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Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Would it not be fair to say that the vast majority of money being invested in research in this area is coming from the commercial sector and not from the state sector? Is it not in their interest to have the research?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I would like to ask Mr. Lynott about the relationship the EPA has with other environmental protection agencies on the matter. What level of engagement does it have with its EU counterparts or the US authorities on this? I look at this very coldly from an outsider's point of view. In the US, it is open season on fracking at the moment, which would not inspire confidence in a person who has...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Even it is only water and air, as it is supposed to be, there is no indication as to what happens the geology on the way down. My biggest concern is that vein of territory, starting on the shores of Lough Derg in east Clare up to the border between Cavan and Fermanagh, is very susceptible to high levels of naturally-occurring radon which we can deal with if it is allowed to be emitted...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Would it be fair to say that the advice, if any, coming from the EPA in the US, is not carrying the same weight as that from the Europe because we are inside the shed and the horse is half a mile down the road?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it lax?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Unconventional Gas Exploration and Extraction: Environmental Protection Agency (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Is it not a bit unbelievable that the geology in Wyoming or Utah or Montana would be so different from the geology in Ballinamore or Virginia? That is unrealistic.

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Welfare Schemes (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 44. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection the qualifying criteria for the part-time job incentive scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [43058/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Health Care Professionals (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 131. To ask the Minister for Health if he has made a final decision regarding his proposal to prescribe the title of physical therapist as a variant of the specified title of physiotherapist; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43133/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Departmental Funding (2 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 146. To ask the Minister for Health the status of an application (details supplied) under the capital programme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43199/15]

Order of Business (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: In the light of the revelations made in the recent weeks about pay in certain organisations, under promised legislation, the broadcasting (amendment) Bill, No. 70 in the Government's legislative programme, is due before the House. When is that Bill expected to be published? Does the Taoiseach agree that now is the opportune time for all semi-State bodies to publish exact details of what...

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Water Conservation Grant Administration (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 139. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection why a letter to claim the water conservation grant was not issued to a person (details supplied) in County Wexford; if it will be re-issued and a late application permitted; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [42515/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 297. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the reason for the delay in issuing payment under the basic payment scheme to a person (details supplied) in County Limerick; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42943/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Costs (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 372. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs if a person (details supplied) in County Limerick is exempt from paying child care costs under the child care employment and training support scheme while undergoing a course; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42745/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 377. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43027/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Data (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 378. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43028/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 379. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43029/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Child Care Services Funding (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 380. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43030/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 381. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs to revert to this Deputy on (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [43031/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 433. To ask the Minister for Health his views on the case of a person (details supplied) who requires financial assistance; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42708/15]

Written Answers — Department of Health: Vaccination Programme (1 Dec 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 435. To ask the Minister for Health the financial assistance available to parents of children who contracted narcolepsy as a result of the swine flu vaccine; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [42729/15]