. Yesterday in Limerick, Ms Ann McCabe, widow of the murdered Detective Garda Jerry McCabe, launched a concert in the memory of her late husband, who was murdered in my constituency on 7 June 1996 while escorting a cash delivery to Adare post office. Ever since then in this House and elsewhere, we, the ordinary people of Ireland, have often reflected on the...

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Areas of Natural Constraint Scheme Payments (5 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 31. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine if he will address a matter (details supplied) regarding a payment under the areas of natural constraint scheme. [9249/16]

Nomination of Taoiseach (Resumed) (6 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: Where is Shergar?

Appointment of Taoiseach and Nomination of Members of Government: Motion (6 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: And to claim free legal aid.

Order of Business (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: Last week we had an enlightening debate in the House on the issue of crime. While Deputy English, as Minister of State, was in the front bench, I and a number of other Deputies raised an issue regarding the allocation of free legal aid. I asked then if time could be allocated for a debate in the House on what I and a number of Deputies see as abuses relating to the allocation of free legal...

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Legal Aid Service Reform (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 83. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to review the circumstances and policies surrounding the allocation of free legal aid; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9538/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 84. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who have applied and who have been accepted to An Garda Síochána since the inception of the recruitment process; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9532/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 86. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who passed the aptitude test for recruitment to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9541/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 87. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who went to interview during the recruitment process to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9542/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 88. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who went to the physical examination during the recruitment process to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9543/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 89. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of reservists who went to the medical examination during the recruitment process to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9544/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 90. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applicants who failed at the interview stage on motivation to become a Garda in the recent recruitment process to An Garda Síochána; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9545/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Reserve (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 91. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality to support the establishment of a representative association for Garda Síochána reservists; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9546/16]

Written Answers — Department of Justice and Equality: Garda Recruitment (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 92. To ask the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refusals which were appealed in respect of recruitment to An Garda Síochána in 2016; the number not replied to; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [9547/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Revenue Commissioners (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 222. To ask the Minister for Finance to provide assistance to a person (details supplied) to allow the payment of Pay Related Social Insurance, PRSI, contributions for 2004 and 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10635/16]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Property Tax (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 238. To ask the Minister for Finance to set out the legal relationship between the household charge and the local property tax and the basis on which the household charge is now collected through the local property tax; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10661/16]

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 259. To ask the Minister for Education and Skills to outline the consultation that took place in advance of the change in cycling training for primary schools that is funded through the Road Safety Authority; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9626/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: HSE Procurement (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 635. To ask the Minister for Health to address a matter (details supplied) regarding procurement within the Health Service Executive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9416/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 703. To ask the Minister for Health the number of officer grade positions which remain unfilled across the National Ambulance Service; the duration of the vacancies; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [9728/16]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Ambulance Service Staff (17 May 2016)

Patrick O'Donovan: 705. To ask the Minister for Health when the criteria for officers was changed in the past few months to the lower qualification of emergency medical technician rather than the previous paramedic qualification; if this was done to facilitate existing officers from the national control centre in Tallaght in County Dublin transferring to operational posts across the National Ambulance Service;...