Results 1,001-1,020 of 10,573 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Reliefs Cost (9 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a request for a refund under a Med 1 claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43035/12]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (9 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Finance the position regarding a request for a refund under Med1 in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43431/12]

Written Answers — Department of Public Expenditure and Reform: Leader's Allowance Issues (9 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform his plans to bring forward an audit regime for the expenditure of the leader's allowance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42908/12]

Written Answers — Department of Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation: Employment Appeals Tribunal (9 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation the position regarding an appeal in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; when a decision will issue; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42674/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Employment Support Services (9 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection if her attention has been drawn to the fact that schools are receiving requests from third parties asking them not to comply with the jobbridge programme; the action she has taken to address this matter; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42806/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (9 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Health if, having considered the issue of the illegal purchase of prescription drugs on the internet, he will consider introducing regulations to obtain information from the banking sector on the use of credit or debit cards through internet sites on the same, purchase and supply of prescription drugs with a view to securing prosecutions; and if he will make a...

Written Answers — Department of Health: Proposed Legislation (9 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Health if, in relation to the purchase of prescription drugs on internet websites, he will consider introducing regulation to detect through the banking and credit care sector details of those purchasing and selling prescription drugs through mail order; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43274/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Redundancy Payments (10 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection further to Parliamentary Question No. 814 of 18 September 2012, the position regarding a redundancy claim in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; when payment will issue; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43623/12]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Agri-Environment Options Scheme Payments (10 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the position regarding an agri environment option scheme application in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick. [43803/12]

Order of Business (11 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is in today's edition of the Irish Independent.

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Housing Grant Payments (11 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government the progress being made by each of the relevant local authorities on their allocations for housing aid for older people and mobility aid grants; if local authorities have allocated their entire allocation for 2012; if the budget for 2011 is exhausted; if he has plans to recoup unspent allocations from those local authorities;...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Curriculum (16 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills if he will consider a change to the current leaving certificate that would allow fifth year students studying higher level maths to take the ordinary level maths paper at the end of fifth year and to have that factored into their leaving certificate results in the event that they fail the higher level paper, in an effort to reduce the number of...

Written Answers — Department of Education and Skills: School Transport Provision (16 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Education and Skills the assistance available to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford since the changes to school transport scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44207/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Fuel Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the reason a person (details supplied) in County Wexford was refused fuel allowance when the additional income is well under the weekly threshold; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [44112/12]

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Carer's Allowance Applications (16 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Social Protection the position regarding an application for carer’s allowance in respect of a person (details supplied) in County Donegal and when it is likely that a decision may be made on same. [44488/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Hospital Waiting Lists (16 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Health the waiting time for cataract operations for persons in County Limerick; if he will request the Health Service Executive to prioritise older persons on the scale of their visual impairment; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44584/12]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Services Staff Issues (16 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Health if there will be recruitment by the Health Service Executive of social workers in the HSE South/HSE West or any other HSE areas; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44593/12]

Education and Training Boards Bill 2012: Second Stage (Resumed) (17 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this legislation creating the education and training boards. I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State with responsibility for innovation, Deputy Sean Sherlock. This Bill is another piece of a package of measures the Government has brought forward in terms of the reform of how education is provided at primary, secondary and tertiary levels....

Home Help and Home Care Services: Motion (Resumed) [Private Members] (17 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the opportunity to speak on this motion and I acknowledge the presence of the Minister of State, Deputy Alex White. Previous speakers have mentioned the regulation of home care provision. Until recently, the provision of residential care in institutions was not regulated or inspected. It took a scandal, unearthed by "Prime Time Investigates" to establish the Health Information...

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Rebates (17 Oct 2012)

Patrick O'Donovan: To ask the Minister for Finance further to Parliamentary Question No. 189 of 9 October 2012, if he will confirm the amount of and reason for the refund payment made to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford on 15 February; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45364/12]