Results 5,861-5,880 of 10,573 for speaker:Patrick O'Donovan

Written Answers — Department of Social Protection: Social Insurance Rates (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 83. To ask the Tánaiste and Minister for Social Protection if she plans to make changes on the imposition of PRSI charges on community employment scheme participants receiving more than €352 per week, as it is a deterrent to those with a number of dependants participating in a scheme; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38882/15]

Written Answers — Department of Finance: Tax Credits (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 109. To ask the Minister for Finance if a cash refund will be made to a person making a claim under MED 1 expenses, when the person's income is so low that it does not fall into the tax net, so a tax credit is of no use (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38885/15]

Written Answers — Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine: Basic Payment Scheme Payments (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 124. To ask the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine the status of an application from persons (details supplied) in County Limerick under the basic payment scheme; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38768/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 161. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the amounts paid to preschool providers for carrying out the administration work for the free preschool year in 2014; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38741/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 162. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the grant schemes available for preschool providers; if there are categories of grants which private providers of preschool education are not eligible to apply for; the reason private providers are not entitled to apply; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38742/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 163. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the consultation with representatives of preschool providers, in advance of the decision to proceed with the second year of free preschool; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38747/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Preschool Services (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 167. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the reason preschool providers are required to submit details of children attending preschool in hard copy as opposed to by online application; why a similar system to that in place for the registration of children for the under-six general practitioner visit card has not been put in place; and if he will make a statement on the matter....

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 168. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs his views on correspondence (details supplied) regarding the free preschool year; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38937/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 169. To ask the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs for details of the consultation his Department had with the Health Service Executive in advance of extending the free preschool year for children; if his Department has taken into consideration, that in accordance with the HSE's regulations, children who are not toilet trained may not be accommodated in private preschool providers; if...

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Early Childhood Care Education (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 170. To ask the Minister for Health the number of applications for preschool attendants in 2014, by county; the number of these that were made for children with physical disabilities; for children with severe and profound intellectual disabilities; the number allocated for each heading; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38861/15]

Written Answers — Department of Children and Youth Affairs: Patient Transport (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 187. To ask the Minister for Health the provisions being made for those who need assistance to travel for hospital appointments (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38886/15]

Written Answers — Department of Environment, Community and Local Government: Legislative Programme (5 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: 243. To ask the Minister for Environment, Community and Local Government his plans to introduce legislation for Leylandii trees similar to legislation introduced in the United Kingdom under that country's Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2013, given that, if uncontrolled, these trees are a major cause of boundary related disputes in residential areas, give rise to more complaints than any other...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I welcome the representatives from EirGrid. I have sat through these meetings from the very start and from the day that the chairman designate of EirGrid was before the committee. I asked him if he would like to live beside a pylon himself. He said "No." Over the years the committee has heard that we were a growing economy, which we have at the moment, thank God, and that a growing...

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: That is what we were told the last time we discussed the issue. We were told the principal beneficiaries would be in the Northern Ireland economy. EirGrid told us that the last time.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: The people of Cavan, Monaghan and Meath have to fix it.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: This is important. The last time the point was made in this room-----

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: I asked the last time to what extent people will benefit. What percentage reduction in energy costs for the consumer will we see as a result of this being built?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: They will see a reduction in electricity bills.

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: Has the regulator signed off on that?

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Transport and Communications: Grid Link Project: EirGrid (4 Nov 2015)

Patrick O'Donovan: What percentage of a cut are consumers likely to see?