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Public Accounts Committee: Business of Committee. (12 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I think what Mr. McCarthy has just read out smacks of the arrogance of the institution. It is as if it is asking why it should bother with what the national Parliament and Government have set down and saying it knows more than them and will set its own rules. If the HEA and Department of Education and Skills are before us any time soon, the president of UCD will have to be here as well to...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (12 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 148. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the status of the case of a person (details supplied) in County Limerick regarding a reduced rate of capitation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [39912/15]

Order of Business (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What progress is being made with the maritime area and foreshore (amendment) Bill, which has been promised for some time? The Bill in question will streamline planning permissions in ports, which are badly needed to create employment in places like Foynes in County Limerick.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I would like to reply to the previous rant, which is all I would describe it as. The policy that the Deputy from Galway has such a difficulty with was broadly welcomed in parts of the west of Ireland, including counties Clare, Limerick and Kerry. It was welcomed at this committee. Nobody from the Deputy's party spoke in this way at the pre-legislative stage of this Bill or when the ports...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I did not interrupt the Deputy. I know the Deputy has a difficulty in showing some respect to people in here. He will not interrupt me in the manner in which he has just spoken to the Minister. He referred to his previous occupation as a Minister. He should know from his time in that office that respect is a two-way street. It does him a great disservice to refer to the Minister as...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: It is a pity the previous Deputy did not do so. The point I am making is that there is a port in the west of Ireland that has tier 1 status. I refer to the Shannon Foynes Port Company. The former Minister and current Deputy from Galway might have a difficulty with compass bearings, but I can tell him that the Shannon Estuary flows into the Atlantic Ocean. The last time I checked, the...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I will wait until a bit of respect is shown.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: No, I will wait.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is probably the most constructive thing the Deputy could do.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: We will try to.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: No, because has to go on Galway Bay FM.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have a number of things to say.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The Government's ports policy was attacked with an astounding level of ignorance a while ago. It is obvious to me that the Deputy in question has not read the ports policy. If he has read it, he certainly does not know about the levels of tonnage that are being transferred through most of the ports he mentioned. I remind him that the Shannon Foynes Port Company conveys in excess of 10...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I did not interrupt the Deputy. I listened to his rant for long enough. I think everybody in here has had to listen to it as well. To be quite honest, if the person who is now making the charge against the policy had engaged with the ports companies and the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport at this committee in any kind of constructive way, if he had spoken to the people who are...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: This policy and the Bill in question are about recognising-----

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The amendments before the committee are about recognising for the first time that a level or tier of ports in this country has a more local emphasis than a national one. People have said over the years that we cannot have cancer services and accident and emergency departments at every crossroads. In the same way, we cannot expect to berth Panamax ships at every port in the country. It is...

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I would like to make a final point in conclusion.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I have waited a long time for this Bill to come in. The stakeholders in the companies around the country, who have also waited a long time, are looking for certainty. They now have the policy. The Minister knows that I am consistent on this issue. Every time he has been here, I have asked for this Bill to be brought forward so that this policy can be legislated for as soon as possible....

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Through the Chair, I have no difficulty with Deputy Kyne's position, but what I have a difficulty with is people coming in and throwing around glib remarks and insulting others in a manner which does not do the Deputy or his party any good. He might reflect on his remarks and use the opportunity to apologise before he leaves, because he promised us he was leaving.

Committee on Transport and Communications: Select Sub-Committee on Transport, Tourism and Sport: Harbours Bill 2015: Committee Stage (11 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: By those in the west.